For One Sock Only

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It sometimes starts with a striped toe and a fruity loop charm. (I don’t always work toe up socks, sometimes I switch to top/cuff down. My block feet prefer a top down heel flap, but my 4 month per sock slow knitting self prefers the seemingly speedy toe up & short row heel version. Lex steals all the hand knit socks anyways, so no matter if they start as mine, they will end up hers and it just so happens she likes a short row/after thought heels.)

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Moving along, not quite to the heel, this is my first self striping yarn and I loved it in the skein, hated it caked and I’m back to loving it knit up. Also switched to a blobby marshmallow charm. (I made this cutie with cold porcelain and it’s my favorite to touch, it’s like hard velvet, silky stone? ..too weird to describe, get your buns over here and rub this thing!)

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Distracted.

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At the cuff, and a ton of slow ribbing. Oh hey, I shiny glazed my peppermint candy charm!

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Cast off, still love the stripe, but not the fit. I’m totally not making a second sock, moving on (look at grown up me letting it go!) I’m usually compulsive about finishing, because it’s not official until there’s a pair, but for some reason this one made me tired, I’m so over this odd sock. Bye.

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P.S I recently frosted the lower ½ of the studio windows to diffuse the light a bit and more importantly so people walking/driving by can’t peep in at me being a weirdo in my space. ..such a pretty upper ½ window skyline 💕

Let’s call it January

Beginning 2019 pretty much like I ended 2018

Slightly off center, in hopeful muddy pinks & greys, with a little cut & sew, chapped hands and of course a smidge of the grumps.

I hope 2018 was kind to you and that 2019 is even more so 💕

Bright Moments

Taking a moment, slowing down, drifting back & forth between all the things that give me joy

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a little crochet,

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a little nerdy stitching for him,

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a little collecting, sorting, sifting & snarking,

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organizing like with unlike and scissors with scissors.

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Giving a quiet moment to memories, to sadness, to the background ache,

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to the melancholy that creeps in when something good, bad or indifferent, ends, begins or stays the same.

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Bright studio moments for not dead plants & for giant cones of red wool,

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and for creating tiny treats, small enough for a mouse’s pocket.

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Moments for loving grouchy grinches & for just plain love,

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and maybe a little extra moment for the love of 8 homemade butter mints.