Textile Forum, for me, is like a party and a family reunion and a conference and a fair and a week of crazy textile stuff all rolled up into one. It's the one week in my year that's making me run in circles a huge lot beforehand, packing up loads of stuff, losing lots and lots of sleep over fretting if all will go well (and the occasional late-night doing of stuff), and writing more lists than for anything else in my year.

It's also the week making me absurdly happy because it's bringing textile folks together, and there is so much networking and learning and sharing taking place. I'm part of this, and that is a wonderful feeling for which I gladly pay the price in sleep and coffee over-consumption.

Finally, it's the week that is making me really, really tired - so there will be no blogging from tomorrow on until I've recovered from the Textile Forum, which, according to experience, takes me about a week as well... which means I'll be back on the blog on Monday, November 19.

See you then - and happy textile and non-textile shenanigans until then!