I have skeins of yarn, yards of fabric, LOTS of scrapbooking paper... I love paper. (((SIGH))) All the pretty new papers that come out all the time... (((SIGH))) I love to gather it all in hopes that someday I'll find the time to create something wonderful! I look at the paper, yarn, fabric or whatever it is and I see all its potential and want to help it become something super special.
I'm sounding kinda creepy aren't I?
Anyhow! Yarn is my new thing. I see a skien of yarn and I imagine it could become something! Only... I have a hard time following a pattern. I also, knit in a dyslexic Sharon kind of fashion...I just kinda knit and hope it's going to work out. I have my knitting friends who so lovingly tell me I can make anything I want to make. They also at times, have to reel me in and remind me that Rome wasn't built in a day, by people who had no idea what they were doing! ;)
I can proudly show my dear knitting/crocheting circle my hats, and without hesitation they complement me on anything and everything they can about my work! I love them! And if they happen to see a flaw or I point one out, my ladies come up with all sorts of fun ways to make it somehow work. And if I think it's really not fixable... I hand it to Myriam and she fixes it! I love her...
I can draw all sorts of correlations to knitting and friendships... I have all sorts of flaws and my friends seem to still be able to see the good in me. And if I think I'm a total mess and things are unfixable my friends give me a whole new perspective and I somehow work it out.
My knitting cheerleaders loved and supported me so much I decided I could tackle something BIG! I never thought I could ever knit a sweater. I resigned myself to scarves. I can make a mean scarf. But, a sweater? Thats too much work. Thats too hard. Who has time for that?
I DO! I DID It I made a whole sweater!!!
Ha! You have to get a closer look at this baby! (The sweater... not the actual baby)
It doesn't look too bad! Right?
Look closer... See the nice ribbing? Ohhh... Ahhh... Nice...
You gotta really look closer. =D
AHHH!!! HAHAHAHA! I'm laughing because I am so proud of my sweater!!
Its not about the final product... it's more about the process. I am learning that lesson in so many areas of my life! I feel good! I tried something new and didn't quit. I did leave the sweater for a scarf... I picked it up and put it down a couple of times. And each time I picked it back up again, I did so with new energy. I did it! I made a sweater!
Oops... I sewed the sleeve on the wrong way. Its inside out!
The sweater barely closes and the arms are WAY too tight! See where the sleeves are sewed on... They cut into her chubby arm. =D
And this one is too short!
The length is good! Right? Only its way too tight in the upper arm area! =D
But, I'm smiling! I actually knitted a whole sweater that I put on my baby! Even if I was just for a minute because it cut off the circulation in her arm.
Jillian isn't sure about it...
Kidding! I just thought this was a funny image.
Anyhow! You can laugh at my sweater. I'm okay with that. I'm proud of it! My friends love it and are proud of me too! And I know I can take my sweater to Myriam and she'll take my mistakes and help me to make it better. And help me through my new lesson. Thats what friends do. And I know my next sweater will be better!
You want to know the super sweetest thing... my girls were so proud of me! Even after I pointed and laughed at my mistakes, they asked me to make them sweaters!
My heart feels all warm and cozy right now. Like it has a great big sweater wrapped around it!
