Hi all,
I haven’t written in a while. I have been having a bit of a hard time recovering from an injury. It turns out my head finds it harder to forgive and forget than my body does.
So now that much of the physical pain is diminished and I can operate again. I am trying to help myself relax and heal. It’s funny how hard it can be to think of what makes you happy when you have been in a dark place for a long time. So my psych said I should just put my hand in and grab one of the UFOS I had put away for so long. It didn’t matter whether it was too much, imperfect or just got forgotten, but grab one and start doing a little bit each day.
It turns out I am not a great patient. Even with such clear instructions, I ended up working on two with a third one pulled out ready to go.
It hasn’t been easy getting back to it, but I have set myself a little goal each day. Make up one stage of four blocks. Or put together 4 blocks where all the pieces are cut out. Or cut pieces for one row. It’s happening slowly. And I am feeling better for seeing progress. When I was drowning (ok so maybe I still am) I couldn’t see a way to find time for myself and any mistake was too hard to undo and fix, so my projects just kept getting put away as too hard. Now that I am looking with just one task on my mind, the mistakes weren’t that bad and 5 minutes with a quick unpick solved most of the issues that crippled e before.
I am making a scrappy potato chip block and a disappearing pinwheel whirly gig pattern . They are both pretty straight-forward and really should have only taken me a weekend to make the top. But “should” is a dirty word for me it turns out so I am just going to make these for my house. And mistakes are part of my life and I am going to try and embrace them for what they are. Steps in healing and providing comfort in both the making and the using.
I hope your crafting is helping you be happy and whole.
Alison
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