Today I write an essay on Substack: Rhythm and wool, where I reflect over spinning and being in the making as tools to cope with illness. This essay comes with a spinning video I think you’ll love.
There’s not much I can do when I get a migraine, everything hurts in one way or another. But I can spin, and do. Being in the wool and in the making soothes and keeps me reasonably balanced.
“Six treadles to charge the rolag with twist, stretching my arm to allow the twist to consume the rolag while I count to another twelve treadles to add twist, then rolling the fresh yarn through the eye of the orifice. For every repeat a pattern is defined – seven peaks creating a perfect sinus wave on the bobbin. This is what I can do when my body decides to fall into an episode, when it fails to trust my ability to keep a balanced lifestyle. The window is small, it appears.“
Read the whole essay here.
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A lovely read, despite it coming from a place of pain. I hope you are feeling better. And what wonderful news about your book, I was not able to pre-order from the Norwegian shops, but they will let me know once it is available 🙂 So close now! Have a great week.
Thank you, I am! And yes, so close 🌸