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We went on a staycation 💯 #hotelclermont #tinylous #weloveatl #deliciousfoodnotpictured
I knit a hat that correctly fits an adult head! Small victories! 🧶✔️ pattern is the #photographershat by @lavanyapatricella and yarn is a fabulous one skein of “poison,” a perfect color of Malabrigo worsted weight. It’s going to be high 70s in Atlanta today but this hat is ready for Denver in a few weeks. 🤷🏼‍♀️
On Friday, a person asked me to contemplate my existence through her art. One of the most striking components of her art is TIME, the limits and limitlessness and our relationship to it. There have been some really important conversations taking place in the fiber arts communities about racism, white privilege, and suppression of BIPOC & lack of visible diversity; while I’ve been reading along and paying close attention, and everyday seeking to listen, learn, and recognize the invisible ways I’ve enjoyed privilege, I hadn’t spoken up about it in this space yet. Mostly I felt my voice didn’t matter. I’m not a pattern designer and I don’t have a lot of followers, and I don’t make my living by that kind of work. Then @astitchtowear shared a really important reminder about the silent majority, and I realized i still have much to learn. Just because I don’t “see” myself as having any influence, doesn’t mean I am not taking a side or making a stance based on silence. So here is me, humbled by the perspectives I have heard come to the fore, that I didn’t have to confront or have to confront daily, because of the color of my skin. Here I am, to stand beside my fellow artists[humans], whose experiences I can learn much from. I will be a better listener. I will fail and I will continue to try, and do better the next time. I stand with BIPOC, LGBQT+, and I believe in loving every body for its power, strength, and beauty, despite what is normalized in our overly visual world. And: if there’s one thing two degrees in history illustrates, it’s that the nostalgic “way things used to be” is not only mythic, it’s an oppressive, exclusive, whitewashed world that was bad for most people. It’s a toxic idea, and that kind of thinking diminishes our potential. I wish for a future where we can OVERCOME the horrendous things done to sustain a system of white supremacy, and importantly, not ignore centuries of suppression and injustice. We must sit with many uncomfortable truths & be honest & humbled enough, with open love for one another, to see & unpack the power imbalances. Let’s make art that encourages us to sit with the uncomfortable & contemplate our TIME and PLACE.
Precautionary “snow” day = extra time for this 🔥knit. But, how many inches should I add to the body because I still want the cropped look of this sweater! 2” of garter and then the 2” of ribbing? #woolandhoneysweater #dreareneeknits
Almost done with the honeycomb yoke of my #woolandhoneysweater and I 👏🏼 am 👏🏼 obsessed. I can’t wait to wear it. The @brooklyntweed loft is spectacular to knit with, soft and light but that lovely wool texture. I hoooooppe to finish it by the time we visit Denver next month! #dreareneeknits #nevernotknitting