Category: Crafts

• Slow Craft: the tale of the perpetually patched pants

  

  I squatted down to adjust the height of the lawnmower and the entire butt of my pants split right out! Down the middle and to the side in the shape of a crooked “Y” – I wasn’t mad, I look forward to big mends like this.

• Slow Craft: the perfect sun protection hat

  

  My primary interests this spring put me outside for long stretches of time, subsequently exposing my skin to the sun more than I’d like: hiking, camping, landscape photography, gardening, etc. I wanted to create a custom-fit sun protection hat for myself that ticked all of my “must have” boxes: 100% natural domestic wool with natural…

• *SOLD OUT* February Slow-Craft Care Packages

  

  February Self-care care packages are now listed in my shop.

• Recipe: Sour Cream Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake and a Saskiko-Inspired Hand-Mending Project Update

  

  There is a cake recipe at the end of this post as your reward for continuing to indulge me in my steadfast effort to convert my modest wardrobe into a curated collection of slow craft, folk art heirlooms. I’m only half kidding when I say “curated” and “folk art heirlooms” and I’m not kidding at…

• Hand-mending and an iced lemon loaf cake

  

  This morning I began a massive mending feat: stitching two large Sashiko-inspired patches on to the knees of my well-loved, worn-nearly-into-the-ground Lucy and Yak organic cotton twill Dungarees.

• Knit Entrelac Dishcloth

  

  The pattern I used was Entrelac Knit Dishcloth (available as a free download via Yarninspirations) however instead of using the recommended Lily Sugar’n Cream Scrub Off which is a self-striping yarn, I switched to a new ball of Lily Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn between entrelac stripes.

• Stitch-meditation: October Untitled

  

  When I gaze upon this finished piece I feel: washed in warm – nestled someplace soft.

• DCOTD (dish cloth of the day): Ricochet Lace

  

  I’ve taken to knitting cotton dish cloths again in a continuing effort to eliminate paper towels from my home, and as a way to grow my toolbox of knitted textures, cables, and stitch motifs.

• Dutch oven bread and hand-mended clothing

  

  Two things that have been bringing me joy lately are fresh loaves of bread baked in the Le Creuset Dutch oven Kaleb got me for my birthday this year, and thoughtfully hand-mending my clothing. For much of my life I prioritized quantity over quality when it came to clothing. I think moving from Arizona to…