I feel guilty writing this because I don’t remember the last time I held a crochet hook. If someone told me a day would come when I wouldn’t even think of patterns, I would have called that person a big fat liar. But look at me now.
I’ve heard a lot of weird things about this gift of mine. Yeah, I think my crocheting skill is a gift because how I acquired it is “interesting.” And the things I tend to create are kind of different than what most ladies, especially, would want to do. Actually this isn't even coming from me; it's a comment I got sometime ago. So yeah, I’ve had people say the weirdest stuff about it. Like “you are wasting it because you are not turning it into a business.”
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I did turn it into a business, but it didn’t give me the satisfaction I was getting before turning it into a business. “What satisfaction?” Maybe crocheters and knitters would get this better. But there’s this rewarding feeling after finishing a project, and it’s even better when whatever you did was a gift.
I feel like people are not obliged to use gifts because they are just gifts, but people would definitely use stuff they bought because they want to get value for their money, right? So yeah, imagine all the times I saw people in my crochet projects? It was so heartwarming.
And the reason why I’ve abandoned my hook is because of my schedule. My schedule has been so crazy that I don’t remember the last time I had time for myself. I really don’t want to be the lady who doesn’t have a social life because of her schedule, so let’s do this. I’m definitely going to squeeze in some crocheting hours each day.
Maybe I’ll start with a sweater. No. No, that’s a big project. You know what? I could actually start with a big project and be doing small projects alongside. That sounds cool to me. I think sometimes the encouragement stems from whoever I am doing the project for. I get so much encouragement when I’m doing it for certain people. Funny enough, I don’t think I have anyone around me who makes me that excited to…. Oh, hold on! I do. I do.
I said I was going to go back to crocheting next year, and it's all because of my schedule, but who am I kidding? Because I know it's even going to get busier for me next year. So you know what? Let's get back to making amazing things. The earlier the better, so I’d rather just start now. After all, tomorrow never really comes.
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