As well as being a writer I am also a spinner, courtesy of the fibre obtained from my lovely herd of alpacas.
I am aware of the many correlations between the two crafts of spinning words and spinning wool. These are some that I have noticed.
- You create something potentially beautiful from raw materials
- You need many years of practice
- The process is as enjoyable as the end result, sometimes more so
- There are many stages to go through to get from an amorphous mass to a pleasing end result
- You learn the rules and then develop your own style
- When things go well you can easily get lost in ‘the zone’ for hours
- You need patience – lots of patience
- You never stop learning
- Good preparation is vital
- It’s easy to over complicate things – sometimes simple is best
I called this site spiderywriting for several reasons – a Roald Dahl quotation, a play on the Worldwide Web and web spiders. Now that I have started my journey into the fascinating world of spinning, I love the fact that my site is named after a little creature able to create wondrous, magical structures from a simple skein.
I am trying my best to learn to do the same.