President's Message for January
The hustle and bustle of the Christmas season is over and we can finally relax and get back to our most decent obsession, FIBRE! With the recent weather system (rain, rain, and more rain with a bit of wind thrown in) it is indeed a great time to be inside the house carding, spinning, weaving, knitting and playing with fibre in general. And while I am doing a lot of that and have several projects on the go, I also have another wee obsession, reading Knitting Blogs. Let me explain.
My full time job involves working on a computer receiving and sending numerous emails throughout the day. Believe it or not, to take a break from my work related tasks, I check out Knitting Blogs on the Internet. I don’t know the official definition of a blog, but it is public, web-based journal of sorts. On a blog you can talk about your interests, post photos, identify links and engage your readers in the form of comments/responses to your postings. Individual people like you and me can create and maintain a blog and there are dozens, hundreds out there. Of course, there are only about a handful worth reading, but there are many that can take up your time. If you are so inclined, and computer savy, check out some knitting/fibre arts blogs. Here are a couple of my favourites:
Sweet Georgia (http://sweetgeorgia.planetfishdesign.com) This wonderful gal is an absolutely compulsive, (she makes me look like a sloth) spinner, knitter and dyer. And, to top it all off, she works full time!
Another fun one is The Yarn Harlot (http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog) in the title she states: Where Stephanie Pearl-McPhee goes on (and on) about knitting. Both of these blogs have wonderful photos accompanying their stories and adventures in the fibre arts. The Yarn Harlot has a list of links to other knitting/fibre blogs so you can read for hours. . . . but you won’t do that because you will become so inspired by her creations that you’ll want to get back to yours in a hurry.
So that rounds it out. We are in for a good year. We’ve got some good workshops planned for you and of course there is the annual gathering Fibrefest International, right in our own backyard to take advantage of. Visit www.fibrefestinternational.com and check out the workshops planned there, or contact Maureen to get information about it. See you at the meeting, and happy spinning!
Diana
My full time job involves working on a computer receiving and sending numerous emails throughout the day. Believe it or not, to take a break from my work related tasks, I check out Knitting Blogs on the Internet. I don’t know the official definition of a blog, but it is public, web-based journal of sorts. On a blog you can talk about your interests, post photos, identify links and engage your readers in the form of comments/responses to your postings. Individual people like you and me can create and maintain a blog and there are dozens, hundreds out there. Of course, there are only about a handful worth reading, but there are many that can take up your time. If you are so inclined, and computer savy, check out some knitting/fibre arts blogs. Here are a couple of my favourites:
Sweet Georgia (http://sweetgeorgia.planetfishdesign.com) This wonderful gal is an absolutely compulsive, (she makes me look like a sloth) spinner, knitter and dyer. And, to top it all off, she works full time!
Another fun one is The Yarn Harlot (http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog) in the title she states: Where Stephanie Pearl-McPhee goes on (and on) about knitting. Both of these blogs have wonderful photos accompanying their stories and adventures in the fibre arts. The Yarn Harlot has a list of links to other knitting/fibre blogs so you can read for hours. . . . but you won’t do that because you will become so inspired by her creations that you’ll want to get back to yours in a hurry.
So that rounds it out. We are in for a good year. We’ve got some good workshops planned for you and of course there is the annual gathering Fibrefest International, right in our own backyard to take advantage of. Visit www.fibrefestinternational.com and check out the workshops planned there, or contact Maureen to get information about it. See you at the meeting, and happy spinning!
Diana
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