Spare Time
I haven't forgotten LiveJournal. In many ways, I still prefer it to Facebook. If everyone on Facebook would take the initiative to hide all their irrelevant posts from the newsfeed (and if I could find a way to automatically block anything that had to do with a war, farm, or aquarium), then maybe I could keep up. I don't really try to keep up, but I feel like I should. Then, when I see Facebook friends in person, I don't ask them the detailed questions about how their life is going because I feel like I should already know.
4-H and SCA are still my hobbies. My 4-H path is set to remain an administrative role, removed from the actual 4-Hers for a while. I'm Lesser Chief of the 4-H All Stars. That translates to Vice President. Unless the current Big Chief chooses to step down, I'll serve another year as LC, then I'm guessing they want me to be Big Chief. Then, I'll be Past Big Chief. Then, maybe I'll do something different, like have a kid and start over at square one.
SCA is different. It's much more open-ended for me right now. The possibilities are endless. It's a chance to escape from real life, especially from your job. What is my job? Well, I sit at a desk all day, either hunched over plans or computer, designing things (in the sense that I'm picking from predetermined options) and doing calculations. So, about a month ago, I decided I would try weaving. So, I go sit at a loom, hunched over my weaving, designing things (in the sense that I get to pick a pattern) and doing simple math. Yes, weaving involves math (more if I were actually designing my own pattern). Boy, I'm really into escapism here!
A couple of months ago, I almost bought a loom on a whim when it came up on Craig's List. I came to my senses and decided I'd better try weaving before I sink that kind of money on a hobby. Mistress Morgana, our local weaving Laurel (person recognized in the SCA for being really, really, good at some type of medieval art) graciously agreed to teach me. She's an incredibly good teacher and has provided me with all kinds of resources and links for information. The first evening, she placed me at a tiny loom where she had already set up the project and all I had to do was weave! The only problem was my back was killing me at the end of the night.
Next she set me up on a table loom where I weave standing. That works better. She started from the beginning, letting me wind the warp and thread the loom myself. One evening was spent just getting the loom set up to weave. The next two times I was over there, I got to experiment with all kinds of different, basic patterns. Then, I went home and joined a bunch of Yahoo! groups about weaving. I am terrible about keeping even tension, so my cloth keeps getting wider, then narrower again, but I'll post pictures when I'm finished.
*sigh* I'll probably post them to Facebook, too.
4-H and SCA are still my hobbies. My 4-H path is set to remain an administrative role, removed from the actual 4-Hers for a while. I'm Lesser Chief of the 4-H All Stars. That translates to Vice President. Unless the current Big Chief chooses to step down, I'll serve another year as LC, then I'm guessing they want me to be Big Chief. Then, I'll be Past Big Chief. Then, maybe I'll do something different, like have a kid and start over at square one.
SCA is different. It's much more open-ended for me right now. The possibilities are endless. It's a chance to escape from real life, especially from your job. What is my job? Well, I sit at a desk all day, either hunched over plans or computer, designing things (in the sense that I'm picking from predetermined options) and doing calculations. So, about a month ago, I decided I would try weaving. So, I go sit at a loom, hunched over my weaving, designing things (in the sense that I get to pick a pattern) and doing simple math. Yes, weaving involves math (more if I were actually designing my own pattern). Boy, I'm really into escapism here!
A couple of months ago, I almost bought a loom on a whim when it came up on Craig's List. I came to my senses and decided I'd better try weaving before I sink that kind of money on a hobby. Mistress Morgana, our local weaving Laurel (person recognized in the SCA for being really, really, good at some type of medieval art) graciously agreed to teach me. She's an incredibly good teacher and has provided me with all kinds of resources and links for information. The first evening, she placed me at a tiny loom where she had already set up the project and all I had to do was weave! The only problem was my back was killing me at the end of the night.
Next she set me up on a table loom where I weave standing. That works better. She started from the beginning, letting me wind the warp and thread the loom myself. One evening was spent just getting the loom set up to weave. The next two times I was over there, I got to experiment with all kinds of different, basic patterns. Then, I went home and joined a bunch of Yahoo! groups about weaving. I am terrible about keeping even tension, so my cloth keeps getting wider, then narrower again, but I'll post pictures when I'm finished.
*sigh* I'll probably post them to Facebook, too.