The word that came to mind reading this was intentionality. It felt meaningful to me reading a post that included parenting, shifting seasons, preparing, which were all described with a sense of being grounded, not necessarily perfect, but with at least an embodied intention. My crafting work takes place in the kitchen, preparing food for the love of the ingredients and the joyful feeling of how the food will nourish me, I supposed.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment Gabriela. I love the idea of food as craft, it involves all the same elements as knitting: embodiment, nourishment (of a more functional kind), ancestral connection, focus, the use of hands - plus other senses!
Thanks for sharing my post Lucinda! I also chuckled aloud when l read ‘like everyone on the internet (or, in real life?) we’ve also been sourcing our dopamine starting new journals and diaries’. Ahh, how true that rings. Nothing feels quite the same does it? I look forward to seeing your project this year and l absolutely take my hat off to you managing studying AND children; what an absolute whirlwind that be!
A beautiful rumination on the last weeks of the summer holidays and the beginning of the school year. All the best with your tribe. I love reading about your creative knitting and crochet projects. It is inspiring me to pick up my knitting needles again, and to schedule some restful time knitting and sipping tea. I have all 4 of mine in full time school this year, feels like quite the milestone. Kate :)
Thanks Kate, and a big new chapter for you this year! May you find steadiness and ease as you move into your new rhythms (and of course I’m fully supportive of finding a knitting project in amongst it).
Hi Lucinda yes I am a knitter too, have been for along time now. These days I keep it simple and close to hand for phone calls ,Zoom calls and any meetings I can get away with pulling out my needles. I find it incredibly calming and soothing, it helps me to settle down and listen . All best for start of busy part of the year, so much to attend to by the sound of it , but stitch by stitch all will get done.
The word that came to mind reading this was intentionality. It felt meaningful to me reading a post that included parenting, shifting seasons, preparing, which were all described with a sense of being grounded, not necessarily perfect, but with at least an embodied intention. My crafting work takes place in the kitchen, preparing food for the love of the ingredients and the joyful feeling of how the food will nourish me, I supposed.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment Gabriela. I love the idea of food as craft, it involves all the same elements as knitting: embodiment, nourishment (of a more functional kind), ancestral connection, focus, the use of hands - plus other senses!
Thanks for sharing my post Lucinda! I also chuckled aloud when l read ‘like everyone on the internet (or, in real life?) we’ve also been sourcing our dopamine starting new journals and diaries’. Ahh, how true that rings. Nothing feels quite the same does it? I look forward to seeing your project this year and l absolutely take my hat off to you managing studying AND children; what an absolute whirlwind that be!
Thank you Rachel! Whirlwind, it certainly is :) And you are very welcome!
A beautiful rumination on the last weeks of the summer holidays and the beginning of the school year. All the best with your tribe. I love reading about your creative knitting and crochet projects. It is inspiring me to pick up my knitting needles again, and to schedule some restful time knitting and sipping tea. I have all 4 of mine in full time school this year, feels like quite the milestone. Kate :)
Thanks Kate, and a big new chapter for you this year! May you find steadiness and ease as you move into your new rhythms (and of course I’m fully supportive of finding a knitting project in amongst it).
Hi Lucinda yes I am a knitter too, have been for along time now. These days I keep it simple and close to hand for phone calls ,Zoom calls and any meetings I can get away with pulling out my needles. I find it incredibly calming and soothing, it helps me to settle down and listen . All best for start of busy part of the year, so much to attend to by the sound of it , but stitch by stitch all will get done.
It really is an excellent tool for grounding, and - as my kids would say - ‘locking in’. Thanks for sharing, Sally.