A hobby of mine

January 31, 2020  /  Marci Jackson

I can vividly remember sitting in my grandparents living room watching my grandma knit. The fast click-click of the needles as she made, yet another pom-Pom hat to donate. I would wind the skein of yarn into the ball for the next hat while the sounds of the Price is Right or the Joker’s Wild was on the console TV on the main window wall.
I tried knitting and got a bit bored, although I still have grandma’s needles, I found crocheting more my style. I started with knowing how to chain a line. But what could a person do with a chain of 143, not knowing what the next step was? I found several (thousand) YouTube tutorials and taught myself various stitches that kept me engaged and involved. I have been making various things for myself, my hubby, kids, friends etc. I mix yarns together from one project to another.
This one will turn into a poncho for Alice and if I like it, one for me!

Tune it again to see if it ever gets finished or if I stray onto a new project- highly likely- before it’s complete!

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**Premiere Performance info**

November 16, 2024, Marci will be performing for the 1st time the pieces written for her by composer Daniel J. McIntosh. The pieces are set to William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence.” Never have all 19 poems been set to music before, so this is a performance NOT to be missed. Not only will it be sung, but the poem and art that Blake engraved will be projected during the performance.

Before and after the performance, there will be a special display of the pieces that have just been newly printed by Michael Phillips specifically for Marci and these performances. This is FIRST time since Blake printed them that all of the Songs of Innocence have been printed in his style of printing/engraving.