What an exciting but challenging time of year September is. There's such a great feeling of possibility, of starting fresh on a new school year. Old friends to see, new friends to meet, a new teacher to get used to, and literally a clean slate in the classroom. But there's also so much activity that revolves around just getting the kids back to school--filling out forms; updating medical records; checking to see who has outgrown what and shopping and then shifting out summer clothes for fall; sifting through old school supplies and replenishing the supply; scheduling and shuttling kids to dentist, orthodontist, and doctor checkups, etc.
Add in a lot of motherly anxiety about my rambunctious youngest starting preschool and my sensitive middle one starting 4th grade, and for me that means insomnia and a very low level of tolerance for the ordinary quarrels that occur daily between the aforementioned boys.
So, for me, that means it's time for me to craft a little bit of alone time to try to gain some perspective so that I can get back to a feeling of appreciation for all that I have.
After a quick hot dog dinner and finally getting the excited kids to bed, here are some friends that I spent some time with last night:
I've been trying to teach myself to crochet for a while, but without a whole lot of success. I can chain 'til the cows come home. But I was just not getting the whole idea of where that darn crochet hook goes for a single crochet. 
For some reason, something clicked in the spatial part of my brain last night. Resurrection Fern's straightforward tutorial for her Crocheted Acorn Necklace turned out to be an easy first crochet project. After I studied her directions and looked through my crochet books for details on each step, it literally took me minutes to complete a necklace. The first one I did in a thicker cotton thread so that I could see what I was doing. But the pink necklace made from the finer gauge cotton was just as fast and easy. And it looks so sweet hanging from a vintage mirror and around my daughter's neck. I do hope it will bring her luck tomorrow on her first day back to school.
3 comments:
What a cool little necklace!
Isn't it amazing that sometimes in the midst of chaos the need to make something is so strong that a space opens up. I believe that meditation and some zones we drop into while creating are one in the same...so I hope my "Zen Crafting" friend found some serenity with those little acorns. I wouldn't think learning a new skill would be relaxing, but you seemed to pick this up with such ease. I'm very impressed. I can't wait for my lesson, can we use the vintage book please!
I love that your daughter will be wearing one for her first day of school!
Oh my gosh your little necklace is exquisite! Hope the start of school went well, we are three weeks in. Glad that you can find quiet moments for creating. I crochet too, and have been making flowers, but I still feel I'm missing some crucial step cause they kind of look wonky.
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