Ruth Macleod on Friendship in the Guild

Ruth Macleod on Friendship in the Guild

Jung-Ah Kim

Ruth Macleod

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I stayed with it, because of the people, we seem to be able to focus on our interests. It's not that we don't talk about other things, but our focus is weaving and spinning, and basket making. It's been easy. And the friendships I've made are very precious to me. They really are. You know, so many people have had influence in all sorts of areas in my life, not just spinning and weaving, -- have made me what I am, you know, I've evolved, and I hope I'm continuing to evolve. I mean, there's the sweetness and the friendship too when we get together. And, we talk about problems we've had in weaving, there's always help. I mean, I hate tying up, you know, that's the bit where you have to scramble under the loom. And, and of course, it's becoming more difficult for me, and there's always someone who will hear me groaning and making a big fuss under the loom, who will come and help me. And, you know, weaving reveals a lot about personality too. So when we focus on one thing, for example, and it will be interesting to see what the seven or eight people who are there, how they'll take that, that's always fascinating because it reveals a lot. There are the tightrope walkers who risk everything and there are more conservative people, like me, who go the safe way. So we learn a lot from a lot of different people.