saving the best for last, i have finished the fourth knitted tarot bag, to hold the fourth and final deck i own -- the trinity doughtnuts tarot deck, which i made. it was a collage project, and very low-end on the talent side. i am not a designer. i am not an artist. and this took me five years: to figure out what certain cards "meant" to me, and to collect and arrange images, and to make the physical cards, and to write the texts for each card, and to knit the bag.
the cards themselves are sort of funnily-shaped and thick. the bag is from the "folk bags" book by v. square -- it's the little korean-style one. other than skipping the overstitched design, it's pretty much by the book, and it holds the deck really well. it's hard to see much "detail" here, but it's a plain black bag, with a little red on the loopy drawstring cord.
the two other tarot decks for which i am responsible -- the 80s tarot and knitting tarot -- do not have knitted bags yet, since neither of them exist physically. but we're getting there.
the trinity doughnuts tarot is now only eight card texts short of being "complete" online, and i do invite everyone to have a look. i believe i will probably finish it this week. i also urge everyone to, at some point in their lives, take five years to complete a project -- a project that they can't really sell or mass-produce, because it is so personalized. take five years, and make something for yourself, that helps you better understand the world. it is an unmatched feeling.