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What are you wearing during quarantine?

7/1/2020

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A message From Kelly Grotzinger, Co-President
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This is not a note about staying safe and out of range of the pandemic, but about behavioral affect revealed during self-isolation--relating to weaving, of course. What clothes are you wearing day to day now that you do not go 'away' or 'out' except to hike around the yard or in the neighborhood or to the grocery store? Well....I have replaced jeans with yoga pants so that my posterior is not chaffed from so much time on a weaving bench. I have replaced hard sided shoes with fat rag wool socks, the better to manipulate treadles. So that my black wool work suit jackets do not gather dust in my closet and so that I might stay warmer in my studio, I pair them with the yoga pants, the rag wool socks, and some sort of t-shirt. I may throw a hand-woven scarf/shawl around too. Now, lest this combination not be stylish enough for you, know that I add a range of southwest style earrings and bracelets. Thank heavens that I don't need to add a mask to this 'look' in order to weave! So, although we have not had Guild time to do show and share of our hand woven projects, I wanted you to know how I have adopted an alternative personal style to accommodate my fiber focus since self-isolating. You?
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Sandra L Shaffer
9/22/2020 03:29:02 pm

Hi Kelly. I'm back and have found that if you do not wear shoes for awhile, you feet protest when shod. I've gone the route of sweat pants and tee or sweat shirts as the cat is also getting a little tired of us here all the time and has taken to doing ninja cat attacks. Should have named him Cato after the Pink Panthers assistant. Sweats prevent "cat tats" as I call all those lovely claw marks. As life interfered a bit it has taken a bit (about 1yr) to finally finish my first attempt at weaving with linen. May also be my last but I needed the experience. If I gain anymore weight, the next at home attire may be a lovely woven muumuu. My Belgium waffle weave large shawl is coming in handy too. I am definitely going for that Wabi Sabi look. Hope to reconnect with you all this fall.

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