Weavers Away

Last weekend was our now annual weavers long weekend away. We took over the library at Ohakune college and wove up a storm. 

And because food and weaving don’t mix the library work room became a snack kitchen!

Resolution

I will not keep nice boxes just in case and especially not just because. They will go in the recycling as soon as possible. Same for nice packing material. 

Sticking to it so far but we’ll see how that goes, old habits are hard to break. 

Quiet Start

An enforced quiet start to the year. After a lovely quiet Christmas with family I picked up Covid on the way home. Best excuse ever for avoiding chores and watching too much daytime television. 

Prep Underway

It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas. 

Aloha

No update for the last couple of weeks as I was at a conference in Hawai’i. 200 indigenous librarians gathered for the first time in four years and it was amazing. We started in the Waimea Valley before three very full days at the University of Hawai’i. 

And because we got there a couple of days early there was also some beach time and shopping. 

If you look closely you’ll see that this amazing sculpture is made of jelly beans!

It Begins

The weavers have taken up the mammoth challenge of weaving a traditional sail. After months of talking backwards, forwards and backwards again today we began. 

Not Bad

A lot of weavers finish off their pieces, especially kete, with a little koru flourish. It’s not just decorative, it contains the ends and tidies up the plaiting. Koru and I have never really got along. I’ve made various attempts over time but have never really been happy. Until now. This is not bad.