Welcome to Litsy!

Finally made it into the city to see the Kusama exhibition - I‘d heard that it was magnificent and always crowded so we bought tickets online and arrived before the gallery opened to join the queue - which meant we were able to walk straight in AND we loved it all! This was my favourite room but they were all glorious!

Even my beloved water window has had a Kusama makeover.

This book is exactly what it says it is: techniques, patterns, and samplers for blackwork embroidery. Unfortunately, it doesn‘t have any information about doing blackwork on clothing (as it historically was), which is what I really want to do. But I suppose I can practice on Aida and figure out the rest myself.

I'm shocked I haven't heard of this book until now. As a handspinner myself, I was pretty familiar with the subject matter. That said, I still learned a lot along the way. I enjoyed her writing and thoughts and reflections on the industry. And yes, this is just a fraction of my own wool stash. The grey in the middle is jacob wool that is slated to become a sweater. My daughter is going to knit it for me once I'm finished spinning it.

This book is gorgeous and informative, but it‘s too dang heavy and the font is really small and cramped. For a book that has so much emphasis on design, they really didn‘t design that aspect well.

*Not the tagged book* Audible produces a Words + Music series, which allows listeners to consume a brief overview of various music artists. I enjoyed learning about legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma in this Audible Original, Beginner‘s Mind. Yo-Yo Ma immediately had my attention when the audiobook opened with him describing a remote home he and his wife enjoy that is immersed in nature.

Full review at abookandadog.com/blog/beginners-mind-yo-yo-ma

Lots of joys while visiting friends over New Year‘s!
🖼️ Visiting SF MOMA
🟡 Seeing Yayoi Kusama‘s work (Giant polka-dot pumpkins! Infinity room!)
🍻 Games at a friend‘s taproom on New Year‘s Eve
🖼️ Art galleries in Carmel, especially sculptures by Richard MacDonald
🌅 New Year‘s Day sunset in Carmel

#5JoysFriday

I took am intro embroidery class this morning and I enjoyed it very much!

#LitsyLoveBingo for November is helping me meet new friends. Watch for some mail @Deifio

I decided that I should own more of the women‘s studies books that I am reading so I can *gasp* write in them.

But I‘m going to return “who‘s afraid of gender” because I think I can find it used and I‘ll feel better writing in a preloved copy.

Could you ever write in a book?

#selfguidedwomenandgenderstudiescourse

#WickedWhispers #Lantern This DK book is loaded with self sufficient skills that people like my grandparents were familiar with. That is why they saved everything, you might be able to fix it or use it as parts to make something else. I swear Grandpa could fix almost anything with duct tape and baling wire !