I blame [personal profile] finch.

Nov. 30th, 2010 02:30 am[personal profile] ambersweet
ambersweet: Making it up as I go along. (Mature pink scarf)
Welcome to the world, little one. She buries the message in every stitch. The hat is a gift, not out of kindness for the new parents but for the child, welcome and apology at the same time: Welcome to the world, sorry we screwed it up so badly. It’s a new mother who tells you about her; you complained briefly about the unseasonable cold while you fixed her camera and you thought it was small talk until she gave you the solution. You’re still not sure why you’re following her directions, but you have a fleece someone traded a few months ago, and your hands have been pretty cold.

She prefers barter to coin, as most people do out here: a jar of honey, an hour’s maintenance on her battered Airstream trailer, a new story that comes to life under her ever-moving fingers. Everywhere you look is something she’s created, or something coming into being. The walls are covered with tapestries, all stories she’s been told. A new one is being born on the small loom in the corner; it’s waiting for the right color, she says, nodding at the spinning wheel. Her hook only stops moving when she’s actively doing something else; right now, she’s pulling a pair of gloves out of a drawer. “These are yours,” she says, and hands them to you. They are fingerless, burgundy wool, and they fit your hands as if they were made for them. The palms are butter-soft leather and you know without being told that it’s genuine. There’s a hat to match, and an argyle scarf worked in burgundy and gold that reminds you of home.

“Thank you,” you say, and she smiles at you.

“Come back any time,” she tells you, and, letting the door click shut behind you, you realize that she means it.

Date: 2010-11-30 09:15 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] kelachrome
kelachrome: An odd-eyed cat. (good universe next door)
Ohh, this is so lovely.

Date: 2010-11-30 09:29 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] jackandahat
jackandahat: A brown otter, no text. (Default)
Pointed here by [personal profile] kelachrome - I love it. And the barter system makes so much sense in a world like that.

Date: 2010-12-01 09:38 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] jackandahat
jackandahat: A brown otter, no text. (Default)
Nope - makes me wonder about "carbons" - I know they're a form of currency in-universe, but I wonder if they are actually some form of coin/theoretical money, or if it stands for something real and useful.

Date: 2010-11-30 10:27 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] wandererriha
wandererriha: Tim Burton's "The NIghtmare Before Christmas" (Sewing)
I like this. ^^

I'd like to see more, actually.

Date: 2010-12-04 06:14 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] novel_machinist
novel_machinist: (Default)
it's interesting and makes me feel like I want to look more.

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