I am working on creating a tiny medicine pouch project and pattern that will be a gift to students at my upcoming class. Working around 13 stitches for the 13 moon cycles in a year and a day and figuring out a way to teach several skills within the one tiny project while leaving it flexible. It has been rather interesting and I can hardly wait to be ready to share some photos of its beginning stages. What are you working on?
What are your first magickal fiber projects as this year begins? One of the first projects here in my space is this pair of mittens. The hand-painted yarn was gifted to me by a dear friend, it waited for a very long time for just the right project to meet it. As it sat in my basket, it reminded me of the treasure my friend is in my life and when I came across the pattern String of Jewels Mitts by Triona Murphy on Ravelry, it was immediately clear that it is just the right match for the special skein of yarn I received as the conversations, connections, and times spent together with my friend have been so bright and love-filles as the most precious jewels on a string that is a thread weaving our friendship joys through life's paths gently and lovingly. I just love these mittens so much…
Hands understand thresholds long before the mind names them. While organizing my stitching supplies, I was revisited by a few of my old works in progress. They reminded me that they are there ... asked when I might be bringing them out of the box and into the light of day ... they reminded me of moments of uncertainty during which they were started and as I held them, not only did I remember the uncertainties I wrestled with at that time, but also of some of the threads that still need tending to. Finishing those projects, therefore, has been on my mind these days. The importance of completing them so that the current transformations can unfold free of untended threads from the past threshold experiences calls my attention loudly these days.
What about your works in progress?
Do you have a project you began during a time of uncertainty…
