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This Thing of Paper
This Thing of Paper
Vellum
Scriptorium
Psalter
Incunabula
Majuscule & Minuscule
Letterpress
Rubrication
Marginalia
Woodcut
Bibliotheca
- - Bibliography
Exclusive Backer Pattern: Purslowe
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Karie
March 9, 2009
Finn, Scotland

Four Seasons in One Day

Karie
March 9, 2009
Finn, Scotland

Yesterday we had snow, rain, thunder and sunshine .. and it looks like this pattern will continue today. Four seasons in one day. Who am I to resist posting this:

PS. worst cover ever?

Tagged: fangirl, Finn, Music, weather, youtube

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Karie Westermann

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I do things with wool and words. Knitwear designer, teacher and author.

And other stuff too. 

This Thing of Paper by Karie Westermann
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I'm not teaching much this year, so grab workshops from me while you can. @yarningham has me teaching my signature Knitting the Landscape class (all about creativity) and Mock Cables & Twisted Stitches (which is hands-on knitting techniques). More info on the @yarningham profile. I do hope to see you there. Last year Yarningham was so relaxed and full of wonderful people, and I cannot wait to be back.
Some morning reflections. 2019 has been a rollercoaster so far. It's been five months of getting better, trying to keep up with my usual workload (and failing miserably), feeling quite lost within myself and the knitting community, starting to patch up my brain, having some of the happiest days of my life, feeling surrounded by love, having big memory gaps, being creative once more, and never knowing what each day will bring. While this year has been rough, it has not been as tough as the years preceding it. Asking for help was the right decision. If you have been patient with me, thank you. If you've been supportive, thank you. If you've been there yourself, I see you. If you are there with me, I offer love. Darning work by @celiapym - quite a good metaphor for life.
Reading in the pub. Getting back to books is one of the many good things about getting my brain working again.
The garment I chose to mend at the @celiapym workshop was made by my grandmother. She is now in a care home with dementia and can no longer knit. This is the last piece she knitted for me. I cannot fix the damage caused to my family, but I can mend the holes. For the hole in the back, I chose to use two colours (a bright teal and a grey). I wanted to superimpose new stripes on top of the existing stripes to give a ghostly effect - a bit like when my gran has a lucid moment and her personality bleeds through - but I should have chosen a stronger contrast. I am now working on an edge darn: it is challenging to maintain the tension but it is a satisfying challenge. I have another hole to fix on the buttonband once I'm done with this edge darn.
Did a #visiblemending workshop with @celiapym today. It was such a good, relaxing and inspiring day. I worked on a cardigan - I'll tell you more about it in future posts - and so pleased that I got to work on edge darns. Much to think about - especially about garments and bodies, traces and ghosts, garments as palimpsests, and sutures. Oh, and how Eurovision makes for excellent darning soundtrack (NOT MY FAULT).
Tomorrow I'm off to a workshop on #visiblemending with @celiapym. I will be bringing two items that need some holes fixed, but I'm spending tonight thinking about the memories embedded in the items and how the damage happened. Like with these old houses in Central Copenhagen, clothes show wear and tear but the beauty & functionality remain. I'm writing about our relationships with clothes and our making over Patreon. A big thank you to @fustian_garb for a wonderful conversation about the everyday wardrobe in our lives this past Thursday.
This is what someone with depression looks like on the road to recovery. I am starting therapy next week and I'm taking every day as it comes. This month has been generally good but I'm struggling to get on top of everyday things. It's hard to know what to say when I hear "but you don't look depressed" - but that's because you don't see me when I have a bad day. And depression has nothing to do with feeling sad. It's numbness. It's having any drop of emotion squeezed out if you until there is only greyness all around. I'm not there anymore. I'm getting better. And we all need to get better at talking about mental health x
I'm obsessed with the idea of making an everyday wardrobe (I've just launched The Everyday Wardrobe Project over on Patreon) and here are some of my current making plans. My everyday wardrobe is colourful and happy-making. The hot pink baby cord will become trousers, the pink/orange cotton lawn a top, and as for the @gamercrafting yarn? Well, I have plans for that too. Never thought I'd have pink as part of my wardrobe but here we are.
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