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YARN – Scandi winter suppers. Life lessons from the north. Tunisian orange cake. Mythical landscapes. Healing hugs & hunker-down books. Waxwings. Malted milk turmeric. Hand-knit jumpers & DIY tea cosies. Moon watching. Candlelit comforts. Fireside tipples & cosy blankets. Why we love a tangerine.
After December’s hubbub, it’s time to adjust to January’s slower, spooling pace. But this month, too, has its own twinkling magic. View the moon through bare trees, light candles and take a cue from the Icelandic tradition of ‘the evening wake’ of reading books and telling yarns, knitting and stitching around the fire during dark evenings. In this space to dream, we can gently set ourselves up for the year to come. It’s a chance to explore new possibilities – cooking nourishing food or mulling what’s really beautiful or useful in our homes; delving into local legends for deeper connections to where we live and daydreaming about places to visit or what seeds to plant. These days may be quiet but they’re no less important – just as you might knit a blanket, each stitch of a day grows into the pattern of a year.
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