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In a world of hares, let's be tortoises 🐢
Because even with knitting, it can sometimes feel like you're falling behind
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There is no right answer in knitting, or in life
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I have something a little different for you today: a peek into my creative practice of growing things and really noticing the changes. I got my first…
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Time is the real luxury
It’s the last days of summer, and here in San Francisco we’re easing into our actual summer weather. It’s warmer than usual, sunnier than usual, with…
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Knitting for menopause
or, knitting when things are heating up from summer, hot flashes, or human-caused climate change
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Why I'm no longer striving for perfection
and an invitation to spend these last, long days of summer with summer knitting
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3 steps to a more playful color palette
(And which have nothing to do with color theory.)
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Things I know to be true
The simple, ordinary parts of life are the most meaningful
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Knitting can show us how to live gently
You can always start again
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Threads of hope in the midst of everything
Over the past, oh, let’s just say since 2016, when the presidential election here in the U.S. stunned and frightened me, I often find myself in a…
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An interesting thing happens on knitting Instagram
Or, why it matters to share your values in quiet as well as explicit ways
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Nourishing Things
Nourishing Things
a weekly Sunday letter about knitting, slowing down, and unwinding from consumer culture. Centering equity and joy (with lots of yarn).
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