January 2025 Newsletter
When I was a young child, years like 2025 seemed so far in the future I thought they would never come! I was sure we would all be zooming around in space cars, like the Jetsons, instead of using Zoom to hold meetings! I spend lots of time trying to pick a new favorite background before each meeting, something interesting that reflects my personality at that moment.
And most of us probably remember Y2K. Computer and IT folks fretted anxiously for months, if not years if all society was going to collapse at the stroke of midnight. I work in health care, and we had double the staff running around that night making sure there were no critical incidents. The only problem we had was the Ciber lock on the staff restroom froze – apparently the batteries went dead, and no one heard the warning beeps in the chaos!
So those are a couple of my memories of New Years past…..now I tend to think of all the shades of white. It is such a blank canvas to play on. You can have just a little, or a lot, like the whole project is white. But when I think of white, I also think of SNOW. And yes, you do have to come to work if it snows, and no you can’t stay home and weave all day. Those darn patients will show up no matter what, coming from the far ends of the county, so I toss my knitting or a small loom in the car and head off to work.
And my resolution?? To try something new with my weaving, whether a new fiber, or a new pattern, or to mix new colors I wouldn’t usually put together. Sometimes it’s a WOW moment, and other times it’s a blah, toss it quick! I love coming to the guild and seeing what each and every one of you is doing. We have so much talent in our group and its fun to see all the projects that you create. I look forward to what 2025 brings.
Meg Spaulding
WWG President 2024-2025
And most of us probably remember Y2K. Computer and IT folks fretted anxiously for months, if not years if all society was going to collapse at the stroke of midnight. I work in health care, and we had double the staff running around that night making sure there were no critical incidents. The only problem we had was the Ciber lock on the staff restroom froze – apparently the batteries went dead, and no one heard the warning beeps in the chaos!
So those are a couple of my memories of New Years past…..now I tend to think of all the shades of white. It is such a blank canvas to play on. You can have just a little, or a lot, like the whole project is white. But when I think of white, I also think of SNOW. And yes, you do have to come to work if it snows, and no you can’t stay home and weave all day. Those darn patients will show up no matter what, coming from the far ends of the county, so I toss my knitting or a small loom in the car and head off to work.
And my resolution?? To try something new with my weaving, whether a new fiber, or a new pattern, or to mix new colors I wouldn’t usually put together. Sometimes it’s a WOW moment, and other times it’s a blah, toss it quick! I love coming to the guild and seeing what each and every one of you is doing. We have so much talent in our group and its fun to see all the projects that you create. I look forward to what 2025 brings.
Meg Spaulding
WWG President 2024-2025
January Weaving Colors
