Seamlines from the President-August 2023

I came across this writing after reading the book “Friday Night

Knitting Club” by Kate Jacobs.

Wear What You’ve Made

It’s a cute book if you are looking for one. But at the end I found this, and it spoke to me so much I had kept it. I hope it speaks to you as well.

Wear What You’ve Made

This can be the most fun: to show off some funky scarf that

reveals your inner cool. And other times it’s just so hard to wear

something that seems less than perfect or didn’t turn out the way

you wanted it to. But just put it on anyway; celebrate your hard

work and your talent. And your love. Every knitter (sewer)

stitches with love, even when they’re just starting, all red faced

and frustrated. Why else would we create? Especially in a world

that doesn’t need homemade anything. That’s when we need

homemade everything. It never matters if things don’t end up just

the way you planned. Every moment is a work in progress; every

stitch is one stitch closer. There may be worse, but there is

always better. When you wear something you’ve made with your

own hands, you surround yourself with love, and all the love that

came before you.

The real achievement, you see, is being proud of what you’ve made. I know I am.