Thanks everyone for your warm thoughts regarding my last post. I like my wedding photo. I had especially wanted to show everyone how I looked prior to growing my dreads. I had had the idea of cutting them all off in honor of my next birthday. However, I am attached to them, so we will see. Our relationship to our hair can be very complex, especially for a Black woman who may view the way it is worn as a form of self-expression relating to politics, art or whatever belief that may manifest itself. At one point in my life I decided to wear my hair naturally and to see might develop. So far so good.
Well enough about that !
My Xmas Knitting list:(proposed) 5 hats, 4 scarves, 2 pairs of socks, and as many 'gwfgwfs'- or what ever Kat calls 'em - washcloths as I can turn out.
Ambitious ? Heck yeah, But I only have to make the socks and 3 hats and 1 scarf. 1 hat is finished and the other is 3/4's done. So we will see.
Gotta go, pic's soon !
About Me
- Jscothammerquist
- I believe in the power of yarn, to heal and warm the soul. Say AMEN somebody.
3 comments:
Your wedding photo is of course beautiful. Somehow your dress reminds me of mine. Your honey looks mush different somehow than you do. I can see all of the essential Judiness.
Your Christmas list seems quite ambitious. I'll have to write a similar post. I'm glad to see that someone else is making scarves! I feel like such a pariah.
My college roommate's dad kicked her out of the house when she put cornrows in her hair. Considering the inherently mutable nature of hair (it grows, you cut it), I am always surprised how seriously hairstyles can be taken. For what it's worth, I think your dreads are cool.
I got my hair cut off over the holiday weekend. Yes, I'll be growing it back, but it was time to get rid of all the length that had been damaged by color. No more color for me.
I love dreads, but think they look silly and ratty on 99% of the white people who wear them.
It's a gwfgwf knitting weekend for me. A scarf, a sweater, a washcloth or two. Finish up some denim overalls, and fingerless mitts. Nah, I won't be too busy.
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