Handwork and The Craft

May Morris' Lecture Notes

How wonderful is this -- a page of lecture notes from textile artist May Morris, showing it can never be just about the words, but the shapes of leaves and flowers. (Favorite bit--"Darning as a type of Drawing stitches" -- even the menial transcends its humble function in the hands of a masterful needlewoman.)

Whatta Ya Think? A Chair Each?

That's was my husband's question to me when he made some homemade linguine and was trying to determine whether he had rolled out a sufficient amount. It was a lot -- trust me. And we ate it over two days. Soooo good. Once, a long time ago, my father and my husband made homemade pasta together. My father was a very enthusiastic cook, and excited to use the "machina" for the first time. There wasn't a surface or chair in the kitchen that wasn't completely draped with beautiful egg noodles. I only wish cell phones had existed then so I could have snapped a pic of that abbondaza!