Podcast S1E9: Crafting Philosophy
Listen on: Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts.
Current Projects
We are both working on the Melt the Ice hat, from Needle & Skein, a yarn store in Minneapolis. This pattern is $5 and all proceeds are donated for STEP (St. Louis Park Emergency Program) and the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.
The pattern is based on a Norwegian hat used to protest Nazi occupation of Norway in the 1940s.
We are using the Malabrigo chunky yarn in the color cereza and size 9 needles.
We modified the pattern a bit: read the blog post about our modifications here!
Fun Question: Favorite thing ever made?
Theresa: Geranium Dress from Made-by-Rae with embroidered Peter Pan collar (pattern review here)
Cecelia: Arwin dying dress
Deeply Held Beliefs
- #1: I could do pretty much anything that I wanted as long as I had enough time and I was interested enough.
- #2: perfect does not exist, so why would I strive for perfect?
- #3: No one really cares about what you’re doing
- #4: Being creative is what makes life interesting.
- #5: Objects made by hand have a story and therefore are more interesting and fun to have.
- #6: Just do it, make the jump, be bold
If you’re stuck and want to be more creative, what should you do?
- Knitting/crochet
- Just make a little square so that you can rip it. It’s just to practice
- Sewing
- Find a free pattern online for some simple kids clothes or a shirt and just try to make it out of an old sheet.
- Or just alter some of your old clothes that you don’t like and were going to donate/throw out anyways
- Drawing
- Draw on a scrap piece of paper and immediately throw it away
- Look into zen-tangles, or drawing tutorials for kids, or do the “not looking drawing” technique for 90s
- Baking
- Choose a no-knead rustic loaf (NYT) and just give it a whirl, if it doesn’t turn out your yeast was probably dead, which is not your fault!
- Make a fun cookie or something that seems totally approachable
- Wood working
- Use scrap wood or just an old palette to throw something together (good tools do make a difference)
- Furniture flipping
- Get some thrifted or curb wooden frame and paint it
- Wood polish something simple
- Put new fabric on a simple dining room chair
