The importance of handwork: This good Guardian piece on the resurgence of interest in knitting reminded me of a current project: hand sewing. I got a pattern for a kimono that I judged to be relatively simple, and hope to hand-sew the whole thing. My wife is, I think, quietly rolling her eyes, since she’s a skilled seamstress and could bang this thing out on the sewing machine in a couple of hours. But for me the journey is the goal, so…