thrums | my life, with needles and thread » simplicity http://www.timethrums.com/blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:09:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 simplicity http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/simplicity/ http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/simplicity/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:15:53 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=1216 I don’t remember who made the observation – why did Thoreau say “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”? To be truly simple, shouldn’t he have just said Simplicity!

Anyway, that struck me this morning when I was handwinding a ball of madelinetosh merino, in graphite, for my Mondo Cable Cardigan. The yarn is lofty and soft, and the subtle variation in color that characterizes madelinetosh yarns is physical and lovely. And the resulting ball is beautiful, showing the work of a hand rather than a machine.

madelinetosh merino in graphite

handwound ball of graphite-colored lofty merino

Now and then a moment of simplicity strikes, you know? A moment of just stopping the buzz and noticing. I’m trying to help those moments happen more frequently.

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