After retiring from teaching in a rural K-8 classroom, I've been working for my son-in-law's firewood business. I love our hydraulic splitter!
But, it has come to my attention that I am only getting older. Every day, in fact. So, I need something to eke out my scanty retirement payments that doesn't rely on superhuman upper body strength. Since I was an art teacher for so many years, I'm spoiled for choice. Linoleum block prints? Tapestry weaving? Upcycled books?
After re-connecting with a dear friend who was once the Wheat Weaving Queen of the Renaissance Faires, I apprenticed to her and am learning the business. This includes talking to local wheat, rye and barley growers and trying out what designs work best with the various kinds of grain stalks available. Also, of course, re-learning the different weaves - hairbraid, rustic, diamond, fill-the-gap, and so on.
A great way to spend a summer!
The image is of the top of my piano. Sharing a tiny house with a houseguest, a dog, a grand piano, a table loom, and drying wheat is not as challenging as you might think, since it's summer. Once it starts raining, well ...
But, it has come to my attention that I am only getting older. Every day, in fact. So, I need something to eke out my scanty retirement payments that doesn't rely on superhuman upper body strength. Since I was an art teacher for so many years, I'm spoiled for choice. Linoleum block prints? Tapestry weaving? Upcycled books?
After re-connecting with a dear friend who was once the Wheat Weaving Queen of the Renaissance Faires, I apprenticed to her and am learning the business. This includes talking to local wheat, rye and barley growers and trying out what designs work best with the various kinds of grain stalks available. Also, of course, re-learning the different weaves - hairbraid, rustic, diamond, fill-the-gap, and so on.
A great way to spend a summer!
The image is of the top of my piano. Sharing a tiny house with a houseguest, a dog, a grand piano, a table loom, and drying wheat is not as challenging as you might think, since it's summer. Once it starts raining, well ...
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