As we are all part of nature we feel the quickening in early Spring, a tingling of life force awakening inside us, a desire to rampage into newness. I wonder if like the sap in plant stems that is suddenly rising and full of vigour, we too have this response in our bodies.
All things seem possible and bright. Lambs are calling in the fields around me. Mama sheep are answering. Sunny daffodils bow low in the wind. Pale green shoots are appearing everywhere.
And now INNER WILD puts out new shoots. New this Spring, INNER WILD knitting patterns allow you to easily create your own INNER WILD garments.
I am in Spring-Tide-flow of writing up patterns. This is a slowish process involving translating scribbles from 4 of my knitting journals into something understandable to others and triple proof-reading. Discover the first 5 of many INNER WILD knitting patterns on Etsy, INNER WILD and Ravelry now. JOY!
Short days, wild winds, stormy seas. The glory of winter darkness hibernation, wrapping ourselves in cosy woollens, swaddling our spirits in the gestation time, quietening our minds, listening with stillness to the sounds of nature. Here we are in the deep mid-Winter with arrows pointing back to Autumn and forwards to Spring in the eternal …
Inspired in the Winter half-light listening to hooded crows cawing at twilight by luscious skeins of handspun yarn from Studio Underwood on Etsy. Tinkling silver shards on ice puddles, crushed meadow grass in gold. Bare branches and quiet clouds. Storms and wildness outside. Ancient spirits whispering.
Nights of clear starry skies and watery transparency. Warm woollens and sparkling sequins, layers of silk and light-catching shimmering yarn. Winter this year has been a natural wonderland. Bright moonlit nights. Glittering snow, sparkling ice and translucent hail. We revel in the change of seasons, the contrast of dark and light, warmth and cold, the …
Spring: quickening creativity
As we are all part of nature we feel the quickening in early Spring, a tingling of life force awakening inside us, a desire to rampage into newness. I wonder if like the sap in plant stems that is suddenly rising and full of vigour, we too have this response in our bodies.
All things seem possible and bright. Lambs are calling in the fields around me. Mama sheep are answering. Sunny daffodils bow low in the wind. Pale green shoots are appearing everywhere.
And now INNER WILD puts out new shoots. New this Spring, INNER WILD knitting patterns allow you to easily create your own INNER WILD garments.
I am in Spring-Tide-flow of writing up patterns. This is a slowish process involving translating scribbles from 4 of my knitting journals into something understandable to others and triple proof-reading. Discover the first 5 of many INNER WILD knitting patterns on Etsy, INNER WILD and Ravelry now. JOY!
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