I love the tradition of dressing a newborn in hand-me-downs. I had never heard that, but a literal way to surround a baby with love. I want an adult version of this!
Interesting write up! I was immediately reminded of The Tale of Two cities by Charles Dickens, where the antagonist Madame Dufarge continues to knit a scarf replete with the names of the people she wanted to kill :)
Thank you Vidya! Wow, I haven’t read that one. But coded knitting seems to have happened in WWI and WWII. And as soon as I finished writing this one I was also wondering if I should do a piece about fictional knitters. 😅
Oooohhhh... I love this, Kavitha. What a wonderful read. I'm always on the lookout for some stories and history around crafts. One of my favourite podcasts is Haptic & Hue by Jo Andrews. If you don't know about it yet, I think you'll enjoy it. Also, the latest episode of Sew What? podcast was with Eleanor Gilchrist, who is doing a PhD on the history of crochet (which is apparently a very big challenge compairing to knitting).
On the first myth, it seems to inform craft practice in Japan too. I've found before, not sure where (I think it was on some sort of tv documentary), a mention to potters leaving at least a flaw on their pieces, because only Nature is perfect. It's not kintsugi (the art of repairing broken pots with gold and lacquer), but it has to do with the wabi-sabi philosophy in some way. Would have to do some more googling on this, but I do find this side of craft traditions very beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, the Fluens Tee is so lovely! Really like the curve on the chest. Very elegant and it gives it a special extra hmmmpf. <3 :D
Ana, thank you so much for these podcast suggestions. They sound amazing. I too have heard about crochet history being very sparse. Japanese culture is full of wonderful philosophies and thank you for bringing these up. Wabi-sabi must be favorite of all times. I haven't heard of Kintsugi but sounds beautiful. Thank you so much for your kind words about Fluens. I was hoping the curve detail would elevate the design in some way. :D :)
Awww, thank you so much. Obviously it was a hasty click. But I am so glad it conveys some of these things. Yes, I am thinking of it as a tee but a bit elevated with design details.
They’re not mistakes, they’re personalized design features! 😃😆. Or maybe that’s just me.
Lol!! That is a good way of looking at things. 😃
I love the tradition of dressing a newborn in hand-me-downs. I had never heard that, but a literal way to surround a baby with love. I want an adult version of this!
Aww, thank you! So many fond memories around that tradition. An adult version sounds like a fun idea, though.
Interesting write up! I was immediately reminded of The Tale of Two cities by Charles Dickens, where the antagonist Madame Dufarge continues to knit a scarf replete with the names of the people she wanted to kill :)
Thank you Vidya! Wow, I haven’t read that one. But coded knitting seems to have happened in WWI and WWII. And as soon as I finished writing this one I was also wondering if I should do a piece about fictional knitters. 😅
Oooohhhh... I love this, Kavitha. What a wonderful read. I'm always on the lookout for some stories and history around crafts. One of my favourite podcasts is Haptic & Hue by Jo Andrews. If you don't know about it yet, I think you'll enjoy it. Also, the latest episode of Sew What? podcast was with Eleanor Gilchrist, who is doing a PhD on the history of crochet (which is apparently a very big challenge compairing to knitting).
On the first myth, it seems to inform craft practice in Japan too. I've found before, not sure where (I think it was on some sort of tv documentary), a mention to potters leaving at least a flaw on their pieces, because only Nature is perfect. It's not kintsugi (the art of repairing broken pots with gold and lacquer), but it has to do with the wabi-sabi philosophy in some way. Would have to do some more googling on this, but I do find this side of craft traditions very beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, the Fluens Tee is so lovely! Really like the curve on the chest. Very elegant and it gives it a special extra hmmmpf. <3 :D
Ana, thank you so much for these podcast suggestions. They sound amazing. I too have heard about crochet history being very sparse. Japanese culture is full of wonderful philosophies and thank you for bringing these up. Wabi-sabi must be favorite of all times. I haven't heard of Kintsugi but sounds beautiful. Thank you so much for your kind words about Fluens. I was hoping the curve detail would elevate the design in some way. :D :)
Goal achieved! It does elevate it. ❤
I really like your new design. The colors (in that pic anyway) remind me of a super soft sweatshirt, but with elevated design sense.
Awww, thank you so much. Obviously it was a hasty click. But I am so glad it conveys some of these things. Yes, I am thinking of it as a tee but a bit elevated with design details.