Spirit Cloth

The Basket and the Thread

It snowed not too much. Even though it snowed all day. Slow snow.

Now bigger cold is coming.

I remain focused on shelter.

I woke early and built a fire in the studio stove. Even though I planned not to. I'm not sure how that thread got there. It's been a while I guess because it is covered with dust. Like an unfinished conversation with self.

So much aware today of the shelter aspect of my Basket(Self) symbol. How it might have formed from the fear that lives in me from way back. Not big fear. Small fear that seems always woven in. It might even be the thing that eventually shapes me. I said that to myself this morning.

Shelter is Big. It might fill a whole year with re-considerings.

I'll be mending the Bird Robe today. Cloth is so often Shelter.

 

How Humidity Might Inspire

The rain was monstrous. Flooding.

And now just clouds, and mold, and dank air. And a chill. Imagine that.

I have the kind of hair that frizzes and stands on it's own in this kind of humidity. It used to be very stressful when I was trying to look groomed for work. For a short while until I just said, too bad, take it or leave it. Most often, in summer, I walked around with a halo.

HOME WOMAN, continued from here... One strand of thread, split back stitch, which I call (so appropriately today) splitting hairs. Just letting the knots show here, and letting the ends do their thing. They will probably split on their own over time.

So anyway today is a good hair day. Because I like this.

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Knots don't have to be hidden. They can be beautiful. If you have been through the Whispering Hearts class, you might Remember This?

knots as an edge

 

Wishing for a change of direction.

A red star.  A lot of color for me. But it was hot. I got caught up in the idea of a wishing star being a placeKeeper for a change of direction.

I'm back to what-iffing. Catching small thoughts in a new way. But I can talk about that later. Here, the star as a corner has caught me as an interesting arrangement. I made one sketch,there are others waiting in line. But the thread part is important. I pulled snippets of thread from the thread nest, because I save all those small thread ends. One by one, small pieces of color ended up in a nice blend and variation on red. But it also had me thinking about variegated threads in general. How so often the color repeat is too long, so on small areas you don't see the color change soon enough. You know what I mean? That's why I like  Deb's Threads.  Her crazy method of dyeing produces the perfect scattering of color. Way better than the commercial kind and even some of the hand painted threads I've seen. 

A red star then, practicing a few things for the Endless Wishing Cloth... and the reflection of a new day.

PS. I did rows and rows of split back stitch on the star points here. very close together.