I have to admit it. I have been mean to the Freewriters of the world - at least to the ones of my little verse of Freewriting buddies.
Some of the words I have chosen are right out of my life a and many are new to me - or if not new, I learned their meaning more deeply. Woke was one of those words - and project bag is another.
It so happens that I started to do handiwork ever since I was a little kid. Those were the times I grew up in. Little girls learned how to be good little knitters and embroidered and whatever else one can do with fabric and such. Even repairing stuff - like socks with holes in the heel - was one of the things you had to learn.
And the idea was to make it as invisible as possible. Maybe [art of my revolution against the oppressive rule of my upbringing let me later to rather sew a new outfit than to fix a broken one.
I know that some people love to mend - and I am not one of those people. Alter something - no thank you. Let's create something new.
That doesn't necessarily mean that the old piece gets thrown away - actually, no way Jose.
We don't want to create more trash - and by we I mean me and I am hoping that you are on board with me.
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Did you know that the average person today throws 80 lbs of clothing in the trash every year?
That is insane!!!
The clothing industry is a huge source of pollution in the world - and of all other inequalities.
But what I was going to write about was a project bag. But I have strayed too far that at least I want to tell you about the one thing this freewrite let me to - mending.
I just attended a presentation and bought the book presenting a new way of mending.
Instead of hiding the hole or stain, it is embraced, even emphasized and becomes a focal point of an outfit!
Loving the idea of turning the former undesirable into the star!
Oh - and the project bag. That is the thing that holds your knitting...:)
The book: Mend! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules