The authors asked a number of well known knitting designers why making by hand is important to them, and the answers are quite interesting. Here are a few snippets:
- Amy Routman: Making by hand is always an adventure which is a source of endless discovery, surprise, challenge, joy, self-discovery, and accomplishment
- Carol Feller: Life is busy and frantic, making something by hand slows me down. It forces me to work slowly and do it to the best of my abilities in a thoughtful way. The deep satisfaction that this creates can’t really be matched by anything else!
- Jillian Moreno: Making simultaneously grounds me and sets me free, it’s pause and puzzle. The flow of threads and fiber brings peace, solace, and the best of company. There’s a quote I love from Kenneth Rexroth: “Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.”
This article was driven by a book written by Melanie Falick called Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live. She has collected responses from her readers as well, and they make for some good reading, especially on a dreary winter day! To read them all go to her website here.
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In other news, we have an update to the mulligatawny soup recipe posted....with notes from our own Laurie! Go here to get the update....another antidote to yucky weather!
The collage of photos above is from our Instagram feed....and they represent the posts from 2019 with the most likes!
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