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the craft sessions the craftsessions story our past retreats blog newsletter contact menu street address city state zip phone number about the craftsessions story our past retreats blog newsletter contact making fast fashion some more of the grey april 19 2022 thecraftsessions a partial solution this is made of scraps except i ll explain more about this one in a minute so i wrote last week a post asking is my making fast fashion and then i did a video on instagram discussing similar topics in a slightly different way and as always you lovely humans have helped me clarify some of my thinking with your thoughtful clever commentary and while i think there is so much more to discuss here are four key possibly more meta ideas that have come up for me out of those conversations in using the quote last week that suggested that there was no single answer and suggesting that this was freeing i really did mean that we should sit in the grey not that the lack of an answer to this question should mean we get to ignore the question but rather that the lack of an answer means that we need to keep asking bigger more beautiful questions and keep asking them is my making fast fashion am i living my values or merely thinking them and how can i make those two things a little more aligned in this moment these are my big beautiful questions yours might be different and importantly this leads to point 2 read more in thoughts on craft making fast fashion 4 comments is my making fast fashion april 12 2022 thecraftsessions we all have the capacity and often the desire to deny truths that show us engaged in things we know aren t ideal to minimise avoid distract and rationalise our way to feeling ok with our choices and our behaviour and it makes sense it s human to avoid the hard stuff especially when that hard stuff involves us changing behaviours we enjoy i do it regularly and i ve been doing it regularly in my making for many years in many ways the term fast fashion refers to speedy production of clothing in order to meet the latest and newest trends i do this i produce things in a speedy way in order to meet the latest and newest trends read more in thoughts on craft 7 comments why gauge matters april 5 2022 thecraftsessions these yarns feel very different yarn 1 is more hardy yarn 2 is lighter and softer anyway so then i sat down to do the knitting and just for the fun of it and a smidge of curiosity i knitted the same pattern in the same size using the same needles same pattern same size same needles but i got two very different results read more in thoughts on craft 2 comments craft as simple mundane forward movement march 29 2022 thecraftsessions this week s scrap project using alpaca and merino in slightly different guages being super reductive i often think of my craft as a reminder daily momentarily that all three of these things are true in this moment i capable of doing good things there is something kinda fun in my life and my life has possibility and forward movement read more in thoughts on craft 2 comments craft as a virtuous cycle march 22 2022 thecraftsessions craft is a process that isn t simply a straight line from materials to object but rather it is an energetic feedback loop that cycles through the life elevating process that is hand making making making us feel good leading to more making that makes us feel good regardless of whether in this moment that making is physical our craft practice acting as a virtuous cycle an ongoing process of engagement with the parts of me that feel most like me making begetting more making leading to well being begetting more well being read more in i made this thoughts on craft 4 comments older posts welcome i m felicia creator of the craft sessions and soul craft festival this blog aims to celebrate the connection between hand making and our well being these posts aim to foster a love of hand making and discuss the ways domestic handcrafts elevate our everyday i love the contributions you make to this space via your comments and learn so much from each and every one x thoughts on craft simple sewing 101 stash less the retreat featured apr 19 2022 making fast fashion some more of the grey apr 19 2022 apr 19 2022 apr 12 2022 is my making fast fashion apr 12 2022 apr 12 2022 apr 5 2022 why gauge matters apr 5 2022 apr 5 2022 mar 29 2022 craft as simple mundane forward movement mar 29 2022 mar 29 2022 mar 22 2022 craft as a virtuous cycle mar 22 2022 mar 22 2022 mar 15 2022 craft the slow nostalgic finish mar 15 2022 mar 15 2022 popular posts craft as a project v s craft as a practice our fear of going back making is not inherently creative why all crafters need a visual diary craft as a manifestation of love and loss moving on from perfectionism the secret to becoming a great knitter simple sewing 101 part 1 craft in the middle of motherhood the blog archives april 2022 march 2022 february 2022 december 2021 march 2021 february 2021 november 2020 july 2020 june 2020 may 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