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Rereading a Knitting Classic: Knitting without Tears

Sarah White April 3, 2020 Book Club of 1 / KnittingOne Comment

Many, many years ago, when I was just starting to write about knitting as part of my job, I picked up a copy of Knitting without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann. I don’t even know what led me to it. Probably I read somewhere that it was a knitting classic. Maybe …

One Little Word for 2019

Sarah White February 1, 2019 Home and Family Life / Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

I started writing this post about my One Little Word about a month ago, but I never finished. After looking back at the progress I made in January I figured it was still worth sharing. It’s never too late to come up with a word. I’ve been using the concept …

The Life-Changing Magic of Being a Dabbler

Sarah White July 10, 2017 Creativity Boosts2 Comments

Being a dabbler is a great way to learn new things. It’s probably the way we’re all supposed to be. I spent the weekend with a few of my favorite kick-ass ladies at our self-styled working retreat lovingly acronymed tcoyos. We’ve been doing this for more than three years and, …

On Seeing Hamilton and the Value of Experience

Sarah White May 23, 2017 Creativity Boosts2 Comments

I’ve been on a “Hamilton” fast all month. The cast recording and the mixtape. It’s been really hard for a person who listened to one or the other most weeks for the past eight months or so. But there was a really good reason for it. (And I was reading …

The Short Film about Creativity and Life Every Parent Needs to See

Sarah White May 5, 2017 Creativity BoostsLeave a comment

A super-short film about creativity has inspired me, and it will inspire you, too. This is so good. If you need to cry today, or have a transcendent experience, hang with me for a few. The short film Alike had been on my radar for a while, but I finally …

How to Survive a Creative Slump

Sarah White February 21, 2017 Creativity BoostsLeave a comment

This year has been hard for me creatively. I just haven’t felt like making anything. I’ve been doing a little knitting here and there, maybe a tiny bit of sewing and some mending. But I haven’t felt inspired or really fired up to make anything. Or to write much. Creative …

I Wasn’t Going to Write about Today

Sarah White January 20, 2017 Writing and BloggingOne Comment

The girl is quite literally an Obama baby. I had a doctor’s appointment — after which I’d given myself permission to start trying to get pregnant — the day before his first inauguration. We talked about that amazing concert on the Mall that had me in tears, so full of …