More than April

I'm beginning to see a recurring theme with my once a year posts on blogger and its the date I have posted them on. I haven't gone beyond that date because life and school have taken priority and I also wonder who blogs anymore?. With the social media take over who really blogs for the joy of writing, getting thoughts out , etc?. 

I tried for three years now to make this blog a thing while I was out of school and off social media for the summer. I suppose a blog still accounts for social media but perhaps on blogger we can feel less addicted to post by how many likes we get on each one.

 Spring has arrived here among the wild flowers and they are all blooming fast with the early onset of heat. It has been very hot here these past few days, and the temperatures are not normal for this yearly in the year. We are still one of the few that have no central heat or air so we use window units in the summer and a fire place in the winter. We love to keep the windows open and let a warm or cool breeze in weather permitting. 

 With the heat comes glorious thunderstorms that chase the cats under tables and bring me to the window to watch the lightning and rain. I have been told not to stand in front of a window in a thunderstorm but I have yet to research the theory of that yet.

 I aspire to reach beyond April 30th every once a year and write more about my journey through art , books, gardens, and more. Happy Sunday

Making Butterflies Fly

 One of my favorite times to write is in the morning, and my other favorite time is in the evening. I find it interesting that our bodies have different productivitie time than what is the norm for a work week. I cannot seem to get myself together and working on something effectivly untill around 10 or 11am, and I find myself doing a little better after dinner and working some more between 7pm and 9pm. To bad we cant all set the hours that work best for us like say some shift workers can. 

Stress Test Fail

 I cannot believe it is the end of April already. Today s cloudy and cool, and does not compare to the week past were we had sunshine everyday with the temps in the 80's. To cure relieve some stress I used retail therapy. I went on shopping spree for cotton yarn on sale and i found Sugar'n Cream Scented Yarn. What?! Yes indeed it smells so sweet. I have lavender, Aloe and something that smells similar to baby powder. ha! I love it . 

 I also had time in the evening to create this little crocheted pouch. I found a pattern online to get me started with the chin and then I altered it to fit my style. I sewed the buttons on using embroidery thread. Two of my friends want one now. I love them dearly. Today its finishing my homework and studies for the finals week this week coming. All I want to do is crochet and relax. I pulled my neck out with stress and tension. I'm a mess. I have poor stress management. 

Hang in there

 What a crazy week it has been. I'm working on having some other life than college. This weekend I have so much to work on for school that crocheting any project might he only a dream. Next week is finals week and I'm so stressed out over what I need to remember to pass the exams. My year is over in 3 school days. Who ever it was that told me going back to school as an adult was fine , is crazier than me.  I have my son's soccer practice this weekend and there are only three games left and the season is done. I feel like we just got started. Crochet is a form of meditation and stress relief for me. I LOVE to create. Creating is in my blood. I paint with watercolours and draw. But i also crochet because it is fast and more portable. I cant read in the car without getting sick, but I can crochet and that is something. Now only if I had the money to go on a trip were I would need to bring my crochet with me. 

I did get a chance a weekend ago to make these quick and easy beginner towel holder. I made 2 in 1

 hour. We keep our snacks in a cupboard above our stove, and when we reach up and over we knock down the dish towels. I thought this was a cleaver way of keeping them on the oven door. 

Here is the pattern for you! 

Needles to Hooks

The hooking addiction . I started with a needle addiction and it lead to hooking. Every night, and spending more money to feed the addiction. Of course I'm talking about crochet and knitting.  

I learned how to knit roughly 5 years ago and and I taught myself how to purl through video lessons online. Thank goodness for the Internet. We used to learn from or grandparents and older aunts, but if that is impossible for you, than the Internet is the next best thing.

I started out making a scarf. Who doesn't? its the easiest thing to learn . I got so tired of making scarves and everyone got tired of getting scarves, that I needed to bite the bullet and learn some more stitches and read patterns. I enrolled in a fairly affordable class on line with great instructors and clear video. Then life happened. I stopped watching and learn and kept making scarves. 

While I was learning to knit someone else was crocheting and talking about how it was easier than knitting. I felt accomplished learning something apparently so difficult. I even taught my group of friends to knit a basic stitch and we donated our scarves to a shelter. I was shown how to crochet several times and I thought I really wasn't going to get it. I already had some hook and yarn from knitting, so I made up my mind to dive in and struggle through it from a poorly made YouTube video. It was the best of the best. Yuck. while I saved for the Crochet videos online course, I worked a ball of yarn to death until my hands cramped. One month later I finally got the single crochet. On and on I went every night for 3 months. Now I'm crocheting granny squares and reading patterns I thought I'd Never get. Crazy or perseverance?