A note on why we call it Lunar New Year, not attaching it to one Asian nation
with recent storms.
Back home, while I watched the cow-flinging episode of Northern Exposure, largely about recovering from disaster and making art, I continued with the sampler of Tunisian crochet, to see if I could remember the knit stitch. That's the top few rows there, nice texture. The first few are in simple stitch.
The cow flinging was really great, about how it's not the product, it's the creating. As Chris explains, it's not what's flung, it's the fling! Words to live by!
Happy day everyone, remember the fling, however your fling looks!
"It's not what you fling it's the way that you fling it!"
ReplyDeleteThat Tunisian crochet results in a lovely texture.
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the best things about it.
Deleteread a post on a social media site, a woman was complaining about a product she bought that was described as hand crocheted nd she felt that was misleading as she felt it was clearly knitted. the seller continued to insist it was crocheted. I wonder if it was this Tunisian crochet.
ReplyDeleteSince it's a hybrid, yes, maybe. Funny thing to argue about if it was handmade anyway.
DeleteChris in the Morning. Sigh. Could there have been more perfect casting?
ReplyDeleteI dreamed of you early this morning, Ms. Liz! There was a gathering of bloggers and you were the star. Somehow, your "real" name was Martha which is one of my favorite names so that makes some sense. I wanted to show you everything in my world.
That's lovely! It's also the name of the knitting lady I just met in the new group, oddly enough. I'd love to see everything in your world, but meanwhile your blog offers a lot of it.
DeleteWhen I talk to people about going back into the clay studio, I say I'm doing it for the process, not the product. That's really hard to remember when creating something.
ReplyDeleteIf you love the process, you have a life in art. If you're focused on the product you have a life in commerce. Different strokes.
DeleteI can't imagine eating hairy bittercress, but believe you if you say its ok... read back and love the jumper you're making. I'll pop back and check if you finish it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not making a jumper. That's someone else in my knitting group modeling it for us.
DeleteWhy not hairy bittercress? it's a wild salad green, like watercress. You can find it frozen in Asian groceries, along with shepherd's purse. Try it!
I have not heard of hairy bittercress. I haven't heard of a lot of things, like Tunisian crochet. I like it. If you love the process, you have a life in art. "If you're focused on the product you have a life in commerce." Perfect.
ReplyDeleteHairy bittercress grows all over the place, even invasive in some places. It's a dark green leafy peppery spring tonic.
DeleteI don’t think I’d try the hairy bittercress but you never know.
ReplyDeleteDo you also avoid watercress? Maybe the peppery taste doesn't appeal
DeleteI'm watching for hairy bittercress and shepherd's purse, but it's still a little early here. Soon, soon.
ReplyDeleteI too like your reply "If you love the process, you have a life in art." Very hard to remember if one internally identifies as "I can't do that", as it's hard to move past the stress of trying to the love of doing. But - persevering!
Chris from Boise
Just letting it happen is hard to learn, for achieving, goal oriented people, which most of us are trained to be. But it's the first step. The next step is being prepared to look silly!
DeleteWe call it Chinese New Year and now I see it’s a misnomer.
ReplyDeleteOur large Chinese community do go all out and have parades with giant dragons down the Main Street in our city
The crochet is looking fab
It's the day after the first new moon of the year, so the name is accurate. I expect since this is the year of the dragon, the dragon dances will be even more in evidence.
DeleteLunar New Year seems like a good way to put it.
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteSo kind of the rabbits to share their hairy bittercress with you. (Not a very appetizing name). The Tunisian crochet is beautiful. You do such fine work. I love the color, too.
ReplyDeleteI think naturalists are not gifted namers. Plants particularly get some real doozies of names. Thanks for the nice words about the needlework. It's lovely to show it to people who appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Boud! Yes, spring is on its way. Your crochet is lovely.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting side note to the Lunar New Year - each year is the 'Year of the...horse, cat, rat, etc. Two of our grandies were born in January but, because the Lunar New Year happened in February it means that their 'animal' is from what we would call the previous year. Took me awhile to wrap my head around that one. Our daughter-in-love was born in Taiwan so our grandies are half-Asian. All three of them have Asian middle names as a nod to their heritage.
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