Memorial Day for us was a sunny, breezy and the perfect day for a little adventure. We decided to load up our Yorkies, Molly & Max (an adventure in itself) and head out to Greene County for a tour of The Covered Bridges. This was a self guided tour with questionable directions - hence the adventure part - a speeding school bus (I know - weird) almost pushing us over the side of an unpaved narrow country road - making way for a family riding a horse drawn wagon and lots of friendly people willing to take time away from the bbq grill to help guide us along when the directions got iffy.
Max and Molly were whining in the back seat in their secured campers whenever the car stopped until they were able to get out for new sniffs and barks at the occasional beagle, bloodhound, and basset hound and giving away their urban origins.
Between reading directions for my husband Dave, and knitting on the passenger side...I began to think of these wonderful, well constructed (and reconstructed) bridges from the past and their importance to the community and farms. Most were built in the 1800's. Their presense tied the commuity together and are now being used and cherished, much like needlework of the same period. I had to wonder if we are building the same kind of legacy today with our needlework. Will people in the future be viewing our needlework, reading about our online and offline communites, projects, and the craft movement in general? Will our work find itself being cherished by our descendents, displayed in museums, or written about by future artists? Will we be able to conquer our fears by concentrating on our needlework and build a better future for ourselves and families?
I'd like to think so...maybe it's time to think of our needlework as a reflection of our times, hopes, and dreams and pass them on to future generations.
Celebrate the past, look toward the future and put your fears aside.
Knit-Share-Go!
Marg (dreaming of what could be)
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