Updating

After a rather long hiatus, I'm back! I can't guarantee continuity, but I will strive not to leave everything hanging for 6 months. This year has felt fast paced and while that seems to be the over all trend as I grow older, I believe it is in part due to my feeling of always being behind. Next year will not overtake me. I will be prepared and then some for the onslaught of work, personal matters, and scholastic challenges that arise. 2010 will be amazing and perhaps, for the first time in my life, feel very directed. I've found something that I haven't tired of in over a year and that is still challenging me, which is pretty amazing considering my track record. Anyway, I'm trying to get some projects together and eventually get all of the equipment I'll need to do weaving independently (warping board, reeds, etc). For now, I've been knitting and teaching myself to embroider. There is something about embroidery that just strikes me as fulfilling, so I'm really glad I decided to pick it up! Next is sewing.... We'll see how that goes.

2am listings and whatnot

I'm very, very sleepy. I say this after finally putting up some of my handspun on Etsy (if you want to check it out, search for mustardseed11 under sellers). This process seemed to take forever, but I guess that since I've finally jumped the hurtle, all is well. Subsiquently, each item after the first was easy. I'm still trying to work out how to determine pricing, but I guess I'll figure it out through trial and error. I think my plan right now is to just spin until my fingers are worn through. I need a large amount of stock and so that means spinning, spinning, spinning! I also plan to sell handwoven goods at some point, but that will occur later in the summer.

Speaking of weaving and summer, I'm going to learn tapestry weaving! I've been looking over 2 books I happened upon, in hopes of understanding some of the techniques, which has caused more than a few "A-ha!" moments. I also plan to create a collapse weave project and a rug. A project for each month of summer sounds perfect. If I work hard, I may try for more, but I'm not going to push it.

Well, I'm off to cook some breakfast.... until later!