I love making things. Things that are beautiful and useful at the same time. It takes far longer to make than to buy, but so much of the pleasure comes from the process of creation and not just from ownership or consumption. This little sweater contains approximately 32,000 stitches, but each and every one was knit with so much love for the little one who would one day wear it.
It seems like we have been in a frenzy of consumption in the past several years, and the desire to have as much as possible as quickly as possible outweighs the qualities that make something actually worth having. Hence the success of Walmart. I'd rather spend a summer growing my vegetables, or a month making a sweater, or a week picking local, in-season berries to freeze and jam, or a day mixing and kneading my bread for dinner than one stop at the local box store where you really don't save any money and you have no idea what you're getting.
So, here's to taking the time to enjoy the process.
1 comment:
That is awesome Loralee! What a project! Congrats on its completion!
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