#FiberArtCamp #ReflectionSunday (OK, it's actually Monday where I am)

Thank you all Fiber Art Campers! I am inspired by your work and your personal stories. You've motivated me to knit more often. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

#FiberArtCamp Reflection Sunday

First off, I learned I have a hard time staying within my instance's 500-character limit when I'm writing about fiber things.

I'm not uncomfortable about it, but I'm outside my regular comfort zone with the fiber community here on Mastodon. It's been fun and eye-opening to see the different fiber arts represented and enjoyed here. I definitely feel like I've been shaken out of a bit of a rut.

Thank you, everybody!

Day 7 of #FiberArtCamp is #ReflectionSunday and the last day of camp. I learned some things about myself and Mastodon, and made some new friends.

I sometimes feel like I don’t finish most things I start and feel pretty bad about that. Not just fiber arts but everything in life. Responding to the prompts made me think about all my crafts and acknowledge that even if that may be true (and I have no good way to objectively measure) I have made a great many knitted and crocheted things over the years, and my life is enriched by them. And what’s more I love the process of making and should probably take more WIP photos.

The camp hashtags helped me find the fiber art community on Mastodon. It’s the first time since I started being active here in Nov ‘22 that I have felt the things I post found their audience.

Reading other’s responses was a pleasure, too, and I think I followed a dozen new people. My feed has a lot more craft photos in it, which is a joy.

#FiberArtCamp - it's the last day, #ReflectionSunday and time to say farewell, at least to the hashtag! I don't normally take part in things like this, but this week has been lots of fun, and there's been some wonderful posts.

Thanks to @madgeface for organizing everything, and thanks to everyone who has taken part and shared their work.

It's already the last day of #FiberArtCamp. So let's look back on #ReflectionSunday

What did I learn? A new way to keep spare yarn for possible future repairs. Just make a small braid and weave it at some invisible place into your project. A seam, an edge that will not be seen. I already sew a spare button into cardigans, but never thought about doing so with yarn.

Might not work with easy feltable / fullable yarns like certain wools.

Who did I meet? My follow list grew a lot.

@fiberart

Have loved this week’s #FiberArtCamp - massive thanks to @madgeface for organising

It has been great for seeing brilliant and inspiring work, connecting with new people and getting new ideas. I want to make the Lord of the Rings scarf, the Totoro cardi, the crocheted skull shawl and so much more, I’m in awe of the weavers, spinners, yarn-dyers and quilters, I want to upcycle/ recycle more and I need to learn how to knit brioche. Same time next year? #fiberarts