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Dec. 5th, 2012
Yuletide Youtube
Dec. 5th, 2012 08:00 amYuletide Youtube, because this one is awesome. It's not just Annie and her outfit and the boots. It's the hurdy gurdy, the laughing drummer, the whole early 1900s feel of it. And of course horned Santa.
Pic of the Day:
Since we seem to be on a Horned God theme, let me refer you to SJ Tucker, Sooj, AKA Skinny White Chick. Independent pagan musician who makes her living doing this. "Hymne to Herne" is a fave rave.
http://skinnywhitechick.com/
Pic of the Day:
Since we seem to be on a Horned God theme, let me refer you to SJ Tucker, Sooj, AKA Skinny White Chick. Independent pagan musician who makes her living doing this. "Hymne to Herne" is a fave rave.
http://skinnywhitechick.com/
- Wed, 00:57: State of the sooky… http://t.co/uj8ycpVH
- Wed, 01:23: Writer Wednesday - Angelia Sparrow http://t.co/GA8vhcVh via @inkmonkeymag I am interviewed
- Wed, 01:26: Shameless self-promotion… http://t.co/9Ou8fshy
- Wed, 09:00: Yuletide Youtube… http://t.co/cYhpZULJ
Thoughts on craftiness
Dec. 5th, 2012 05:11 pmI am a crafter. I am a compulsive crafter.
If I am not writing, I am crafting because my hands can't stand being still. And because it's better than chewing my nails and cuticles or fidgiting.
I tend to assume everyone is quite capable of everything I do. It's only been recently that I've learned this assumption is because I grew up in a family of crafters much more skilled and polymathic than I.
My maternal great-grandmother was a quilter and embroiderer. She also played the organ.
My maternal grandmother sewed and painted. She taught painting for years and years. Decopauge, wood-carving, papier-mache crafts and some sculpting also came into it. Her sisters embroidered and did counted cross-stitch. (my aunts lived in CA, and we didn't see much of them)
My maternal grandfather was a leather worker, a carpenter, and toyed with glass art.
My paternal grandmother played piano, she taught piano, and was a quilter and crocheter.
My paternal grandfather was a carpenter, woodcarver and pyrographer.
My mother played piano and flute, sews, knits, paints, crochets, embroiders, cross-stitches, quilts, scrapbooks and makes porcelain dolls. I have never seen her fail at any craft.
My sister sews at a level I will never attain.
Me, I crochet. I have no musical skill. I knit slowly and badly. I do counted cross-stitch and embroider. I used to sew, when I had a machine. (In my heyday, I had an SCA garb shop) I do a little woodwork and pyrography, but the wood doesn't love me like it did my grandfathers. I've done some jewelry work and milinary. (considering taking it back up)
And I know that most people don't appreciate the time and effort crochet take, unless they're crocheters who can make it themselves.
And this is why I tend to be insecure about my handcrafts.
If I am not writing, I am crafting because my hands can't stand being still. And because it's better than chewing my nails and cuticles or fidgiting.
I tend to assume everyone is quite capable of everything I do. It's only been recently that I've learned this assumption is because I grew up in a family of crafters much more skilled and polymathic than I.
My maternal great-grandmother was a quilter and embroiderer. She also played the organ.
My maternal grandmother sewed and painted. She taught painting for years and years. Decopauge, wood-carving, papier-mache crafts and some sculpting also came into it. Her sisters embroidered and did counted cross-stitch. (my aunts lived in CA, and we didn't see much of them)
My maternal grandfather was a leather worker, a carpenter, and toyed with glass art.
My paternal grandmother played piano, she taught piano, and was a quilter and crocheter.
My paternal grandfather was a carpenter, woodcarver and pyrographer.
My mother played piano and flute, sews, knits, paints, crochets, embroiders, cross-stitches, quilts, scrapbooks and makes porcelain dolls. I have never seen her fail at any craft.
My sister sews at a level I will never attain.
Me, I crochet. I have no musical skill. I knit slowly and badly. I do counted cross-stitch and embroider. I used to sew, when I had a machine. (In my heyday, I had an SCA garb shop) I do a little woodwork and pyrography, but the wood doesn't love me like it did my grandfathers. I've done some jewelry work and milinary. (considering taking it back up)
And I know that most people don't appreciate the time and effort crochet take, unless they're crocheters who can make it themselves.
And this is why I tend to be insecure about my handcrafts.