September 2024 Newsletter
Wow, does anyone else feel like just where did the summer go?? Seems like it was only a couple of days ago I was being welcomed as the new WWG President. Now it’s September and the most incredible stash sale ever is done and it’s time to start our regular meetings. I look forward to getting to know you and learning from you.
When I told LeslieAnn I was interested in the president’s job, I figured I should choose a theme for my articles. This meant I’d have a starting point, and hopefully they would get turned in on time [no promises, but I’ll try!]. So, my theme is “the twelve or more colors of weaving in my life”. Of course, my first mistake was not thinking about the fact that there wasn’t a newsletter in July or August……. but fear not, I’m going to share those ideas with you anyway, just late.
When I think of July, I think of all the shades of blues. The sky, sometimes totally clear, sometimes cloudy and the water at the beach or a stream when I’m hiking. I love relaxing and enjoying the warmth of a nice summer day. In the same way, I like watching how different shades of blue, from very pale to royale to dark navy, mix with other colors in my weaving.
August to me means a dark charcoal or black sky, full of little pinpricks of light, and shooting stars sometimes zooming through. I used to think black was so dark or depressing, but now I see how much it makes the other colors pop. Sometimes I use a fine line of it, other times it becomes the feature color.
And finally, September, for me is always yellow, from the big yellow school buses that roll by my house every morning but also for the giant yellow sunflowers growing by my shed. They welcome me home every day after work with their bright faces. I LOVE using yellow in my weaving, and typically use a lot more than the pattern suggests. I tend to feel if a little is good, then a whole bunch more must be better. It makes me feel happy.
Welcome back to WWG meetings, and I look forward to sharing my other nine months of colors with you. Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]
Meg Spaulding
WWG President 2024-2025
When I told LeslieAnn I was interested in the president’s job, I figured I should choose a theme for my articles. This meant I’d have a starting point, and hopefully they would get turned in on time [no promises, but I’ll try!]. So, my theme is “the twelve or more colors of weaving in my life”. Of course, my first mistake was not thinking about the fact that there wasn’t a newsletter in July or August……. but fear not, I’m going to share those ideas with you anyway, just late.
When I think of July, I think of all the shades of blues. The sky, sometimes totally clear, sometimes cloudy and the water at the beach or a stream when I’m hiking. I love relaxing and enjoying the warmth of a nice summer day. In the same way, I like watching how different shades of blue, from very pale to royale to dark navy, mix with other colors in my weaving.
August to me means a dark charcoal or black sky, full of little pinpricks of light, and shooting stars sometimes zooming through. I used to think black was so dark or depressing, but now I see how much it makes the other colors pop. Sometimes I use a fine line of it, other times it becomes the feature color.
And finally, September, for me is always yellow, from the big yellow school buses that roll by my house every morning but also for the giant yellow sunflowers growing by my shed. They welcome me home every day after work with their bright faces. I LOVE using yellow in my weaving, and typically use a lot more than the pattern suggests. I tend to feel if a little is good, then a whole bunch more must be better. It makes me feel happy.
Welcome back to WWG meetings, and I look forward to sharing my other nine months of colors with you. Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]
Meg Spaulding
WWG President 2024-2025
Summer Weaving Colors
