I absolutely love my time in my studio designing, bending, hammering, drilling, squeezing, threading, etc., but it's not what I do to relax. When I'm working on a piece of jewelry it takes all of my focus and attention. It's why time flies and it's dinner time before I've even started thinking about preparing it! My favorite form of relaxation is working with fiber whether it's knitting, weaving or crocheting. The whole process is fun to me from picking out a pattern and finding the perfect yarn to sitting and clicking my needles.
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It's social. I can knit and visit with girlfriends or, as more often than not, sit and watch the TV with my hubby and just wind down the day with him. The soft and textured yarns feel good in my hands. I'm always fascinated with the patterns a variegated yarn will make.
It always gives me a great sense of satisfaction and wonder when a bag of yarn is transformed into something wearable or something warm for one's shoulders or lap. Sort of like a recipe where you have a bag or two of groceries and they all get used up in one dish, except at a much slower pace!
Click on photo to go to website that has kits in SO many gorgeous colorways!
We all need a break from work, world events and our adult responsibilities.
What do you do to relax?