Alabama Weaver: The sox are DONE!

Greetings from “Selma Handwovens” and the studio assistant, Miss Daisy Dog.

Why do I weave? Growing up, it never even occurred to me that this was something I would ever do. At my college, the Home Ec department offered weaving and I wasn't even curious. Odd, then, that I end up with it's being one of the things that most defines my sense of myself. From the time my dear friend, Carla, took me upstairs and announced that she was going to teach me to use her loom so that I wouldn't waste any time while she was away and I was looking after her cats, I was hooked. Then I enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Textile Desigh. There was a long, dry spell where I did not weave and thought that part of my life was over. Then an accident that could have left me crippled for life, but, instead, left me recovering, had the effect, as these things often do, of bringing my life back into focus. I needed to go back to weaving.

Another thing is that I have always needed to work. You need to make a meaningful contribution to your world by working at SOMETHING! That is just the way I see it, anyway.

Today, I own my “dream looms:” a Macomber and THREE AVL looms. Something I never thought I would have. I have a room full of beautiful yarn. How blessed can you be?

Now, when I spend the day in my workshop, I feel a peace and joy at the end of the day.

I am so grateful.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The sox are DONE!

Miss Liz was kind enough to lend me her legs for a photoshoot this pm, so we took off out to Cahawba to one of the great spots to take a Fall picture. If it didn't take so damned long, I'd make myself a pair, but it was two weeks of "knit-every-time-I-sit" for two weeks.

3 comments:

Connie Peterson said...: Lovely socks! I bet she loves them!; October 4, 2011 8:26 AM
Nancy C said...: thanks! The auction is over and they only fetched $15! I was very disappointed. I told the Pap911 organizer I'd pay for the shipping as a further contribution to the efforts. This gal got SOME deal..that barely covers the cost of the yarn!!! Voilá my reason for not knitting to sell. You just cannot get what they're worth! I keep it for friends. family and charities.; October 27, 2011 7:00 PM
Nancy C said...: and myself, of course...; October 27, 2011 7:01 PM