Today this blog passed a milestone of sorts. There are now officially 100 ‘followers’ – although I know there are people who read the blog regularly without signing up as a follower.
So, thank you.
When I started this blog in August 2008 I had just come through a very trying time and thought that I was now on the road to recovery. Starting the blog was a way of celebrating and looking forward to the future. Little did I know how many pot holes there would be on that road, but then – none of us truly knows what the future will bring……
When I decided to become a weaver, it was a career choice. I did not fully understand or appreciate that it would in time become a passion, an obsession….an addiction, in fact. That weaving would become my identity, my life.
One of the things I hoped to do in this blog was share some of that passion with other like-minded people. To share my triumphs (all too few) and my mistakes (all too many). If we learn by making mistakes I must be an encyclopedia by now! 😀
It is heartening when people email or message me that they are learning by reading the blog. It was one of the things that I hoped would happen – that I could share some of my knowledge, my areas of finesse, with others so that they could avoid some of the pitfalls that lie in the road of knowledge.
I called my blog Weaving a Life because weaving has truly been my life. It’s been 35 years now and while I may regret some of the things I’ve done during my weaving career I’ve not regretted becoming a weaver.
This morning while sleying the next warp on the AVL I was listening to an ABBA cd. One of their songs in particular resonates with me and so I’d like to paraphrase the chorus….
So I say…
And thank you for coming along on this journey with me