Meander

Granny

As in square...

I hadn't crocheted a granny square in almost 40 years!  But I got the bug to pick up the crochet hook again.  Maybe it was all those obsession scarves.  Or the Special Olympics scarf project.  I practiced for a while and kept getting hung up in the same place...my chain 3 to start the new round kind of got lost and I ended up with 2 double crochets instead of 3.  Meredith helped me figure out my mistake and a woman in one of my knitting groups watched me in action for confirmation.  I then crocheted one big square out of 2 skeins of variegated cotton that had been in my stash for a while.  This was a process knit; I just wanted to practice crocheting granny squares. I will donate this small covering to the women's clinic at work - I think it would brighten up a baby carriage or crib.

Crochet definitely progresses quicker than knitting though I think it uses a lot more yarn.  It was fun to try something different.  This is my third finished project for the year.  I haven't shown you the second project yet but stay tuned! 

 

Time flies

Where has the week gone??  

Been spending time choosing end papers

and coloring photos

Maybe I should have made time for a trip to the grocery store.  Before sitting down to compose this post, I went to do a load of laundry and I have no laundry detergent!  How did that happen?  I always have a spare in the basement.  Not this time.  Life is getting away from me.  No...not really :-)  More like I'm choosing to neglect the household things I need to do - food shopping, laundry, vacuuming - and am focusing my energies on the things I'd rather do - crafting, knitting, yoga, dreaming, thinking.  We'll see if this weekend brings some balance...or at least some laundry detergent.  

A blank slate

 

This is my spring project book.  It is a joint project with Mrs. Staggs.  It sits before me waiting to be filled with expressions of springtime.  I can't wait to see what it becomes!  I thought I'd be nervous about the prospect but I'm actually excited.  I don't have any expectations so that frees me up.  It might end up looking like a 3rd grade school project!  Either way, I'm going to focus on the process and try some new techniques.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better

- John Updike

I don't know that I'll do anything right or better but the activity will be creative and I know I'll enjoy that.  Of course this is me talking after a 12-hour work day and a glass of wine ;-)  We'll see what tune I'm singing once I start trying to execute the ideas in my head.  Luckily for Mrs. Staggs I'll be practicing on my book before I work on hers!!