Kyoko Mori’s essay “Yarn” is inspirational. The most important thing to learn from yarn is that the small mistakes disappear when the garment is where it belongs. Mori’s distaste for “sewing” is almost a concept for more than just clothing. She states, “It is infinitely more relaxing to listen to a yarn than to a lecture whose thread we must follow”. Being creative and free, such as her making up things as she went along with the sweaters, leads to be more calm and not in the “purgatory of mismatched hands”. (such a funny line) The sewing could represent the stiff people who are stubborn and boring while the yarn are people who accept life as it goes without much complaint.
I had no idea about the two hundred wedding mittens. The history of knitting is interesting, and that there were guilds of knitters and the tabi that Japanese men would make. Knitting, I had though, was done by specific Mori is right about the skill of patience and meticulousness. I admire her motto “I would rather knit from a complicated pattern and make a few mistakes than execute an easier one flawlessly.” I had once tried to knit and it turned into a a giant knot. Its easy to see how the yellow mittens messed up multiple times and where did that one story go? The three brothers with only left hand each. What happened to them? How did the yellow mitts not make her give up knitting forever? Sure there were beautiful sweaters that Sabina had, but still, why would she continue?
I have an little affectation for yarn and making/designing apparel. With that, I can kind of relate to Mori and her love of making things.
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