rebecca soble

In 1989 I was studying geology in college and had the opportunity to go on a research expedition to East Greenland. While I was there I kept a notebook that included a mix of geological work and impressions and events. A few years ago I converted this notebook into e-text, scanned in some photos, and put it up on my website. It stayed for a while and then got lost in the shuffle of endless website redesign. One of my goals for this new site is to gather together a lot of my old writing and finally have them all together. Making a complete picture of me, so to speak. So I’ve pulled the Greenland travel log out of the “save” folder and reinstated it, and will be doing similarly with my other writings over the next weeks and months. Enjoy

The genesis of this bag was getting a large ball of beautiful lace-weight mohair as a gift from my mother. The first thing I made with it was a simple airy shoulder wrap, garter stitch knitting back and forth with increases at each edge and two in the middle. Well, I got tired of garter stitch after a while, so I bound it off and started wearing it, but the ball of yarn wasn’t quite used up. I intended for this lace pattern to be a matching scarf but - whoops, not enough yarn! - so I got creative and turned it into this bag. The knitting was blocked and sewn to a piece of leather using blanket stitch and the bag closes with a simple button. It’s currently holding school (teaching) supplies.

Current Thoughts:  preparing to return to Turkey, saying goodbyes and hellos.

Current Read: No God but God, by Reza Aslan.  An excellently written, educational, and balanced history of Islam.  I have 80 pages remaining.