This Free Time...
This morning, I got up early, and left the house, with my mom. Not much of an outing, really...just an appointment, she had to go to (which lasted half an hour. I took my Drew Emborsky book, and flipped through it.) Then, we went to a nice, sit-down restraunt, for a rather delightful breakfast.
It was nice...a great get-away.
Yet, I must admit...I feel off. Having free time, to go, and do stuff, like this. It seems so strange, to me. Since starting The Yarn Project, I have never had a single moment, away from it. Even when out, running errands, or eating out, it has ALWAYS been on my mind. I would be out, and in my mind, I would be thinking about all the projects, I had to get done. I would think that Feruary 8 was SO close, and that there was NO way, I would get it all done.
Yet, I did. THANK GOD!
Now, I have 19 days left, until the OFFICIAL end, of part one, of The Yarn Project. I have free time. Time to do WHATEVER I want.
And I feel lost. Weird, I know. But, I feel like I should still have this set project. Something that I MUST do, between now, and loom knitting. In fact, not having a set project, in the short time that remains of crocheting, is DRIVING ME BONKERS!
Who would have thought that I would come to DEPEND on deadlines?
Anyway...
In yesterday's entry I said I was going to do these amigurumi hearts.
I started working them, immediately after writing my post. And, not too long, after starting, I WAS GOING INSANE! I was HATING working the heart. It was just so tedious.
Then, I thought. 'Sure, they are cute. But, I could make something else, just as cute. And, this isn't a project set, in The Yarn Project. This is a free project. I have control, over what I crochet. Why spend my time, crocheting something that is not fun?'
And, I am sure you can guess what happened.
I unraveled the part of this heart amigurumi, that I had finished. (Truth be told, unraveling this heart, was the MOST fun, that this particular project could have offered.)
After rewinding the yarn, I went outside, for a walk. When I came back in, I KNEW what to make.
I am going to make small little pillows. (And, by small, I mean small.) They will be SUPER CUTE! Here is the plan.
I will be working 2 pillows. The pillow itself will be a 5 inch square pillow (I told you...small). It will be done, in single stitch. Each pillow will then get a granny square, sewn onto the front, big enough to cover the ENTIRE front. This will serve as a pocket, at the front of the pillow. (My plan is to write cute little V-day poems, and place them in the granny square pockets.) At the center of the granny squares, there will be a burgandy heart.
I will be finishing the first pillow today, and starting on the second.
Well, I guess this is it, for today. I wish I had to write. But, my brain has officially went blank, and I am not going to force words, into this entry.
So, until tomorrow...
Happy crocheting!
It was nice...a great get-away.
Yet, I must admit...I feel off. Having free time, to go, and do stuff, like this. It seems so strange, to me. Since starting The Yarn Project, I have never had a single moment, away from it. Even when out, running errands, or eating out, it has ALWAYS been on my mind. I would be out, and in my mind, I would be thinking about all the projects, I had to get done. I would think that Feruary 8 was SO close, and that there was NO way, I would get it all done.
Yet, I did. THANK GOD!
Now, I have 19 days left, until the OFFICIAL end, of part one, of The Yarn Project. I have free time. Time to do WHATEVER I want.
And I feel lost. Weird, I know. But, I feel like I should still have this set project. Something that I MUST do, between now, and loom knitting. In fact, not having a set project, in the short time that remains of crocheting, is DRIVING ME BONKERS!
Who would have thought that I would come to DEPEND on deadlines?
Anyway...
In yesterday's entry I said I was going to do these amigurumi hearts.
I started working them, immediately after writing my post. And, not too long, after starting, I WAS GOING INSANE! I was HATING working the heart. It was just so tedious.
Then, I thought. 'Sure, they are cute. But, I could make something else, just as cute. And, this isn't a project set, in The Yarn Project. This is a free project. I have control, over what I crochet. Why spend my time, crocheting something that is not fun?'
And, I am sure you can guess what happened.
I unraveled the part of this heart amigurumi, that I had finished. (Truth be told, unraveling this heart, was the MOST fun, that this particular project could have offered.)
After rewinding the yarn, I went outside, for a walk. When I came back in, I KNEW what to make.
I am going to make small little pillows. (And, by small, I mean small.) They will be SUPER CUTE! Here is the plan.
I will be working 2 pillows. The pillow itself will be a 5 inch square pillow (I told you...small). It will be done, in single stitch. Each pillow will then get a granny square, sewn onto the front, big enough to cover the ENTIRE front. This will serve as a pocket, at the front of the pillow. (My plan is to write cute little V-day poems, and place them in the granny square pockets.) At the center of the granny squares, there will be a burgandy heart.
I will be finishing the first pillow today, and starting on the second.
Well, I guess this is it, for today. I wish I had to write. But, my brain has officially went blank, and I am not going to force words, into this entry.
So, until tomorrow...
Happy crocheting!