Thursday 2 February 2012

~ Imbolc : Stitching : and Six-Word-Days ~

the crocuses are in bloom
this morning in our garden 

I am feeling quiet, and words are keeping a distance, so please excuse this laundry-list of a post....

It is Imbolc again, and we have the fire and candles lit and the little hearth alter in place to honour Brigid and the return of the light.

I wasn't sure what to do with this piece
but....
....Jude's Cloth to Cloth class came to the rescue
and I had great fun doing a small weave.
I like it!
We had a dusting of snow, so I gave the cloth a little snow ceremony. 

I have been taking part in 41 6-word Days with j and julia. It's a great community and I love condensing the description of my day to six words....I can cope with that number!

Happy Imbolc, and greetings to February ~

Cariad mawr
H x

14 comments:

  1. Crocuses, my, different world over your way! A blessed Imbolc to you.

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    1. Thank you Valerianna. Yes, even the snow the rest of the UK is having has missed us! Hope your imbolc was light :~)

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  2. Helen, a lovely Brigid cloth! I, too, will invoke Brigid tomorrow and again this weekend with my circle. We are connected, you and I, in that way...nice! Your hearth altar is so beautiful...have happy days in the growing light, dear Helen. xo

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    1. I just put the little 'bed of Brede' and the rest of the alter away today, and was thinking of you ~ I like that connection :~) I hope you enjoyed your celebration. xx

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  3. Blue cloth stitches rain down freely

    Beautiful cloth Helen, even in snow

    Sometimes six words are just enough

    (((hugs)))

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    1. Oh I LOVE these Nancy ~ thank you ~ I have a big smile right now...(((hugs))) back x

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  4. a cloth of sky and snow.

    more than wonderful.

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    1. Ha! I see what you did there Cindy :~))) and I think you just named this little cloth. Thank you x

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    2. oh! well, thank you!
      looking at it again- the fringy edges of the white really give the look of snow, as if it had drifted down onto your cloth- more and more wonderful.

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  5. happy to hear your voice in words and cloth!

    bright blessings of imbolc to you helen <3

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    1. hey hey dear Dru and thank you ~

      It is so good to have the light return to us :~)

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  6. a lovely cloth. i love the design created by the lace piece woven in on the right.

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    1. thank you deanna....I liked that too :~))

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