a little handwork by colden here. he called it 'fishes'. when he showed it to papa he said, "it's a heARTwork." papa and i were both so filled with love. and then, remembering, he said "by hand to heart." i taught him earlier to measure his thread. like this:
see? this is how we showed the children to measure their yarn and thread in handwork. one hand on your heart, the other extended out. "hand to heart." i had never learned it myself until waldorf school introduced me. inevitably, i would use too much or too little, but hand to heart is usually the perfect length. plus by using your own body, you get a sense of when deviation might be necessary, i think. nice, huh?
