"Long before any numerals or mathematics, when human language was first naming the world, trees offered their measures - of distance, of height, of diameter, of space. They were taller than anything else alive, their roots went deeper than any creature; they grazed the sky and sounded the underworld. From them was born the idea... Continue Reading →
Embla Vest Pattern
It can be awfully hard to pinpoint where an idea began it's journey toward fruition. I've wanted to design my own tree of life motif for years, and finally picked up a hook to start experimenting with it just a few months ago. I vaguely thought about adding the motif to the middle of the... Continue Reading →
Tree of Life Video Tutorial
This post will be a quick one, so I can get back to my lazy Sunday afternoon sloth-fest, but I've managed to create a video tutorial for the first 6 rounds of the Tree of Life Mandala pattern and wanted to share it as soon as I could 🙂 This video is full-length up to... Continue Reading →
Tree of Life Mandala
Who doesn't love trees?! Besides being one of the most successful life forms on Earth, trees are the lungs of our planet. Majestic and sometimes dangerous they are also, but I think one of the main reasons we humans have such a symbolic attachment to the Tree as a concept is that we tend to... Continue Reading →