So, that worked well, huh? Photo a Day must actually mean Photo a Fortnight, because that's how long it's been. Oh, well. I never did promise perfection. ;o)
Yesterday's prompt was "Made You Smile Today". My new hobby sure makes me smile. I've wanted to learn how to weave for years. It seems to me to be a natural progression from knitting to spinning to weaving. I think I'm an odd type of learner in that I seem to learn best by watching videos or reading about how to do something for months before I actually try it. I learned about the types of looms and how they work and what you can do with each and then watched video after video on youtube of others weaving on the type of loom I'd decided on. I then spent weeks thinking about weaving and imagining what it would be like to weave and what I would make on a loom. So, when I received my new loom and got it all assembled (also learned through video) I felt like I'd done it all before.
My friend, Abby, came over to visit when I was just beginning so I got to verbally overload her with all the stuff I'd been learning, and she got to witness the insanity that is me learning a new skill. I've had people compliment me before on my knitting or crocheting or stamping and say how talented I am. I don't know about all that. I do think that because I throw myself, often quite headlong, into learning new skills that interest me, I tend to look like less of a beginner than I am because, let's face it, not everyone tries weaving lace on their 10th row ever. I simply don't know any better. ;o)
