Three wanna be rag rug weavers, and me, and of course the resident cats.
Who's in charge anyway???
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Looms are creaking, and beaters are banging away all over the place.
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The studio is a flurry of activity from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.
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The only reason I am blogging right now is because everyone is happily weaving away.
Not much else to do on Saturday night in Kingsbury.
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I am always excited when I see how quickly new weavers catch on, and somtimes, start a lifetime of weaving.
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The baby kitties are staying at Tammy's for the weekend, and maybe into the week, if they are good, and I am lucky.
Let's hear it for Tammy. She is the cat whisperer, that girl, and if she wasn't so old, I would adopt her.
Everywhere there were cats on duty. It isn't easy keeping track of all this commotion you know.
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And someone has to do quality control.
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So after weaving late last night, and then weaving all day today, finally at 5pm, I was on my way home. Everyone goes off and does their own thing for dinner Saturday evening, and I check in at home for a bit. Before I left the studio, I stopped to fetch the mail. Doing so can some times be hazardous. I never want to wait for the cars to pass, and sometimes, I make a run for it.
If it's your time, it's your time. In my humble opinion.
Anyway, I get back to the car, and see this.
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Hmm, I am not expecting anything. No return address.
On the back of the envelope, it said this:
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Now you have my attention.
Then this.
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Now you're making me tear up.
Wow.
You know who you are.
And it isn't the money, although, yes, it will buy a big bag of cat food for the little ones.
But what it really is, is that you took time out of your day, to put this $20 in an envelope, and send it to me.
That, dear friend, makes me just want to cry. The feeling comes from a place I can't even connect with right now.
But after a busy, frustrating week, feeling wiped out, and not very effective, YOU make me feel that there is a collective conscience out there, at the other end of my fingers typing this.
And it is all good. And it makes me feel good.
And God, I thank you.
Thanks to everyone for all your encouragement, and your well wishes, and for telling me that there is a place in heaven for me, even when I feel like a fool.
Amen.
9 comments:
What a wonderful soul to help you like that!
Your weaving weekend looks like a fun, relaxing, hard working time. I can't wait to finally get a loom and teach myself "how to". It just seems like a Zen thing to do, and I really need some Zen!
Amen.
What a lovely, thoughtful gesture. Hopefully Tammy will work her magic and your babies will find homes.
I can't *imagine* who sent that. That $20 is way less than I've gotten from you.
What a kind and thoughtful gesture. Much like the ones you often make!
Hey, what goes around comes around . . .
Bless your efforts with the cats. I have 6 myself, and can't accommodate any more, but my heart breaks for strays with short, rough lives. Thanks for what you do.
I got my Hip To Be Square loom in the mail yesterday and have already made 3 potholders - they're adorable! I love this. I have floor looms and rigid heddles, but this charming little loom will get lots of love and attention as well. :)
Somebody is watching out for your kitty babies... How wonderful and what a big heart bloggers have!
Di
Hi Hilary,
just saying Hi and coming out of lurkingdom...
hope the kittens get well socialised, I'm sure you'll find good homes for them. What a thoughtful gesture that someone would send you 20 dollars for the kitties!!!
The photos of the weaving workshop look great, I promise myself I will do a weaving workshop sometime, but maybe not in USA, as I live in Ireland. However, my husband is Swedish and they do lots of weaving there, so maybe it'll be Sweden I weave in...
I wonder if I should send for a Hip to be Square loom, then again I am very busy at present and I don't even know how to judge how much fabric I would need to have to complete a potholder, absolute newbie here...
so maybe best to leave it for now, and come back to it when I could do the loom justice...
regards
liz
That is so sweet. It nearly made me cry too...
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