New Week, New Plans

 

yarn order - still not used up, but getting there...

One of the things I've been needing to do is start thinking about - and planning - using yarns that I don't have in my store room.  Now that I appear to be (mostly) weaving to illustrate articles I'm planning on writing, I need to consult with the editor of the publication and work within *their* vision for their publication.

This is a lot more of a challenge than I had been expecting, but I find I am anticipating doing the research into the topic and looking forward to continuing my journey into understanding what happens to threads when you turn them into cloth.

It is, in fact, just exactly what I told my friends that wanted to do when I 'retired'.  Sometimes you just need to articulate what you want, then wait while the wheels turn and the opportunity appears?

In the meantime I have not been asleep at the wheel.  I wrote two more books, (here) (and here) some 'articles' for The Handweaving Academy and School of Sweet Georgia.  And I nibbled away at my yarn stash, such that I actually have some 'bare' spots on the shelves.  Still way too much, though!

I have essentially finished weaving the examples for the next article - just need to hem them - and I've begun planning for the next article.  Unfortunately Canada Post is still in labour negotiations and shipping stuff is...challenging...as I search for yarn for the warps (yes, there will be more than one!) 

Both warps will be woven with some yarns I have used previously, so it won't be entirely 'new' but I will be exploring the possibilities of using them differently from what I have usually done.

Over the weekend I dug around and sourced the yarn - now I need to write up a proposal and send it to the editor and see if I have captured the aspect they want written up correctly - and if they approve of my approach.

I think that I could find quite a lot of satisfaction with this 'new' approach to weaving.  But time will tell if I can contribute to their vision in a way that supports it.

In the meantime, I keep trying new pain meds.  This new one comes with the adverse effect of increased fatigue (oh joy) but I'm hoping that as I get 'used' to it that will decrease - or I'll just get used to slogging through the day feeling like I have a 70 pound backpack on my back.  

I am essentially back to weaving two 45 minute sessions a day, and that pleases me.  It was one more step towards 'normal'.

And I must make sure I take every victory I can find.