ThingsMadeSlowly
My blogs
| Introduction | I'm a rare books librarian from Los Angeles, California who moved to Fife, Scotland in 2012, and then to Llantwit Major, Wales in 2015. I collect hobbies, most of them of the crafty variety. I'm interested in living in a historically-inspired and/or environmentally sustainable way. I'm less focused on creating exact reproductions of historical objects and more focused on incorporating old-fashioned objects and activities into my daily, modern life. In today's culture of instant gratification, where every job is quick-and-dirty and we sacrifice quality for cost, I'm interested in doing things slowly, by hand. I may not crank out as many projects as the next crafter, but every project is something whose quality I can be proud of, and that I can treasure both for its own sake and for the memories of working on it. |
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| Interests | History, historical sewing, crochet, knitting, embroidery, spinning, weaving, millinery, leatherworking, gardening, herbal medicine, natural dyes, beekeeping, cooking, baking, brewing, preserving, foraging, cob building, calligraphy, illumination, pottery, belly dance, fencing, ancient European languages |