a simple yarn

Inspiration: noun, the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

Inertia: noun, a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged.

Funny what inspires us. It’s as unique as each individual.
And funny thing, inertia. The very thought of it can render an individual actionless.

My loom has remained undressed, naked as it were, for about 4 months now. No, I’ve not gone off weaving. It’s just that a) I’ve not been inspired and b) the mental inertia to get a warp on it has left it bare.

That is, until today.

I was inspired by this simple picture.

While looking for the ‘pancake quote’ in Farmer Boy, I ran across it. How lovely Ma Ingalls looks sitting at her loom! She appears as though she’s contentedly enjoying herself. Doing more than just the everyday humdrumness, but rather bringing to life some imaginative creation. Or at least that’s my interpretation…

And so today, unexpectantly inspired and being home waiting for the washing machine repairman to come, offered the perfect opportunity to not consider the inertia of winding a warp, but rather just chucking in and getting one started.

The initial idea was to do a blue and cream mohair scarf for Daughter-Kate. The combo, while sounding good in theory, didn’t play out well in reality. So, necessity being what it is, we improvised with a slubby teal/cream/brown yarn.

Perhaps not truly inspirational, but pleasing nonetheless. And with the Kiddies miraculously getting on well together, I could count today among those where inertia was overcome and some measure of creativity was allowed to flow.