http://bigwoolsky.com weaving knitting photography poetry Wed, 30 May 2012 03:21:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://bigwoolsky.com http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/getting-ready-the-maker-phase/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/getting-ready-the-maker-phase/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 03:20:04 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/?p=222 ]]>
]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/getting-ready-the-maker-phase/feed/ 0 jennytheheron IMG_5342 Onesies made by friends at our shower Alfred assembles the bassinet The sun sets on the festivities Alfred relaxes in the glider Her nursery is full of light img_5377 Elizabeth Zimmerman Practically Seamless Baby Sweater on Two Needles img_5387 img_5388 Front Back http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/readying-the-house-for-our-daughter-2/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/readying-the-house-for-our-daughter-2/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 03:01:57 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/readying-the-house-for-our-daughter-2/ ]]> I am currently 38 weeks pregnant, and thus our daughter could be born at any moment. We are filled with anticipation, and though working full-time, we continue to buzz around the house as if possessed by the maker urge, as I’ve come to call it. Alfred has built the nursery, and I have knit, and now sew, her wardrobe. Below is an album with photographs of this wonderful phase we’re in of getting ready.

]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2012/05/30/readying-the-house-for-our-daughter-2/feed/ 0 jennytheheron http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/22/from-letters-to-a-young-poet/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/22/from-letters-to-a-young-poet/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:35:33 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/?p=215 ]]> Just came upon this passage from one of Rilke’s letters to a young poet: “To let each impression and each germ of a feeling come to completion wholly in itself, in the dark, in the inexpressible, the unconscious, beyond the reach of one’s own intelligence, and await with deep humility and patience the birth-hour of a new clarity: that alone is living the artist’s life: in understanding as in creating.” For isn’t the act of creating the act of understanding?

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]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/vancouver-island/feed/ 0 jennytheheron long beach coast blue beach Chimney park at dusk ucluelet rocks and shore at dusk square of grass boat http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/baby-surprise-jacket-for-elias-everett/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/baby-surprise-jacket-for-elias-everett/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:06:10 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/?p=179 ]]>

]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/baby-surprise-jacket-for-elias-everett/feed/ 0 jennytheheron baby surprise jacket for elias everett baby surprise jacket for elias everett http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/february-sweater-for-karina/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/february-sweater-for-karina/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:37:37 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/?p=169 ]]>

]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/february-sweater-for-karina/feed/ 0 jennytheheron february sweater for karina february sweater for karina http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/blanket-for-esme/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/blanket-for-esme/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:35:48 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/?p=165 ]]>

]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/blanket-for-esme/feed/ 0 jennytheheron blanket for esme blanket for esme http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/baby-surprise-jacket-for-sophie-thisbe/ http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/baby-surprise-jacket-for-sophie-thisbe/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:29:16 +0000 Jenny http://bigwoolsky.com/?p=159 ]]>

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]]> http://bigwoolsky.com/2011/07/21/first-weave-on-the-new-loom-spring-2011/feed/ 0 jennytheheron tools spools on the sill yarn warp and weft yarn sunset warp and weft