11.19.08
I fail at NaBloPoMo
Okay, so I may be 19 days too late for it, but I kind of want to take a half-assed stab at NaBloPoMo. Eleven days? Let’s see if it’s possible.
I haven’t been making things lately because I feel obligated to do everything perfectly, which is the exact opposite of why I make things. I just like the act, I’m quite a process maker and not a product maker. If I get tired of making lace, why slog through just to have a finished shawl? I always go back to projects when the technique seems fresh and fun again.
This is something made for the joy of making it: A little swatch of yarn twisted and fulled into a cup, and topped with a glass button. It may become a pin, but for now, the enjoyment of rubbing it in hot water and soap to felt and shape it before choosing an embellishment renewed my maker’s spark.