Spent some time over the past couple of days trying to think how best to organize myself, given the extreme limits on my energy (if I had more energy, my available time would be plenty).
I think I’ve sorted out a few things. One of them is the necessity to re-thread the sample warp in order to get the results they want to see and then be able to compare, to what I sent them already.
But the current warp is nearly finished. Maybe Monday? I doubt any sooner, given the above mentioned lack of energy…
For some of the issues of concern, I’ve figured out what I want to do, but there’s that lack of energy to do them. However, I’m slowly building up steam in order to get them done. I hope.
A few weeks ago I made a promise to myself to *try* to reach out to people more. Since I seem to be feeling a tiny bit ‘better’, I have contacted a few people. It helped to get a couple of phone calls on my birthday, and the bd greetings on FB was a bit of a spur to me, too. Plus the interview last week for HGA – it was so much fun. I have missed talking weaving like I used to do. However, the next issue of WEFT is being distributed, and I’m going to book a weaver’s meeting to talk about it – and anything else anyone wants to chat about, in the guild room.
We have not yet been particularly successful in pain management and I will be discussing modifying that when I see the pain doc on Aug. 12. It may take a while to get the ‘adjustment’ put into motion. But it is one more thing to try, and I feel like I have to keep trying, as long as there is something else to tweak.
But it seems every day my world shrinks a little bit more and if I can prevent that, then I need to try to do that, too.
Today I am going to wrap my brain about beginning the 2nd article on cotton for WEFT, plus chart out the additional samples to add to the article (deadline Aug 30, so I need to crack on!). Because I need to get that warp into the loom as soon as the current warp gets cut off the loom. I think there are 4 or 5 more towels to weave, which means Monday at the earliest, given the plans for Sunday, which I’m looking forward to. Of course my involvement may be minimal – I’ve invited someone to come weave on that warp on the Leclerc. I can’t weave on that loom right now, and it would be nice to clear it off in case I start feeling better enough to weave on it. I don’t hope for a cure, just more effective pain management that will be let me do things that I want to do.
One of the things I’ve been doing is scrolling through my photos, and frankly I’m not even saving most of the photos I take these days, in part because of the barriers Google and Windows are placing on my software which makes doing what *I* want to do more difficult. (Piss off AI – seriously, right now!)
However, I have a couple 1000 photos saved and I really ought to send a bunch to the ‘garbage’. Maybe one job I can do after I get the next back jab on the 12th of August.
Anyway, when selecting the above photo, I was reminded that the curtains in my office are, in fact, handwoven. I have several windows in this house with handwoven curtains/shades.
Kitchen: Roman Shade – stitched double weave
Master bedroom – side panels and valance – huck lace stripes
Office – curtains – twill
Studio, all four windows have handwoven curtains (couple different weave structures)
During the interview for Textiles and Tea, someone asked about how much I wove when I was weaving for the fashion designer and myself – I shared that I averaged 240 yards a month – 200 for the fashion designer (60″, 100 yards each warp) and 40 (49″ width) yards for myself. Someone expressed amazement – that meant I was weaving 10 yards a DAY. Well, yes, that was my daily goal. Frequently I would do more than that. Because there were days that were needed to set up the loom and take care of business.
I never set out to set any kind of ‘record’ by weaving. I just did what was necessary to get enough income to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. I knew how to work ‘hard’, and was willing to do the job. I am not the only one, by any means. But most of ‘us’ didn’t say a whole lot – we were too busy working.
Anyway, if anyone is interested, the interview is supposed to be uploaded to You Tube on the HGA channel. If I notice it appearing, I’ll post the link here.