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fiber ways fiber ways saturday august 22 2020 calendars coronavirus and retirement although i didn t officially retire until the end of the academic year in may the quarantine which started the week after spring break in march was the last time i saw my students and most of my colleagues in person i missed them and the chance to say farewell in person in july i received an email that my retirement chair i selected a rocking chair instead of a working straight chair was ready for me to pick up once i managed to get it into the back of my car on the reclined seats i drove it home and assembled the rocker legs not that easy with a tight fit i finally cleared out the last of 40 years of academic books and papers from my office just before picking up my chair and i ll have a lot of work to go through bookcases to add the ones i want to keep not surprisingly the five textile workshops i had scheduled from may through october gradually were canceled so much for celebrating retirement time i have always loved calendars of any size and have far too many of them mainly of cats and estonian lace knitting as days have gone by i ve scratched out or erased one workshop or guild meeting after another zoom meetings have helped but who isn t tired of them some small groups are gradually resuming but i m having a hip replacement this fall and don t want to risk exposure it doesn t even seem like an effective vaccine will be widely available until next spring here i am looking at beautiful calendars without dates for joyous activities when trying to imagine retirement time this was not part of it ah back to textiles this is part of a small peace panel i hope you are finding helpful transitions from before to during now at august 22 2020 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday june 3 2020 oo projects although it s been a year since my last blog i ve been very busy teaching my last year as a faculty member before retirement in mid may now i have three weeks to clear out 40 years of academic books and papers to cheer me up my first garden surprise of the year was this clump of several yellow columbines left from last year i bought a few pansy plants in march and they ve grown really well on st patrick s day i planted various radishes and also sugar snaps the french breakfast radishes were the first to be advanced enough to pick i love radishes before they turn hot violets have always been among my favorite flowers and this year they have grown in the grass in flower beds and between rocks all without my planting them the fine shetland lace group on facebook has started a kal knit a long with the little secret pattern one of the local knitting stores has a kal of mini skeins in a rolled design which should be very warm when the cold weather returns and then i ordered an estonian mitten kit and a new estonian mitten book not in english but it s the charts which matter no i haven t yet started them and two of three colors destined for another shawl my local knitting guild s goldfish memory shawl the third color is tan and an lys local yarn store kal but the pattern is done around the country breathe and hope shawl not yet wound and i have an online tapestry class to work on and another small cut pile carpet so i m dealing with the stresses of these times by undertaking too many projects all linked by oo another lovely project and soft yarn everything from very fine laceweight yarn to fingering wool to weaving wools summer arrives in about two weeks at june 03 2020 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday april 5 2019 oh my i have knotted 2 3 hours most days leading to a lot of progress and more and finally the completely knotted piece 7 225 knots the next stage will be to cut off both stars and finish the ends amazing started on february 24 and finished on april 21 and i have most of the next star designed at april 05 2019 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday march 13 2019 spring break oh my i really do like how the blue star is developing knotting a lot more during spring break makes a big difference this was from last weekend and this one from yesterday this morning i started the other two diamond segments by sunday i hope to reach the halfway stage at march 13 2019 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday february 27 2019 blue holbein style star this will be a variation of the red star but with deep ocean blue as the background color and the star with alternating diamonds in addition i ll be using the tools from a class with noreen roberts many years ago first the early rows the blue is harrisville highland and the white is harrisville shetland the same as the warp two rows are beaten down firmly i ve added the border and beaten it with the smaller beater ready to trim note that both hands must be used one to hold the handles and one be be sure the scissors are flat against the knots and the next step is to whack the work with the heavier beater it s being held up for display with the smaller beater and in a few rows i ll start using thee red and yellow of the stars and additional motifs i m really looking forward to seeing the design emerge at february 27 2019 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday february 21 2019 progress today i finished my knotting at february 21 2019 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday august 16 2018 knots i ve been delighted at the progress of the panel currently 2 465 knots this was at the 1 4th stage and here at the 1 3rd stage and here is the wrong side of the 1 3rd stage to my relief the knotting has not caused hand or shoulder problems at least as long as my chair is high enough for the table at august 16 2018 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom calendars coronavirus and retirement although i didn t officially retire until the end of the academic year in may the quarantine which started the week after spring break in oh my i have knotted 2 3 hours most days leading to a lot of progress and more and finally the completely knotted piece 7 225 kn progress today i finished my knotting calendars coronavirus and retirement although i didn t officially retire until the end of the academic year in may the quarantine which started the week after spring break in search this blog home about me plays with fiber retired after years of teaching medieval british literature and other geeky subjects i enjoy making re creations of historic textiles of many kinds view my complete profile report abuse blog archive august 2020 1 june 2020 1 april 2019 1 march 2019 1 february 2019 2 august 2018 4 simple theme theme images by luoman powered by blogger