a new day

The sun is shining.  My cyber friends have talked me down from the ledge.  I thank you so very much.  I'm reassured that I don't have to apologize for expressing such raw feelings last post.  Thank you for that, too.  I have placed myself in the arms of the only people who 'get it' - my women friends.  You provide a soft cushion and the fall was not damaging because of your care and concern.  I am learning the things that I needed to know, again!


I have some closure to post!  Hilflowers is finished, finally.  Not blocked, but all ends tucked in.  I like to block outdoors, under the apple trees.  Currently, there is a 2 -3 foot wall of snow between the trees and the back door, so this piece may have to wait for blocking.  

It's so pretty - Anne Hanson is a brilliant designer.

This shawl took an awfully long time to complete, but it was a pleasure in every sense.  

I came across my old Rowen DK and Kidsilk cardigan and thought that they might like to meet -

After all, they'll both become part of my archival fiber trunk - pieces that have long outlived their usefulness, but are too special to be relegated to felted pot holders or draft keepers!  I can envision myself as an old crone, wobbling about in my gardens wearing this piece - frayed elbows, moth holes ...

I wonder if it will still fit me when I am stooped over with an old lady hump!  This sweater was a labor of love, inarguably my favorite and most expensive to knit -  I think that it was a Kaffe Fassett design - Wanda, does that design look familiar to you?  His quilt and knit designs are so interchangeable and timeless.  A back shot, just because...

   

My friends have suggested that I take it easy today and care for myself - to relax.  So I looked up the definition of the word relax and stumbled across THIS, which I think is quite interesting.  'RELAXIN' (ri-lak-sen) A female hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that helps soften the cervix and relax the pelvic ligaments in childbirth.  Women have always known - in fact, by nature we are in synch with what matters.  We are complete - we are ALL, contain ALL, that we need.  Now I can move toward forgiveness.
auf Wiedersehen!