For the Love of Textiles

No, I can't say my life is dull... Ups and downs as I wrote on Monday.. When I came home on Monday I was totally out of balance, so I decided to stay one day at home to get better. I hardly do this, because I know work is good for me at the moment. But it all had became too much..and tension was rising. I know from experience that if I stay calm that day, my balance comes back..and it did.. 3 Extiting moments over the last days... 1) "STEEK" My Sweater to make a Cardi out of it... I did follow exactly the manual from the Craftsy class "TopDown Icelandic sweater by Ragga which I follow at the moment.. A soak and block first. After it got dry  I had to take the next step. Crochet into the stitch next to the purl stitch.. All the way up.. And down the other side... A neat crochet line appeared.. Than came the exiting part... Turn the sweater inside out... and cut into the middle of the than appearing knit stitch right in the middle... ...

I am still following the Goldsmith course... During the course I came across my weakness.. I am a person who has an idea..and want to make it as fast as I can... With the result.... No good...and most of all..No satisfaction.. After a talk with Jeannette, I decided to take all steps to make my bracelet calm and focussed..no rush... This morning we spoke about the design... And the steps I had to take... I had a piece of silver which I had to roll to get it thinner... It was 2mm and it had to become 1.1 mm..  Heavy work it was.. Inbetween I had to glow the piece to get all molecules back in the same direction.. Cool it down under the tap... At the end you could see the difference in length.. The drawing is the orginal of the piece of silver.. I am going to do something with that famous quote from Elizabeth Zimmerman in my design.. Knit on ...etc... Next time.. Measuring... Saw... Bow... And my mantra will be....as my Facebook friend Constance...