Category: Confluences
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Another Show, Another Year
some of my stash that needs using up We are home from Calgary and the last ‘big’ show of this year. The guild will be having a sale in the guild room and I have a small number of ‘orphans’ and end-of-the-line textiles that I will put on deep discount, but that weekend is more…
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Six Weeks
The deadlines have been rolling by and it suddenly occurred to me today that it is (gasp!) six weeks to anticipated lift-off aka publication day. (looks around desperately for a paper bag to breathe into…) With that realization now a conscious thought instead of an ‘in denial’ thought, marketing the book has been much on…
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Marketing
I took a 14 week course on marketing back in the 1990s. One reason I took it is because I’m not – never have been – good at blowing my own horn. I am an introvert, plus I was taught that ‘ladies’ never put themselves ‘forward’. Conditioning that reinforced my introverted side of not wanting…
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Marketing
I took a 14 week course on marketing back in the 1990s. One reason I took it is because I’m not – never have been – good at blowing my own horn. I am an introvert, plus I was taught that ‘ladies’ never put themselves ‘forward’. Conditioning that reinforced my introverted side of not wanting…
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Marketing
I took a 14 week course on marketing back in the 1990s. One reason I took it is because I’m not – never have been – good at blowing my own horn. I am an introvert, plus I was taught that ‘ladies’ never put themselves ‘forward’. Conditioning that reinforced my introverted side of not wanting…
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Passion – a long ramble
As we continue to work on the conference I have had time to think about this community of textile creators. One of the things that appeals about conferences is the opportunity to meet other like minded people in real life. To have actual conversations as we fondle each others cloth. Exchange the ‘weaver’s handshake’ (gently…
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In Spite of Everything
I use this blog as a diary. A place to work through my thoughts – which can oftentimes be quite scattered and need to be corralled. A way to sort through the emotions of a situation to discover what I actually think about something. This summer has been…challenging. In addition to the general stress of…
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Details
The colour of these shawls is more green than grey but apparently my ipad didn’t ‘read’ it that way. When I fringe twist, I don’t hemstitch on the loom. I just weave in ‘waste’ yarn to keep things in place until I can get the twisting done. After wet finishing, I then trim the frayed…
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Old Lady
Then… When I first took up weaving, intending it to be my profession, I resented the fact that the stereotype of a weaver was a little old lady in running shoes. Now I are one. The above photos are from a conference held in Victoria, now a very long time ago. How do I know? …
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Dates on a Calendar
I keep two planning calendars – one for this year, one for next – to record events and remind myself of deadlines. Even though I am cutting back on teaching by no longer accepting guild workshops, it seems I still manage to fill my calendar with dates. These are just the potential teaching events coming…