2023 – My Weekly Project

Week 5 – February Weaving

There is a good feeling about opening the door on February. Welcoming in the longer days and hopefully brighter weather. Turning the calendar it does come with promise and reassurance that the season is changing. However I was reminded only today that these early weeks of February are also the tail end of winter.

As I have worked this little weaving I have been aware of the increased activity, and song, of the birds that visit our garden. Wrens, blackbirds, chaffinches, green woodpecker, coat tit, magpies, collared doves, long-tailed tits and robins. We also have two “cheeky” squirrels sourcing food after the long winter.

There is a “scruffiness” to February. There is sweeping and tidying up to do. Twigs, small branches, leaves and debris that has succumbed to the winter storms. I have removed the net covering the pond that is used to catch the sycamore leaves from the tree above. Hopeful that in due course the frogs and toads will be returning to spawn as they have done year upon year.

St Valentines Day

Ahead is a time of renewal, rebirth and new growth. We can’t know what is going to appear in our natural world at the moment. It’s a time of seed planting, soil preparation and planning. It’s a time of enormous hope. And where would we be without that? February 14th is represented by the red knotted thread interwoven into this short month. February ties together the darkness and hardships of winter to the energy and life that we are going to enjoy in spring.

Winter Worn February

Thinking and Weaving

I never begin with a plan in mind. I source materials and begin the process. It’s whilst I work alternating and combining the materials that my thoughts bring together the piece. It is the thought process in conjunction with the physical activity that creates the connection. It provides reassurance and understanding of our integrated relationship with the natural world.