you get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place.

like you'll not only miss the people you love

but you'll miss the person you are 

now

at this time

and this place

because you'll never be this way

ever again.

-azar nafisi

love of beauty 

is taste

the creation of beauty

is art.

-ralph waldo emerson

"baby,"

i said,

"i'm a genius

but nobody knows it

but me."

-charles bukowski

new etsy shop!!!!

i finally opened my own etsy shop!!!

it has only just opened

so i only have one item listed

but it's pretty exciting.

i will be adding more items

this summer

which will include jewelry

among other things.

i have been making my own knitting needles

out of poplar and pine.

they are size 50

so they are super jumbo

for knitting with super bulky yarn

or roving.

jumbo size 50 wood knitting needles

i knitted the cowl below

in bagsmith bigstitch mini-bumps

(yarn and needles also available at home ec workshop in iowa city)

70% alpaca, 15% wool and 15% nylon. 

its super fun and fast,

so fast i almost want to take it apart to knit it again!

thanks for looking!

she was beautiful,

but she was beautiful

in the way 

a forest fire was beautiful,

something to be admired

from a distance,

not up close.

-good omens

always bring the bigger gun 

and the better suit.

-michael caine 

(douglas hayward 1)

i can’t explain what i mean. 

and even if i could, 

i’m not sure i’d feel like it.

-j.d. salinger

sheep

english sheep

avebury, england

tree skirt finally completed...

it only took....

...what...

...three years...

(link to burdastyle and pattern)

love to sew

happiness

happiness does not come from wealth, 

but from setting limits to one’s desires, 

and living within those limits 

with satisfaction.

-dalai lama

clayspace coop

clayspace coop in asheville, nc

eric knoche's studio

 

 

matt jacob's studio

you will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire

if you’re going to try, go all the way. otherwise, don’t even start. this could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. it could mean not eating for three or four days. it could mean freezing on a park bench. it could mean jail. it could mean derision. it could mean mockery—isolation. isolation is the gift. all the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. and, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. and it will be better than anything else you can imagine. if you’re going to try, go all the way. there is no other feeling like that. you will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. you will ride life straight to perfect laughter. it’s the only good fight there is.                    

 -charles bukowski