Serendipity

I love that word!  It holds a whole world of surprise, fun, exploration!  I’ve been weaving some more samples today (what a surprise!), and I got all excited again about the possible choices I had to weigh up.  As soon as you start something, something else pops...

Zone Out

One of the books I am reading at the moment is called 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by Roger-Pol Droit. It’s full of different exercises you can try to see deeper than the surface of things. The second exercise in the book – Empty a Word of Its...

Inspiration and Character

When you hit the zone and work is easy, isn’t it wonderful?  But what do you do when the inspiration, and the energy, runs out?  Well, that happened to me today – not for the first time, I might add.  Sometimes I just finish the sample or scarf that I’m weaving, and...

Weaving Teaching is Fun

Now I’m back from the US, it’s back into teaching with a surge!  I love teaching.  I know I’m in a very privileged position because I’m self-employed and people from all backgrounds and geographical reach come to my home studio to learn.  And...

Support Systems

The first thing I need to do on this posting is to apologise to Jo Earl for giving her a new first name and mis-spelling her surname!!  My humble apologies, Jo.  I’m still on US time at the moment, despite having arrived back in the UK on Saturday.  My flight was...