I started knitting properly maybe a month or so ago. My mum taught me how to knit when I was a small child but my skills only ever were in starting and not finishing scarves. A few weeks ago I really wanted to use up the scrap wool from a blanket my mum knitted me so I found a pattern and started knitting. I've been finding the difficulty of a new skill sooooooo fun! It's hard! I've been really craving good challenges lately and knitting has really provided me with that. I also can't believe that there was a bunch of sheep and then they had their hair cut and then the wool was processed and then turned into a blanket and the leftovers are now a jumper ! That's crazy!

Excuse my video skills. This completely rusted old wood splitter was lying round outside our house since we moved in. It was/still is jagged and chipped, but I gave it a good sharpen on Thursday and now it's quite sharp and has even some shine. I find it so cool to find use and value in old broken things. Also the process of sharpening/polishing and improving physical things feels like a metaphor for polishing and improving internally/energetically. Does anyone else have some kind of processes, tasks or crafts like this? I find it especially rewarding sharpening all my chisels, and knowing the way I work them now is going to influence how I cut the wood later.

Hey! I'm Sylvia I'm starting to practice as a birth doula based around the philosophy of Do Nothing - originally I found this from Masanobu Fukuoka's Do Nothing Farming which can be applied to anything in life and I believe applies to birth. I'm really interested in old skills like birth support, farming, foraging, cooking, bookbinding, weaving, all sorts of crafting etc ! I'm really keen to have some community through world pool!

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