ABOUT
Welcome to my cozy blog. My name is Christie, and I journal about cozy crafts and art inspired by folk traditions, nature, and the whimsical.
Alchemy is a word that stays with me because it has evolved to also mean (according to American-Webster): a power or process that changes or transforms something in a mysterious or impressive way.
This philosophy can apply to anything in the art of crafts. How many times have we watched a family member transform meager vegetables and meat scraps into the most spectacular stew? Or watch a grandmother crochet her heart out to create the most impressive blanket? Perhaps you have seen a blacksmith mold scarlet iron into a spoon or knife. Perchance you witnessed glass being blown into the form of a wine bottle.
In my experience, I’ve seen all of these occur, inspiring me to be highly appreciative of the work, expertise, and care that is put into anything humans create.
Transformation—Alchemy—is incredible, especially when fulfilled through our own two hands. I cherish the skills of crafters and artists everywhere who have maintained humanity through their crafts. Our skills as humans are invaluable, despite what technology and artificial intelligence might say. Sure tech can optimize for efficiency. However when technology malfunctions, it is human minds and hands that take up the slack, and infuse the world with souls.
LATEST STORIES
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How to Knit: The Moss Stitch
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent…
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How to Knit: The 1×1 Rib Stitch
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent…
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Community Feast: A Recipe for Leftover Roast Bird Stew with Dumplings
“Too often life is like a pot of stew that we made without a recipe. A lot of things got in there that shouldn’t have…” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough I don’t know about you,…
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Daily Art Musings: Leaving Social Media
“I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. NYC grafitti…
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There Might be a Pharmacy in Your Yard
“A person who finds a herb has found a cure.” ― Annonymous My kitty and I have been starved for sunlight during this cruel, dark winter. So, we spent quite a few hours in the…
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Vintage Recipe: Bird Nest’s Soup
“When everything seems as gloomy and grey, all I recall is the smell of my beloved home.” ― Raigon Stanley From F.W. McNess’s Cookbook, Bird Nest’s Soup is a recipe from the company’s cookbook,…
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The Necessary Evil of Frogging
““There’s great value to knitting or digging up your garden or chopping up vegetables for soup, because you’re taking some time away from turning the pages, answering your emails, talking to people on the…
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Skull Obsession: Knitting a Nightmare, Wearing a Dream
“Goals are like apples in a tree. Some are a little higher than others, so you just have to jump higher.” ― Morten Andersen Knitting The Pattons Classics C 4612: A Lesson in Patience…
“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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