{"id":518,"date":"2025-07-24T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/518-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:44:48","slug":"518-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/518-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83e\uddf6 When a Purr and a Gaze Create Stitches \u2013 a Handicraft Story from Tiina\u2019s Little Workshop to the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"\"<\/a>\nAnother happy moment has been born in my tiny handicraft room: \na shimmering grey crocheted tablecloth<\/em>, 98 cm in diameter, has found a new home.\nMade from metallic cotton yarn, it carries a delicate shimmer and a soft texture, the same quiet and calm in which the stitches themselves are born.\n\nA moment like this means more than simply confirming an order.\nIt means a handmade piece gains a life and a story, quietly told by every stitch.\nThe tablecloth that began in my workroom is now travelling onwards, to someone else\u2019s home and someone else\u2019s table,\nto bring a little calm, beauty and warmth with it.\n
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\u2018The tablecloth in a summer setting \u2013 handicraft and nature in one moment.\u2019<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

\ud83d\udc31 Bim \u2013 king of the worktables and a soft-pawed critic<\/h2>\nEveryone who sees my handicrafts should know that Bim is present for every tablecloth as it takes shape<\/strong>.\nHis purr sets the rhythm of my work.\nHe sits exactly where the pattern is being made and watches to make sure the stitches are flowing properly.\n\nWhen Bim\u2019s seal of approval appears at the edge of a tablecloth, perhaps in the form of a peaceful nap, I know the work has earned its \u2018cat certificate\u2019.\nAnd if he tangles all the balls of yarn, it simply means, \u2018Let\u2019s start again!\u2019\nThat is how these pieces are made, with a little cat, a little patience and a great deal of love.\n
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\ud83e\uddf8 Maimu \u2013 the quiet that holds the pattern together<\/h2>\nWhile Bim purrs and moves about, Maimu simply watches<\/strong>.\nShe is the mascot<\/strong> of my handicraft room, a little angel on the shelf calmly watching over the birth of every new piece.\nHer gaze says more than a thousand words: \u2018Every stitch counts.\u2019<\/em>\nAnd that quiet is exactly what holds the pattern together when my mind wants to rush ahead.\n

\ud83c\udf0d Handicrafts travelling from heart to heart<\/h2>\nAlthough at the moment I have only 12 sales<\/strong>on Etsy, they have been special.\nMy handmade pieces have found homes in Spain, Mexico, France, Germany, Australia and the United States.<\/strong>\nEvery order is like a small meeting of cultures. A tablecloth crocheted at home to the sound of Bim\u2019s purr and Maimu\u2019s quiet presence has become part of someone else\u2019s world.\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n

\ud83d\udcac Words that feed creativity<\/h2>\n
\u2018Marvellous, unique and special\u2019 \u2013 Sandrine\n\u2018A great artist!\u2019 \u2013 Eva<\/blockquote>\nThose words are more than compliments. They are confirmation that the handmade piece lives on.\nWhere words end, feeling begins.\nThe value of handicraft is not measured in money, or even in time,\nbut in that quiet moment when someone looks at it and says:\n\u2018This is special.\u2019<\/strong>\n
\nTiina Butiik on Etsy\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/trp-tag>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tiina_en_title":"\ud83e\uddf6 When a Purr and a Gaze Create Stitches \u2013 a Handicraft Story from Tiina\u2019s Little Workshop to the World","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[307,309,308],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jutunurk","tag-etsy","tag-maailma","tag-pood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10845,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/10845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}