Studio Notes

Suddenly, the urge to journal is back, as if it had never left me.  Although I have two perfectly good journals in progress, I tore into the idea of altering a beautiful weekly calendar, Nesting 2009.

Calendars and I do not get along well. I don’t live a measured life.  Some days are long, others are too long, and then there are the days that leave me breathless as I put on my highest heels, dress in my Queen of the Universe suit (a smart black trouser suit with a long-ish jacket, just in case you were wondering), and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

The idea of altering a calendar, using it in a non-linear way, and possible even ripping out entire weeks at a time, fascinates me greatly. So, the manifesto of this journal isn’t at the beginning. It’s somewhere in the middle. The next page may fall before it, or after.  It doesn’t matter. I control my own destiny, and am not a slave to time.

I don’t even wear a watch.

How do you feel about time? How does it influence your art journal?

I’m not sure how so much knitting, spinning and weaving sneaked into this studio blog. There’s a place for everything, and this content has a new home.

tromp as writ is my new blog for all things weaving and fiber arts. When I’m back in my art studio, I’ll post more studio notes here.

See? I finished Nina’s socks and gave them to her this evening. Not because it’s Christmas or Chanukah. Simply because they are done. They are knit in a simple lacy rib using the 6 Stitches Per Inch Sock pattern in Ann Budd’s Getting Started Knitting Socks. The yarn is Noro Silk Garden Sock.

Gregory’s socks are off to a good start. Hopefully he will have them before winter is over. The pattern is Harris Tweed by Ali Green, and the yarn is Silkie Socks that Rock in the Corbie colourway. This yarn is marvelous. It’s silky and soft, and has good elasticity.

I have a half dozen skeins of sock yarn from Rhinebeck. The next pair is going to be for me.