tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post5491320563034012051..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: Sometimes I Kick Myself Really HardMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-43943194022245277332008-06-12T07:59:00.000+12:002008-06-12T07:59:00.000+12:00Sometimes, we have to take the detour to get to wh...Sometimes, we have to take the detour to get to where we really want go to, it seems. Well, La Crumpet, we're now where we want to be, at least for the time being, yeah?<BR/><BR/>In terms of looking for the right material, THANK GOODNESS FOR THE INTERNET, I say, especially if you live in a small place like Nelson, even though there are sheep around me, (but not as many as you see in a calendar/book/postcard from New Zealand; Nelson is more fisheries, forestry and fruits/wine kind of place.)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-4946314393025156662008-06-12T07:30:00.000+12:002008-06-12T07:30:00.000+12:00Oh Meg,The whole thing was there in 1984 when I st...Oh Meg,<BR/><BR/>The whole thing was there in 1984 when I started college and went to a miserable shop in Stadium Village. I made hideous stuff and was told I knit WRONG, but never could get what the problem was. I still feel yucky about that knitting time. There was a weaving store on the West Bank that stocked yarn that was always wrong for me. They had lots of HUGE, intimidating looms. It just looked like more than I could take on. More yuckiness.<BR/><BR/>Last summer, I took up spinning and went back to the West Bank Weaving Spot. BLECH BLECH, and MORE BLECH!!!!!! I saw a wheel in the window and knew I could get roving there in the 80's. Whoever worked there that knew SQUAT or more about spinning was not there the 3 or 4 times I tried to buy stuff from them. The yuckies did not go away.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there, it gets happy.<BR/><BR/>I saw a sheep to shawl demonstration in a neighboring state. Those kind women turned me on to the Textile Center and the Weaver's Guild. So happy now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com