Kathryn D'Agostino

Tag: making art

  • Aran cardigan Installment #2 – Research

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         Sunday is for slowing down, reminding myself that intentionality in my work is an act of grounding. And today is international Women’s Day, I cant think of a better day to be immersed in knitting, reading the works of women who changed the craft, thinking about how every woman’s hands have physically captured culture,…

  • Cables, Creativity, Commencement

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    What better day to share the start of a new endeavor then on Wednesday, the day of the week when makers share their work in progress. Today I am starting a new knitting project and a new blog series! Like many knitters Ive got lots on the needles but a new project has got my…

  • Finished

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    Its finalOr is it? What’s over and what ended?Im still here You’re here reading this Everything ends And then everything starts again Poems don’t die on the pageWords infect Latch on and dont let go You make and you worryOverthink everything Then nothing But the world wont stop spinning People wont stop trying and doing…

  • Crying silently

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    Try your best they sayJust keep going But what if my best really isn’t that goodAnd what if I just want to sit and rest Are the adults in the room trying their best?Why do white men with titles get to do their worst?Why am I expected to do more and be better when there…

  • Must Write

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    I need to do it and I canI have to write it all down Right?Until there is nothing left to spill outFall haphazardly onto the floorMy secrets scurry away and hide in the rafters amongst the rats My hopes and dreams drift away with the breezes I need to write moreMore words, more ideas, more…

  • Spiral

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    “Sometimes things go too fast and too slow all at once.” – July 19th I found this note today while tidying up my studio and realized I hadn’t sat down to look through pictures or even think much about this past weekend in Corner Brook. So much of my life the past couple of years…

  • Collaboration

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    The year is more than halfway through and somehow my scribbling in red dry erase marker in my study “Be a Professional Artist” seems an ever present reality. Workshops, exhibitions, drafts. I feel caught up in life. Kinda like those dreams where it feels like if you run fast enough you can float through the…

  • Creation

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    Originally Posted on April 12th, 2020 I was first taught to knit when I was eight years old / By a teacher during a bout of indoor recesses / One particularly snowy winter / When I decided I was too old for my blankie / I reworked it into a small stuffed animal / Many…