Making a Life: The Conversation
Working by Hand and Discovering the Life We Are Meant to Live
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Falling Back in Love With Knitting (opens the original)
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If you’ve been reading this newsletter for a while, you may remember that last winter I was asked to be one of ten teachers for Knit Stars Season 11. When first posted about it, everything was very much in the early planning stages. At the time, I wrote:“In the class, called The Maker’s Way: A Roadmap to Joy, we’ll explore the connection between creativity, authenticity, and personal fulfillment — approaching making as a lifelong practice rather than a destination. As a guide, I
Before Electricity, We Were All Firekeepers (opens the original)
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What My Pincushion Would Say (opens the original)
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