Where would we be without people willing to give freely of their time and energies? A lot poorer, I'm sure.
On the other hand, it seems like the same few people always step up to the plate when something needs doing....
I seem to have a lot of 'volunteer' obligations going on at the minute. Not that I'm doing as much as I ought to, time being a rather precious commodity around here, this time of year....
It was especially appreciated that two of the guild members pitched in last night and worked on recording the details of the books that are going up for eBay auction in the next few days. Instead of doing their own work, they took the time to assess the condition of the books, set down title, author and rate them so that once I start entering the items on eBay I won't have to take the time to do it.
In fact, I called on another friend who said she was willing to come tomorrow and get started on doing that part of the job, which will allow me to dig into what needs doing in the studio.
eBay has changed their format so I will go through it with her tomorrow morning, then hopefully she can go ahead and do the auction stuff for me without any further input, but if needed I will only be a call away.
The auction came about because the guild had a Collingwood rug that needed to be sold. A re-arrangement of the room meant we no longer had wall space to hang it. At the same time a weaving friend in another community entered hospice. Her son needed to put his mom in hospice and his dad in care. A mutual friend started by helping him find homes for her many spinning wheels, looms, yarns and books. And a Peter Collingwood rug AND macro-gauze. Since I was going to do an auction for the guild rug, I offered to do hers as well. Then when the guild received her books, many were duplicates to what the guild already had, some of which are out of print and still sought after. So, what the heck - why not auction them, too.
What I forgot was how much time doing an auction was going to be. Not to mention the sudden acquisition of my other friend's yarn stash!
But I was able to get photos of everything last night, today they were edited and saved for the listings. I am not sure when the auction will go 'live'. I have to review the eBay auction format, etc., but I am hoping to get everything dealt with before Christmas.
Here is a sampling of what will be coming up:
On the other hand, it seems like the same few people always step up to the plate when something needs doing....
I seem to have a lot of 'volunteer' obligations going on at the minute. Not that I'm doing as much as I ought to, time being a rather precious commodity around here, this time of year....
It was especially appreciated that two of the guild members pitched in last night and worked on recording the details of the books that are going up for eBay auction in the next few days. Instead of doing their own work, they took the time to assess the condition of the books, set down title, author and rate them so that once I start entering the items on eBay I won't have to take the time to do it.
In fact, I called on another friend who said she was willing to come tomorrow and get started on doing that part of the job, which will allow me to dig into what needs doing in the studio.
eBay has changed their format so I will go through it with her tomorrow morning, then hopefully she can go ahead and do the auction stuff for me without any further input, but if needed I will only be a call away.
The auction came about because the guild had a Collingwood rug that needed to be sold. A re-arrangement of the room meant we no longer had wall space to hang it. At the same time a weaving friend in another community entered hospice. Her son needed to put his mom in hospice and his dad in care. A mutual friend started by helping him find homes for her many spinning wheels, looms, yarns and books. And a Peter Collingwood rug AND macro-gauze. Since I was going to do an auction for the guild rug, I offered to do hers as well. Then when the guild received her books, many were duplicates to what the guild already had, some of which are out of print and still sought after. So, what the heck - why not auction them, too.
What I forgot was how much time doing an auction was going to be. Not to mention the sudden acquisition of my other friend's yarn stash!
But I was able to get photos of everything last night, today they were edited and saved for the listings. I am not sure when the auction will go 'live'. I have to review the eBay auction format, etc., but I am hoping to get everything dealt with before Christmas.
Here is a sampling of what will be coming up:
guild's rug - I believe it has horse hair and wool
Jean's rug - I believe it has mohair and wool
macro-gauze
macro-gauze detail - beautifully finished, of course
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