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I seem to be going through a series of these and in a good way; I'm hoping that it's a direct result of intense love for my work coupled with huge doses of integrity and honesty. Fortune has yet to come to my doorstep but fame is steadily trickling in (does it also count if people write to you saying they picked up a magazine at an airport and saw you in it?), but I believe where one goes the other will soon follow. I'm basically quite naive, yet not dumb if my IQ is anything to go by, and most might say I shouldn't be trying to run my own business on pure, simple goodwill alone. That old-fashioned and now scorned act of 'hard work' is something which I'm guilty of, too. Sometimes I wish I could be savvy and calculating but do those who are really get what they want at the end of the day?
Tomorrow is an exciting day; the needles have arrived in perfect time and our workshop begins tomorrow for the new batch of Ebru needles for samples requested by craft magazines. Everything is right with the world thanks to good intentions, good luck and good re-structuring!
The house has been painted with eco-friendly, lead-free satin ivory paint; suddenly my home is fifty times as bright as it was before and this inspires me to transform everything else in the house which is guilty of being dull, worn or un-pretty. I found this lovely website, Eco-Artware.com, through Gecko Gully's new craft advertising site. The archive of craft projects to completely recycle and reinvent objects is really good.
Next week the four of us embark on a 3-week holiday; we have planned a full and action-packed driving trip visiting several places in the Aegean and we're really looking forward to it. Having taken my husband's perfect advice to shake off any bad vibes and cobwebs with a shrug of the shoulder I'm ready to enjoy the summer immensely ~ the sky is clear and bright like my house and we're in a really happy, complete place.
A sense of panic has also begun, but in a totally exciting and welcome way; as I sketch designs and spend nights (why does inspiration insist on striking at midnight?) frantically scribbling down brainwaves for September's über-trendy London I-Knit Weekender ~ the biggest dedicated knitting and Yarn event in the UK focused on hosting British design and talent.
Returning from a long holiday won't have the anti-climax it usually has as I'm so looking forward to the flurry of show preparation waiting for me.
I am feeling guilty for not having been in touch..sorry. My only excuse is that I am busy preparing my next workshop week in France and have done a lot of work for knit in public day.
ReplyDeleteI so hope you have a fab time with your loved ones on holiday and I am planning to come and meet you in London during I Knit Weekender. Let me have your schedule when you know it.
Everyone loves your cotton and the needles, and I have done a bit of a survey on interest in Turkey knitting retreat, seems many would love it.
Happy holidays. Heike x
Not at all, Heike, it never crossed my mind : ) Another workshop in France, that sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, and thank you for all the wonderful ideas you've given me. Actually I owe a lot of my recent good luck, which I mention in this post, to you as somehow interest has greatly increased after I sent you the yarn and needles!
I'm really excited to be meeting you in a few months and talking more. Thanks, Figen