Since it happens only once a year for the whole flock, shearing is a day of gathering, participation, celebration, harvest, and shared labor. There are few things I’ve experienced that cultivate a village atmosphere the way gathering around sheep does.
Read MoreWhile you might think making yarn would be easy—isn’t it just, like, twisting some threads together?—there are so many steps that go into processing fiber from start to finish, not to mention the care for the animals that many natural fibers come from.
Read MoreAs a person who identifies as a plural and finds it useful to identify characters or sub-agents in my mind, each new character is not necessarily a new part of me. It is a piece of me that has, before now, operated below the surface of my awareness, and I want to “disambiguate” that identity to bring it into focus, make friends, and share knowledge.
Read MoreWith so many things to choose from, it can be hard to request a crochet commission, so I made a list of what I’m excited to start working on so you can choose from patterns currently in my queue!
Read MoreIn attempting to be a conscious and thoughtful consumer in a deeply interconnected society, and more specifically, in an urban environment, the amount of thought, labor, money, and time involved in finding workarounds to ensure ethical consumption easily become overwhelming. Even going back to the age-old proverb of “do no harm,” that quickly becomes impossible. The only solution for this dilemma seems to be to create a hierarchy of harm that allows you to choose your level of commitment and still have the greatest possible impact.
Read MoreThe year is 2020. George Floyd has been murdered, and there are massive protests in Portland where I live, and I have become an outspoken activist and protester for the cause. Other than that, I am stuck inside due to a pandemic, and I source comfort from the blanket my mom made just before my parents divorced. I tell several people that it is the one thing I would save out of a fire, and one day, I realize: I could make one for myself.
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