And I'm not even lying.
Recently I became addicted to the process of felting.
It started like this:
- Watch a few Youtube videos
- Try out a sample scarf - failed
- Wat more Youtube videos
- Try out a second sample scarf - pretty nice - I want more of this!
- Make boards on Pinterest with inspiration
- Try more and more scarfs - whoa, these are looking good!
And then... Information pretty much went dry. At least online. Who reads books these days.
A nasty nasty thought started itching... Should I? Should I not?
Gross!
But my need for more information and communicating with like-minded people won in the end. I opened up a new browser tab and started typing f... a... c... e... b...
And there they were. Thousands and thousands of people who were talking daily (!) about felting. Wet felting, nuno felting, needle felting... Then there were the groups dedicated to the process of dyeing silk, of upcycling fabric... Literally for every little step in the process that I needed to create my work there is a Facebook group.
I even checked Reddit before I took this plunge back into the Facebook waters... It wasn't able to save me. Maybe @acidyo can point me the way.
So here I am. Confessing. Feeling gross, dirty, a cheater, and so so full of excitement about the access Facebook is giving me. To peers, to information, to... Basically about more than 50% of my felting education so far.
I'm also already claiming my Facebook page for the website with my 'for sale' items that I will launch soon... Because to me it's clear, Facebook is still pretty much where 'the people are'. And so are my possible future customers.
To keep things in balance I've been enjoying the senators grilling Zuckyzuck about his dirty practices. Every time I see his face I feel like removing myself from Facebook - again. But damn, is that place pretty much irreplaceable? Yes, it very much is.
Fingers crossed for better opportunities in the future. Preferably on Steem. Of course I'll claim at least one felting community once that feature is launched. Who knows how many of those thousands of felters I can get to share their amazing knowledge on Steem?
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