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 In Australia, a yarning circle is a way of communicating stories, experiences, and narratives, in an all-inclusive space without judgements. To me, that is what working with actual yarn is like. Whether you knit or crochet, each pattern, each project tells a story. A story that can be worn (literally as a cowl, scarf, socks, or sweater), and a story that can warm you (literally as a blanket), a story of the yarn itself (literally the material, the process by which it is produced, and the path it travels through the world to reach you, so you can make with it), and a story with you as your own friend, or with other yarning friends. All of this happens in a meditative space of generating, creating, making, talking to yourself, and other yarny friends, without judgements, in a safe space. Add to this some coffee or tea or wine, and some music. This is my recipe for a yarning circle from down under! 

This is my Warli doodle, from the country of my childhood, India. It expresses the same idea, a collective celebration of life, motifs expressing the extraordinary stories hidden within the everyday ordinary. All places on the planet, and all places in the universe, point to millions of yarning stories. In the end, they are the same universal story of everything and everybody connected together, yarned together - the universe is, literally, a massive yarn! 


I am the yarny_hobbit on Instagram, and YarnyHobbit on Ravelry.

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