Thursday, February 24, 2011

I've got the fever

I need to make something. I don't know why it feels like ages since I've made something, but it does. Maybe it's because I've had to cook every day this week - not something I'm used to, or particularly fond of doing. I like to cook, but I enjoy it most on weekends when I have time, unlike on work days in which it's a mad dash to get dinner and myself ready all before I need to catch the train.
The problem is, I have so many project ideas, I don't know where to start.
Do I start by refinishing furniture for my craft room?

I've shoved these end tables under my giant craft table for some extra, out-of-the-way storage, but they're not exactly the prettiest objects in the room.
I could go find a couple of bookcases to put in my closet so I can refinish and sell "Ol' Blue."

Jack and Sean aren't the best photographer's assistants

I'm actually really looking forward to working on this cabinet. I have a vision and I think it will turn out really nice.
I could get some freezer paper and try using a bleach pen to paint designs on some old T-shirts.


I could resume work on Sean's roman shades. Christmas crafts put that project on hold and the paper shades he has in there now are awful.
But in order to sew, I need to get a bar stool to sit at my craft table. Maybe I'll see if I can find one this weekend.
I didn't have much time today before work, but I needed to do something before I go sit at my desk for eight hours and am unable to concentrate on anything but all the stuff I have to play with at home.
So I unraveled a too-small hat I made last year.



It was, as most of my knitting projects are, a learning experience. Checking for gauge and swatching isn't just for those really excellent knitters who blog about the colorwork sweaters they knit in their sleep. It's also for mediocre knitters who have trouble believing the cold, hard truth spinning around in their hands for hours: This is far too small for you. Don't bother finishing this, it will not fit.
I normally counter such logic with, "You're a mediocre knitter. What do you know?"

1 comments:

samantha said...

I think you are a good knitter, but I guess I don't knit so what do I know.