exactly the same but slightly different

Same colors and tones, basic washed out hues of soft pink & milky cream. Today my thoughts are questions.. why did I do that, why didn’t I do that? Sometimes I get thinking too big and important and end up feeling very small and insignificant (I mean on the grand scale of it all, well, it’s incredibly true) but for right here and now, I’m trying my best to understand the whys.

Like why didn’t I change out my heavyweight needle when sewing this finicky broadcloth, why didn’t I cut the inside pockets so they would go all the way to the side seams like the outside pockets do, and why when I realized they wouldn’t and I didn’t have enough of my prized cotton canvas left to fix it, I decided to just pink them and leave them raw? Why was that what my perfectionist self did, why now do I love this bag so freaking much, f’d up inside pockets, puckers and all?

Why do I have to justify loving it to myself?

Or why do I tote this shawl everywhere but never work on it, I absolutely adore it, I really do, but it’s been on the needles since October 2018 and is a main rotation wip ..why don’t I knit more?

Why isn’t the little bit I knit enough?

It must be the heaviness of winter, thick blankets of snow muffling the everyday sounds, leaving excess quiet time for overly critical reflection. Why?

Cozy Comfort

Vintage utility turned wrinkly fabric stash, natural fibers & slow stitches make handmade sleepy days in hazy light all the more pleasant.

and another thing

It’s how you know it’s mine!

Another slow knit hat, made even slower by using a pattern written for dk weight yarn, doing a little math and subbing in fingering weight. Started way back before Christmas, it toted right along side me most days, sometimes not even getting a stitch in, but it was always there just in case a moment came. 💕

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Pattern: Oslo Hat by Petite Knit.

Yarn: Dia Merino Sock by Colour Adventures. (Puppy Love Colorway)

The little carved bone tapestry needle is from here, and was a gift from Lex (finding a beautiful use for an ugly byproduct is clever recycling). Oh, and I might have some cute new things coming to the Etsy shop soon, basically, if you like what I like or like what I make, now you can have some too! (mostly pinbacks, stitch markers, maybe some one off sews, destash and other charming weirdy-ness, all handmade by me in my little studio) ..it might actually happen, I think?