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whyknotmama) wrote2013-12-12 10:06 pm
whyknotmama) wrote2013-12-12 10:06 pm
I'm sorry! I didn't mean to apologize! ....and fibershed
I've felt like I need to get back at this here blog thing for the past several weeks. However, this pesky life stuff keeps happening. Okay, not actually pesky, just a lot. Children and dog and kitties and house and work and knitting and music and craft show, oh my! Hm. When I write it all down like that, it makes me feel like I got a lot done, unlike how I felt about it BEFORE I typed it up.
Another thing that has been really on my mind is our self-deprecation as people, as women, as mothers, as humans. I had a wake-up call last weekend when I apologized for about 7 different things in 1 afternoon.....that weren't actually my fault in any way. The real shocker was that, when this was pointed out by my dear friend, I nearly apologized for apologizing. Geez! Guess it's time to bring out the 'ol pep talk again.
I personally think that people are awesome. We have the ability to create and encourage. We can build each other up instead of cutting each other down. Although, we do seem to forget that we need our OWN energy building us up as well.
Okay, enough ranting. I want to get down and dirty with some type-talk:
I'm still planning on beginning my fibershed experiment for the next year or 2 - replacing items of clothing with ones upcycled/made from local materials from within about 200 miles of my home. I've been spending some of that brain power trying to work out the steps I need to take for this. First up is planting flax this early spring. I already have some local wool that I've been spinning, so I guess maybe THAT has been first. My thought process is that I won't want to wear wool in the summer, and it's mighty hard to grow cotton up here, so linen is the perfect option. And by perfect, I mean slightly less of a pain in the tuccus. I'm hoping to make myself some wool leggings this winter for the spring, and to make a couple of new upcycled skirts. My jeans (both pair) are wearing out, and I want to be able to replace them without going far afield. I guess we'll see how it goes!
Step 1: start.
Feel free to pass on any suggestions/ideas/thoughts to nudge me along...
Another thing that has been really on my mind is our self-deprecation as people, as women, as mothers, as humans. I had a wake-up call last weekend when I apologized for about 7 different things in 1 afternoon.....that weren't actually my fault in any way. The real shocker was that, when this was pointed out by my dear friend, I nearly apologized for apologizing. Geez! Guess it's time to bring out the 'ol pep talk again.
I personally think that people are awesome. We have the ability to create and encourage. We can build each other up instead of cutting each other down. Although, we do seem to forget that we need our OWN energy building us up as well.
Okay, enough ranting. I want to get down and dirty with some type-talk:
I'm still planning on beginning my fibershed experiment for the next year or 2 - replacing items of clothing with ones upcycled/made from local materials from within about 200 miles of my home. I've been spending some of that brain power trying to work out the steps I need to take for this. First up is planting flax this early spring. I already have some local wool that I've been spinning, so I guess maybe THAT has been first. My thought process is that I won't want to wear wool in the summer, and it's mighty hard to grow cotton up here, so linen is the perfect option. And by perfect, I mean slightly less of a pain in the tuccus. I'm hoping to make myself some wool leggings this winter for the spring, and to make a couple of new upcycled skirts. My jeans (both pair) are wearing out, and I want to be able to replace them without going far afield. I guess we'll see how it goes!
Step 1: start.
Feel free to pass on any suggestions/ideas/thoughts to nudge me along...