Zoë Bowyer

I have spent the past couple of weeks mulling over the decision I needed to make. Both options have their good points and bad points but in the end it came down to not wanting to wait any longer. The person I had spoken to regarding the traditional crafts scheme has left her job and the scheme is in limbo at the moment. A mentor had wanted to come see me, on the phone he seemed very excited by my work and mentioned things like me having a shop in Bushmills and dropped phrases like ‘mainstream fashion industry’ while I silently vomited, for I could think of nothing worse! I know he was only trying to encourage me. Now with no one running the scheme the mentor had to cancel our appointment. Who knows, maybe they will get it up and running eventually.

In the meantime, I thought I may as well do myself a wee photography course. Just a 10 week thing, probably a load of stuff I know already, but a good way to see if I can hack the routine of doing projects and learning.

I will, of course, knit as well. I still need to work on a few easy-peasy designs and then try selling them by myself. It will be relaxed and I will enjoy it.

Oh – and the worms? They are doing okay and have settled back into their home. Turning the contents of the wormery over seemed to do the job.