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  • If there is a common thread here (from post to post), it is to find and explore the intersections between living a full and creative life and having a sustainable lifestyle.
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John Donne:

  • Because such fingers need to knit that subtle knot that makes us man.

Sweet pea quilt

  • Assembling
    In honor of my grandfather, using fabric from his chambray work shirts.

the dye pot

  • apple leaves
    Experiments in dyeing fabric with plant material from the garden.

wool quilt

  • some of the circles
    A quilt made with reclaimed blankets that were holey and needed to be patched.

wool quilt #2

  • possible piecing
    Goal: To make a quilt with the top pieced from fabrics that I've created by knitting, felting, weaving, crocheting.

bus projects

  • hat turned into a basket
    In June of 2006 I started knitting on the bus. Other than the sweater, all of these projects have been done primarily on my breaks at work or on the bus. This isn't the complete collection. At this time I know that I'm missing pictures of a few other pairs of socks that I hope to include later.

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August 03, 2008

Inspire Me Thursday - shrink

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."  Anais Nin 

I really liked this quote at this week's Inspire Me Thursday prompt.   Maybe because it's a good reminder for me. 

I also think it takes courage to toss something that you've spent hours working on into the washing machine and then to sit back and see what happens.

I started with this:

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A hat that was too big and a square of wool that I had knit thinking I'd make a small bag out of it.

I ended up with this:

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A basket?  The orange square didn't shrink at all.  I'll have to figure out something else for it....

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Herman Melville

  • "We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men, and among these fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects."

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Socrates:

  • "The unexamined life is not worth living."

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Something to consider:

  • "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin

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  • "My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow."

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  • May 2009
    Each month I'm documenting what foods are available locally or what is in season. I'm also listing favorite recipes to go with those foods.

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the garden

  • grape plant
    One of my life goals is to grow as much food for myself (and the wildlife) as I possibly can and to keep a journal about the process. Welcome to my garden!
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