New Year is fast approaching and I have to say I can't wait
for 2017 to start! Don't get me wrong, I do not want to wish the year away, but
2016 has really tested my patience and we just haven’t gotten along at all. I
mean there were some good bits, of course, and I appreciated and treasured them
even more.
For the most part 2016 has been filled with tears, fear and
anger. I have been made redundant from my Rowan employment, a job I have loved
with all my heart, but what is even sadder that this saw the end of Rowan
consultancy, 30 years of dedication from some incredibly talented people. However
I shall always be grateful for the experience and knowledge I have gained while
working for Rowan. It was a truly amazing position.
Apart from
the redundancy, 2016 professionally for me wasn’t that bad. Losing the Rowan
job meant I had to stop teaching workshops at John Lewis branches, but that’s ok
because I still teach at the amazing The Yarn Dispensary in Faversham and I
also have new workshops starting in 2017 at Sew Over It in London. As well as this there have been the tutorials I have been doing for Love Knitting and Love Crochet, the response
to which has been overwhelming, thank you so much, and there will be more coming in
the new year, so watch this space.
I’m very grateful for the opportunity to work
with Crochet Now magazine, and I’m truly thankful to them for featuring my
designs in their fab magazines and to all of you for making them and showing
me the love, there’s more fantastic things to come. I have been also very busy
working on some fab projects which will be revealed in mid-2017, there are two
in particular I’m beyond excited to share with you.
Other
than that the whole world seems to be crying, politically it feels like one
disaster after another, so many lies, so much hate and deceit, a referendum and
elections that have been turned into lying circuses. Just when I thought that
politicians cannot sink any lower a new depth has been found, not to mention the cesspit
of racism, xenophobia and islamophobia their irresponsible actions have triggered.
The very real fear and reality of war and terror attacks has shown the
terrifying face of human species, but it has also shown the beauty of the human
spirit of working together against those that are adamant on destroying
humanity and decency. People are uniting and standing strong to help those in
need.
2016
has also seen us saying goodbye to huge amount of actors, musicians, politicians, and
authors, we have lost much talent that has changed the face of music and films
such as David Bowie and Prince. It seemed like a week didn’t go by without us
mourning another death and just when you think it was all finished with, that the year
is almost over, 2016 claims few more lives, George Michael and Carrie Fisher to name just two. 2016 has felt relentless!!
Photo credit @ChristheBarker / Twitter
On the
positive note….. We have achieved a few wonderful things for our mother earth -
the tiger population is growing, the banning of micro beads from production is
in progress and should be in place in 2017 and the Arctic Ocean is protected from industrial
fishing, thanks to a historic agreements.
Whatever
your experience of 2016 are, I would like to wish you the happiest and most
wonderful 2017!! I hope for all of you it will be your best year yet!!
Thank
you all for your support and all the love you have showed me through the year,
you are all fantastic!!
Come on
2017, be AMAZING!!
Anna x
