I was in Loveland, CO this past weekend teaching a class I named The Tapestry Butterfly.
It is a design/weave class and my students did a fantastic job.
Loveland is the city you can send your Valentine's cards to and get them
stamped with a love-themed postmark. Loveland is also a city where you
can find gluten free food, there are many lakes (old sand pits full of
water??), and the political yard art seems to sway toward the Romney
camp, though that could just be my imagination.
The class was in this community building downtown. It was a great place to have a class and is clearly used for many things including baby showers and birthday parties.
My students were wonderful, cooperative, and Helen's smile was priceless.
I had a few returning students who are weaving amazing things.
This design was a large tulip. As Barb started weaving I glanced over and realized there were mountains in the background. So beautiful. I would very much like to see the finished piece one day!
Sherry's bag had this button attached. I may need to figure out where to get one of my own.
The drive can be the challenge for teaching workshops. A 5 hour drive
isn't the worst thing, but when I start listening to the radio on scan
and chewing lots of gum (I'm not a gum chewer generally), I know that I
am getting tired. Coming up through Colorado Springs I hit the radio
scan phase and realized there is a whole lot of radio I don't want to
listen to in Springs. (Plus the antennae on my car has long since fallen
off and I only get the really strong stations. Their classical music
station was nice until I lost it in the hills.) I had to resort to Neko
Case and Regina Spektor for the rest of the drive. Driving through the
north end of Colorado Springs I had to laugh at the road maintenance
mile sign by the Gay and Lesbian Fund positioned strategically a few
hundred yards before the Focus on the Family Visitor's Center exit sign.
Can't possibly be a coincidence. (My apologies for those of you with
positive interactions with Focus on the Family. Mine growing up were
decidedly negative.)
Coming home I had to take 285 through the mountains. I was driving south on the 5 lane freeway from Loveland into Denver and realized I couldn't possibly manage my jangled nerves long enough to make it all the way through Pueblo. I took a hard right and drove through the Rockies. Coming out of South Park and seeing the Collegiate Peaks makes me sigh in relief to be out of the big city and back in the land of very tall mountains.
The class was in this community building downtown. It was a great place to have a class and is clearly used for many things including baby showers and birthday parties.
My students were wonderful, cooperative, and Helen's smile was priceless.
I had a few returning students who are weaving amazing things.
This design was a large tulip. As Barb started weaving I glanced over and realized there were mountains in the background. So beautiful. I would very much like to see the finished piece one day!
Sherry's bag had this button attached. I may need to figure out where to get one of my own.
Coming home I had to take 285 through the mountains. I was driving south on the 5 lane freeway from Loveland into Denver and realized I couldn't possibly manage my jangled nerves long enough to make it all the way through Pueblo. I took a hard right and drove through the Rockies. Coming out of South Park and seeing the Collegiate Peaks makes me sigh in relief to be out of the big city and back in the land of very tall mountains.
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| A button one of my students had on. I'll have to visit this yarn shop one of these days. |