One Step At A Time

Some mornings I let myself do a little craft work before work.  Some mornings I have to do other things instead.  Some mornings I am late for my "real" work-like today!

Designing Things

I'm not very creative. I'm very crafty. I can make things based on others' designs. I can make very well-made, pretty things based on others' designs. I can stray pretty far from those designs into fabulous variations. I cannot, however, create things only out of my thoughts. Actually, my thoughts are not that tangible, I think (pun intended). I don't seem to imagine things anymore; I can see something tangible and determine whether it will work well with this fabric or that yarn or in another color scheme, but actually visualizing the finished product seems to be a skill I have lost, if I ever had it very strongly to begin with. Nice to realize one's own limitations. Perhaps I'll stop expecting myself to design stuff from scratch from now on, and concentrate on making wonderful variations of other's designs.




This is what got me out of bed (a few minutes early) today.

Hey, look at me all 21st Century

Blogging from my phone!!!  Where I am able to correct the color setting for incandescent light, so the quick shot I took this a.m. of my newest bag will be closer to the real color!  (Woo hoo-now I can blog during boring meetings:-)

For all the The Muppet Show fans out there

The Muppet Show

YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THIS!!!

Uh oh, just what I needed?

Some kind soul gave me a tip about a magazine called Make.  I was just there.  I have got to pace myself.  I think my head might explode with ideas.  I must take notes!  Within minutes I was (for the first time in my life) considering how much $$ was too much $$ for conductive thread so that I could knit gloves that work with my new smart phone.

WHO AM I???  What happened to the slightly nerdy woman who was quietly knitting in her room, watching The Dick Van Dyke Show re-runs?

But, I gotta say, a bed-sized knit Tardis blanket?  WOW!  And while we're on the subject, Peter Davidson rocked (Tristan Farnon!?!  Need I say more?)

Always Check Your Comments

I decided quite some time ago to simply blog for my own private benefit.  I had been trying to imagine what readers would like to hear about, and then spent time thinking about what I could offer.  I also fretted about what subjects, blah blah blah - I eventually decided that I would just do whatever I felt was on my mind, and let the rest go.  It's not as if I was trying to make money from this blog.  If so, I'd have advertising turned on, oui?  I had given the address to a few people who'd been asking what I was making lately.  This way they could see the photos, etc.  Of course, most of the time they would just look at me like I was talking in some weird, foreign language.  I don't think "blog" was something they were ready to understand.  Even after looking at it, apparently they never got the idea that it wasn't one static message; that they could check in with me from time to time and see the various postings.  A few weeks ago, a friend mentioned in an e-mail that he'd been checking it every so often and I was SO gratified.  Even if he only looks once a year, it would still make me feel somewhat appreciated.  WELL-Imagine my surprise to discover that I have COMMENTS!  Not just one or two, but like 10 or something!!!  And like two visitors per day!  WOW.

I know, I know. I sound a little sarcastic, but I am being totally sincere.  (I know; I'm always sincerely sarcastic, so what's the difference, right?)  I guess I'm just surprised to find out I'm not exactly the person I thought I was.  I keep looking for approval on craft project choices from co-workers, stuff like that.  I get deeply thrilled to discover that someone is reading this.  Who am I???