Copying by way of crafts

I got another one of those knitting fits that strike me now and then. In the last few years I noticed that I experienced the knitting itch not only when I had pleanty of free time but surprisingly also when I felt I had no free time at all. For example this last one came [...]

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Remedy for boring linen pants

Yet another garment purchased – who could say no to a pair of linen pants in the middle of a hot summer? As it goes there is always place for improvement and alternations. Gray is the color that I can only tolerate as a background for something else.

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Altered dress: Butterflies Affect (me)

A sudden fit of creativity made me start painting a flower on this otherwise very ordinary dress but after that I got stuck and didn’t know in which direction to go until one day I started playing with a thick colored thread I picked up at the local hobby shop, standing over the dress and [...]

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Celebrating small pleasures of life

I said to the wanting-creature inside me:
What is this river that you want to cross?
There are no other travelers on the river-road, and no road,
Do you see anyone moving about on that bank, or resting?
There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman…
There is no towrope either, and no one [...]

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sweater massacre

A month or so ago I got this urge to do something with the hands. A friend sacrifices her old sweaters and… sweater massacre begins.

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