My friend Anna Noyes made this garland as we sat together on the rubber floor of the neighborhood playground while our children ran around in the sunshine. I sketched out what I wanted her to do and gave her a crochet hook and some yarn. But when it was finished, the result was not the rigid necklace I had envisioned. It’s more fluid, because as Anna crocheted and I knit, we chatted about our work, and in that flow the necklace evolved.

It is as much Anna’s design as mine, and I love it. This is creativity--the excitement of exchanging ideas and of letting your ideas change with the push and pull of someone else’s. When the necklace is worn, the green leaves nestled on the chest represent the heart chakra, the chakra of healing and, of course, relationships. Let the whimsy of this necklace inspire you to let yourself be moved by others, like leaves fluttering in the breeze.