
Field research in the expanse between the tactile and the intangible; noticing yarn, light, line, and things that want to be made with the materials at hand. In short--tales of a yarnish life with Beryl, my dog.
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sometimes a thing gets made around here—1
—that exudes delight.
sure, i’ve made other things like it.
many other things.2
so many that by rights—
—the process should feel routine.
but somehow it doesn’t—
—and once again i get to be a...
not that we actually were speaking of feet.1
or, for that matter, talking about shoe making adventures.
well okay—my bare feet do show up regularly in comics and videos.
but it has been years since I made any shoes (or wrote about them)....
i call it a cup—
—because it feels like a cup.
and it’s shaped like a cup.
more like a cup than a boat at any rate.1
of course the beeswax i worked into the fibers might help it float for a little while2—
—but not long enough get very...
what can I say?
wool—
—is glorious.
watercolors1 too.
also wildflowers2—
—and the woods.
and gosh, while we’re at it, why not admire a few things that do not begin with the letter w?
hands, for instance.
and hearts.
also lupines—...
there they were—
—on a cold December day—1
—in a not-quite-frozen pond—
—as green as green could be.
how not to be smitten?
how not, in the months since—
—to keep believing—
—that together we would find—
—a medium that suited us bot...
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