Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/plugins/wptouch-pro/core/admin-load.php on line 106

Warning: Declaration of thesis_comment::start_lvl(&$output, $depth, $args) should be compatible with Walker::start_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/themes/thesis_186/lib/classes/comments.php on line 138

Warning: Declaration of thesis_comment::end_lvl(&$output, $depth, $args) should be compatible with Walker::end_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/themes/thesis_186/lib/classes/comments.php on line 143

Warning: Declaration of thesis_comment::start_el(&$output, $comment, $depth, $args) should be compatible with Walker::start_el(&$output, $object, $depth = 0, $args = Array, $current_object_id = 0) in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/themes/thesis_186/lib/classes/comments.php on line 148

Warning: Declaration of thesis_comment::end_el(&$output, $comment, $depth, $args) should be compatible with Walker::end_el(&$output, $object, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/themes/thesis_186/lib/classes/comments.php on line 164

Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/modules/aioseop_opengraph.php on line 853

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-content/plugins/wptouch-pro/core/admin-load.php:106) in /home/fatfreev/www/www/wp-includes/feed-rss2-comments.php on line 8
Comments on: The Loom and A Homecoming https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/ Living Well with MS. Stories. Recipes. Hope. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.34 By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41874 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:32:42 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41874 Dearest Gena, thank you. I DO love the patterns of circular motion at all levels. I love how you connected the knitting with the pears in a way I was with but had not summarized to myself that way. And yes, the pears pretty much were absolute perfection! xoxo

]]> By: Gena https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41855 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:52:23 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41855 Such a beautiful post, Maria, as ever. I love the theme of reunion, of tasting and experiencing once again the things you thought you’d never have (knitting, at least in the way it was presented to you) or have again (the pears). Things do come full circle sometimes, if we’re lucky, and circularity is expressed so beautifully and in so many ways here.

Meanwhile, your pears look like absolute perfection! Tis the season.

xoxo

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41596 Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:05:43 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41596 Hi Michelle! Thanks for dropping by! I absolutely love that you made little hats for your troll dolls back in the day. 🙂 Thanks for appreciating my little hats. One of them ended up on a little snowman I sent in a box to RAICES. All best to you this holiday season and beyond. xo

]]> By: Michelle Gallagher https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41563 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 05:05:14 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41563 Maria:
Dropped in to see what your topic was – what a wonderful story for the season – knitting and pears. My Mother and Grandmother taught me to knit and just this week I opened a closet with an unfinished sweater. Reading your story is perfect timing to get back to that craft. I used to knit little hats – for of all things my little troll dolls 🙂 Loved to see your little hats on the shelf!
Best to you – Michelle

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41231 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:08:01 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41231 Thanks Veronica! It’s wonderful to know you are a needle knitter. I’m sure they would welcome a few more toys. That situation needs all the tenderness we can shower upon it. You made me chuckle to myself about those mailboxes. 🙂 xoxo

]]> By: Veronica https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41226 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:28:20 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41226 I’m so happy you found a way to knit! I’ve never tried the loom things, but I hear they’re fun. I knit the old fashioned way, but, like you with your drawing, the desire to do so comes in cycles. Right now, I’m in a non-motivated time, whereas just a few months ago, I was doing project after project! I also donated to RAICES but missed the knitted donation request! I love creating little toys, so perhaps I’ll send them a few.
That is so lovely that your friend sent you pears from your old tree! What a wonderful surprised. Definitely worth the effort of going to the mailboxes. 🙂
xoxo

]]> By: Lee https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41140 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:50:45 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41140 Maria, what a lovely post! I’m glad you were able to find knitting that works for you (and sounds about like my speed, too—I never did manage to master crocheting, much less knitting when I was young.) And I also LOVE that your friend sent you pears from your old pear tree—what a heartwarming surprise! Hugs,
Lee

]]> By: Peggy https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41132 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:55:28 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41132 So good to hear from you! Glad you are doing well. Absolutely love your writing. Blessed be!

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41116 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:43:20 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41116 You are very welcome, Angie!

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2019/10/29/the-loom-and-a-homecoming/#comment-41115 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:43:07 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8181#comment-41115 It’s my pleasure!

]]>