Lately I have become obsessed with knitting. I mean really knitting; with needles and everything. I bought a small book and needle kit that promised anyone can be knitting in no time. That sounded good to me! I am proud of myself, though, that I put down the big kit that cost three times as much and settled for the small one, even if it didn’t look as fancy. One of these days I will open it and actually try it.
So there lies my problem. An ordinary person would have ripped open the package as soon as they got it home and got busy with the learning process. I, on the other hand, sat it down and picked up something else to do. Eventually, I will pick up the knitting kit, but for now, it will be placed on my “someday to do list,” behind the dolls and yo yos, but not before the scrapbooking. As great as my desire to learn to knit, I will have to wait to get in the mood.
My ability to edit my interests intrudes upon most of my crafting activities. Sometimes I envy people who are all about scrapbooking, or cardmaking, or crocheting. They focus their efforts on perfecting their crafts and have the finished project evidence to prove it.
Take for instance; scrapbooking. I need my pictures to do this. My computer alone contains the photos of years gone by which are not nearly as organized as I would like them to be (on the list). And there are certainly pictures there that should not be there because I have a really hard time getting rid of photos, even if they are completely unflattering to the subject. For instance, I held onto an old picture of the top of the head of one of my grandchildren forever. You couldn’t really see what she was doing, or really who it was. Since it was a picture of a loved one, I couldn’t throw it out. It did contain a really great picture of the cat’s butt for everyone to see. You definitely could make that out. (It’s gone now. My cat doesn’t know anything about her own modesty so I had to look out for her.)
On a good note, I am almost done with the doll dresses and they should be on Etsy by tomorrow. I have small bag of yo yos that I worked on for my yo yo art project, and I have a pretty good idea of what I am going to do. So I decided the best thing as far as other projects go is to clean up and organize my stuff. That kind of goes against a creative person’s nature, but, I figure going through my stuff will ignite some ideas. This time I have a plan. It called an Idea Book to record all the great ideas before they’re lost. So, I will be back later for a progress update.
