{"id":20750,"date":"2024-09-08T13:24:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T20:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/?p=20750"},"modified":"2024-09-08T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T20:24:39","slug":"playing-with-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/playing-with-candles\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing With Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019ve been playing with candles lately. It all began with a quote I found on Laura Fry\u2019s blog<\/a> (which I highly recommend, by the way). The quote originates from James Keller and reads as such:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Candle loses nothing, by lighting another candle.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I thought about it, I seemed to remember that when you light the candles at a holiday table something even more exciting happens. When the second candle alights, there is an enlargement of flame. Curiosity led me to try to capture that image here. So, if I was James Keller, I might have written:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want a bigger flame, share your light.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, it seems to me, is the life principle of ANWG 2025 Keynote speaker and instructor Robyn Spady.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I readily confess that I\u2019m a great admirer of Robyn\u2019s work. I\u2019ve taken classes with her, and I\u2019m always struck by her remarkable weaving enthusiasm backed by an almost limitless knowledge of her subjects. No matter the class, I always come away with more than I signed up for. More about using Fiberworks. More about color. More about structure. She has a remarkable ability to take a class with diverse experience levels, and escort each of us down the same pathway. Like herding cats, she keeps everyone together, providing something for every learning journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, recently, when I asked Robyn what drives her determination to share her knowledge, I wasn\u2019t terribly surprised by her answer: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI suppose [what drives me] is <\/strong>the desire to leave ‘footprints’ of my life and leave the world a better place because I was part of it.  I feel I can do that through my enthusiasm for life and my weaving, teaching, and writing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That enthusiasm leads Robyn into deep and surprising studies. At the 2023 ANWG conference, her research into Couture fabrics became the basis of a seminar to help weavers create Chanel-type fabrics. This summer, she traveled to Ireland in search of information about linen, its origins, its use and its Irish Heritage. I have no doubt that trip will morph into a delightful class soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, you\u2019ll be able to share Robyn\u2019s expertise in a wide range of classes at the 2025 ANWG conference. And, at our Saturday evening dinner, as\u00a0Robyn speaks on the topic of \u201cThe Webs We Weave,\u201d I have no doubt you\u2019ll laugh as you are challenged and inspired by this prolific and generous weaver. We are so lucky to have Robyn among our \u201cweb\u201d here in the Pacific Northwest. I can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been playing with candles lately. It all began with a quote I found on Laura Fry\u2019s blog (which I highly recommend, by the way). The quote originates from James Keller and reads as such:\u00a0 \u201cA Candle loses nothing, by lighting another candle.\u201d\u00a0 As I thought about it, I seemed to remember that when you… Read More »Playing With Candles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20754,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20750\/revisions\/20754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}