Today’s blog post brought to you by Knitting Season Journal prompt, Facebook memories, and lunch time naval gazing.
Remember when I turned the front room in my house into my first studio? The walls were a cheerful green, and I had Ikea cubes full of yarn, fabric, fiber, patterns, books, tools, sketchbooks, colored pencils, there’s even a statue of Indra up there. It was a very creative and prolific time for me. I was knitting and sewing, designing garments and knitting patterns, teaching, and making artwork, most of it knitted.
I had to scroll back through a decade of old Facebook photos to get these – back through other memories and times when I hurt so bad that I hurt all the way through, all the time. I felt that phantom heart pain as I scrolled – and tried to scroll faster so I wouldn’t feel it! Anyway, these dresses. I loved this dress so much I made two for friends and one for me. I wish I still had mine, the linen one on the right.
I made a lot of fun things. All of the things I’ve shown here, with the exception of the hand dyed, hand spun mulberry silk yarn and the linen dress, were birthday gifts for friends in my Mother Artists at Work group. It was friends that got me through those dark times. Thank you, friends!
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Snakes & Cranes 
Friends are the best:)
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That room is probably one of my all-time favorite spaces. Thanks for sharing!!
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Sorry the journey through your memories brought up painful memories, but glad there were good ones in there too! Your dresses and those bags look wonderful, and what a great studio! That is a great space!
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I remember that room and the lovely lady in the picture. I love the dresses and bags. I love you friend! 💗
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I love you too, Laura! Thanks for commenting!
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Wow, you’ve done some wonderful stuff!
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