I may not appear to be a domestic person (I work in the corporate world and don’t have any kids – just kitties), but I really love to make things. I learned how to cook and bake from my mom and aunties, so I was expected to help around the house as a kid, doing dishes, laundry, vacuuming, and cleaning the bathrooms (yuk!).

I went through a phase in my early twenties when I was not domestic at all. I had no interest and made no effort to do anything remotely domestic. Maybe it was a tomboy phase for me. Things seemed to change in my mid- to late-twenties, when I became extremely domestic, and I haven’t stopped since.

These days, I usually have several fabric projects in the works and several knitting projects on needles. Since I work in the corporate world, I tend to overdose on creativity at home. As soon as I get home, I start making dinner. But I’m also working on something at the kitchen table in between the cooking endeavors, or reading a book.

I’m excited to show my completed Mary Jane Slippers, featured on the Purl Bee. I love to wear Mary Jane shoes, so I naturally felt compelled to make these slippers. This was one of many projects I started at the same time, so it took me awhile to focus, and finish one of them. I was amazed at how fast these little slippers came together. The first one was a little hard because I just couldn’t picture how the directions would shape a slipper. But the directions were easy to follow, so I kept faith that these would turn out, and they did!

I had some Lorna’s Laces Superwash Shepherd Worsted yarn in my stash for a couple years. I bought this color because it’s called Glenwood, and I used to live in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. I liked the way Whitney at Purl used a contrast color for the i-cord around the top of the slipper, but I wanted to use up some yarn from my stash. The next pair I make will have more color contrast.

The moment I finished the second slipper, I moved on to finishing the next project, cable slippers from the One Skein book.

These slippers are also from Lorna’s Laces Superwash Shepherd Worsted yarn, already in my stash.

Hope you are finding satisfaction today in your creative (and domestic) endeavors.