I started writing and preparing for my chosen subject of “Fabrics and Fibres We Wear” months in advance of the Theme Reveal, so by the time of the launch, i had done a lot of work and I also knew that I had bitten off more than I had ever done before for the A to Z!
The choice of subject came from my own curiosity about fabrics – especially those with strange names you only come across in historical novels and as well, I dabble in fibre crafts such as knitting and Tunisian crochet. In this respect, I more than satisfied my itch, uncovering all sorts of nuggets of knowledge that gratified me, but the question is, as always, will it hold the interest of readers of the A to Z? Well the pages received 300 views over the course of April, a good few regulars came, read and commented and showed as much delight as I did at the various topics – which is all that one can hope for! I expect that the posts may gather an organic growth of readers in the future as I feel it is quite the resource in the end – anyway, i shall keep an eye on the stats…
I didn’t finish all the posts ahead of time so there was a good week of pantsing it at the end and once that starts, there is no time to anything other than answer comments, so I did not achieve as much visiting as I would have liked but heigh ho – the posts are still there to be visited! Blogs I did manage to read and enjoy up to the point of pantsing, include The Multicoloured Diary, with her wonderful collection of Hungarian Folktales, Uniquely maladjusted but fun, where Jamie ran a scavenger/crossword hunt, Li gave us Artwork and Poetry Forms at The Versesmith, whilst Tamara of Part-time Working Hockey Mom transported us back to the 80’s! The A to Z would not be the same without Anne M Bray’s Pattern Recognition in which she celebrates the shoe designs of the Canadian firm Fluevog by first sketching one of the shoes and then turning it into a fabric repeat print. Another printmaker is Anne E.G. Nydam – a lino/rubber print maker who this year gave us extracts of her new self-illustrated book of reworked fairytales over at Black and White (Words and Pictures) and lastly Josna Rege of Tell Me Another.
In answer to the team’s questions
- 1. I am in favour of the Theme Reveal – it gets the ball rolling…
- 2. Its good to focus on the experience for a moment and review the other people who have contributed to your experience
- 3. The graphics this year have been great as always!
- 4. I did largely meet my goals but I am definitely going to choose something a little more modest next year so I can spend more time bloghopping…
- 5. See above for favourites…
- 6. I did have comments from co-hosts thank you
- 7. Favourite comment:- “So much great information! It makes me want to return to sewing – Ronel at Ronel the Mythmaker” (My job is done!)
- 8. Cai crossed over from my Ten Things of Thankful postings and visited regularly and obviously enjoyed the whole challenge even though she was not participating.
- 9. I participate in Ten Things of Thankful
- 10. I loved Zalka’s Hungarian folk tales and Anne E.G. Nydam’s reworked fairy tales.
- 11. I will take part in A to Z 2027 but I will pick a less challenging subject (quantitatively!)
- 12. I suggested my R for Recycling post as it has the greatest message in need of more publicity…
- 13. I will be visiting a lot of posts I missed over the next year and perhaps the A to Z blog itself…
Good Luck and Good Blogging y’all, for another year!