chalkcraft

[chalkcraft]

Hello!

This is a blog about crafts. It is also a blog about writing about crafts. I don't know if this is particularly Tumblr, but Tumblr is what I know and so here we are!

The crafts will be mostly textile based because that is what my little fingers are absolutely obsessed with. I don't know, there's something about cloth and thread and yarn and colour the endless combinations of these that really, really just scratches the creative itch and makes me feel like me.

In no particular order, I knit, spin, dye, crochet, sew, embroider, quilt, and have dabbled in lacemaking. I don't have nearly as much time as I would like to do these now that I have a full time and pretty exhausting job, but you know what? When I do, I can document some of it on here and share the joy of craft a little. I also have enjoyed writing on and off throughout my life and it would be nice to practice that a little.

The title of this blog is from a framework composed by Occupational Science researcher and writer Ann Wilcock in the 90s. The concepts of Doing (doing the thing), Being (sense of identity and meaning), Becoming (learning, growth, transformation) and Belonging (community, connection) explore the relationship humans have with their occupations. I would say that I experience meaning in all of these areas through practising textile crafts.

Things I am currently working on include:

A giant knitted lace Shetland Wedding Ring Shawl

Quilt in English Paper Piecing

Handspun and knitted shawl

Learning tablet weaving

Handsewn adjustable skirt

Learning Sashiko

Various adventures in medieval reenactment kit.

I mean it's not surprising that I rarely finish anything, really.

There will be pictures, but it's December in the northern hemisphere and the amount of time I have to photograph things in the sun is SHORT. Please enjoy this long text post!