Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A different kind of inspiration
We have this customer at the store, Sam. Sam is awesome. Sam rocks my world. He talks to me about weaving, filling my head with all kinds of ideas and inspirations. He encourages me to no end, and makes me feel like I can do anything, weave anything, if I just give it a try. The other day Sam brought in a few scarves that he had woven to illustrate some ideas that he had been talking to me about the day before. I was overwhelmed with the simple beauty of these scarves. I could clearly see how they were woven together, but lacked the self-confidence to think that I could ever weave anything as beautiful as these. We hung out for a while, and before he left Sam gave me one of his scarves. I was touched to tears. This was a true gift from the heart. I will have this scarf always, and right now it is draped over my loom, lending me inspiration each time I glance that direction.
I wore the scarf to work yesterday. It's rainbow striped, with a black stripe between each rainbow color to really make the bright colors pop. I wear a lot of black, and the scarf looked beautiful with the red shirt and black skirt I wore with it. And I received comments and compliments on it, as I knew that I would. But no less than three people pretty much said, '*You* didn't make *that* did you?' Now they mostly said it nicer than that. And one person kept trying to say it nicer than that until I said it nicer for her. And I did take it as a compliment each time. The scarf is gorgeous, and of course I didn't make it.
But I could have.
It's a simple weave pattern, and no one was paying any attention to the selvages (That's the hardest part of weaving: getting your selvages to look good and professional. Sam's selvages are gorgeous. Mine, well, they're getting there.). It's really the color combination that makes the scarf fabulous. For people to assume that I couldn't make anything so fabulous kind made me pissy by the end of the day. Pissy in an inspired way. By the time I got home from work I had about three quadrillion thoughts in my head about color combinations and weave patterns that would make fabulous scarves. And skirts! I really want to weave up some gorgeous plaid-like skirts! I'll blow these people out of the water. I'll make them say, 'You didn't make that did you?' and then amaze them when I say, 'Why yes! Actually, I did!'
Hrmph.
I wore the scarf to work yesterday. It's rainbow striped, with a black stripe between each rainbow color to really make the bright colors pop. I wear a lot of black, and the scarf looked beautiful with the red shirt and black skirt I wore with it. And I received comments and compliments on it, as I knew that I would. But no less than three people pretty much said, '*You* didn't make *that* did you?' Now they mostly said it nicer than that. And one person kept trying to say it nicer than that until I said it nicer for her. And I did take it as a compliment each time. The scarf is gorgeous, and of course I didn't make it.
But I could have.
It's a simple weave pattern, and no one was paying any attention to the selvages (That's the hardest part of weaving: getting your selvages to look good and professional. Sam's selvages are gorgeous. Mine, well, they're getting there.). It's really the color combination that makes the scarf fabulous. For people to assume that I couldn't make anything so fabulous kind made me pissy by the end of the day. Pissy in an inspired way. By the time I got home from work I had about three quadrillion thoughts in my head about color combinations and weave patterns that would make fabulous scarves. And skirts! I really want to weave up some gorgeous plaid-like skirts! I'll blow these people out of the water. I'll make them say, 'You didn't make that did you?' and then amaze them when I say, 'Why yes! Actually, I did!'
Hrmph.
idyllicchick, 7:59 AM
2 Comments:
Arne, at Jan 15, 2008 9:04:00 AM
Nothing like a little spite to get the creative juices flowing. And I know you can do it and I can't wait to see some of your finished pieces. They are going to be made of WIN!!!!!!
Glad to hear I'm not the only boy who comes into the store. Someday I'll learn what a selvage is, but for now I'm happy just learning how to knit.