Following Jenny.....

Each week I will be posting as part of  Jenny and her blog posts on the Year of Living Gentle Domesticity.  you can follow along by clicking  the like on the sidebar to her blog. Here in week two Jenny asks us a few questions and to post our answers.

What crafts or creative domestic activities did you pursue when you were young?

My first venture to being creative was learning to crochet. I posted about it before here on my blog. Hope if you did not read it then you will click the link and do so now. Soon after I began going to a neighborhood playground during the summer school break. There we learned to stich on gingham...cross stitch and to sew. I made a full skirt completely hand sewn with zipper and all. After some years I learned to knit and the first thing I made was a cardigan sweater.

Have you continued with them?

Yes indeed I have continued to crochet, cross stitch and knit as well as learned to do beading, embroidery and Hardanger and several other crafts. I thrive on learning and perfecting my creative ability.

Is there one or more that fell by the wayside but which you'd like to try again?

I can not say that I have stopped any of them. I just wish there was more time to pursue them all equally.

What inspired you in our study this week?

I am always inspired by your blog, but I think...."For the gentle are are just that; gentle. They do not demand to be practiced." Permission to not feel the need to be perfect. Reading your memory of baking with your Nana brought back memories of baking with aunt Lucy and learning to iron handkerchiefs.

Hope you visit with Jenny and maybe join in either a blog post of your own to respond to her questions or to comment on her blog. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words. Thank you for your friendship.