Jessica, and many others, have told me I should start selling my handicraft on the internet. Well, I just can’t do that. I put too much of myself in the mittens and the hats that I knit, and selling them would be like selling a piece of myself. I don’t want to do that. What I make, I want to give as a gift to people that I like, as a token of my affection.
It’s starting to become quite an enterprise now, though, this knitting. My hands can’t seem to stop yearning for the feel of yarn and needles between my fingers. And yarn isn’t cheap. So, I’ve decided to compromise. I’m launching my own knitted ware (etc.) line of handicraft called because Katja said so, and this is how it will work:
You buy the yarn and give me more or less detailed instructions for what you want to have, and then I’ll make it for you. I can use an already existing design, or create a completely new and unique one for you. This fall, I’ve already made mittens with elephants and fish on.
I already have one order in, and I brought the yarn with me to Burkina Faso. Feels kind of sick, to sit here in the 30 degree heat, knitting. But. The hands’ gotta get what the hands’ gotta have. So, if you feel you’re in need of any kind of knitted clothing, just let me know! I’m all hands.
Katja Malmborg 