Homemade Resolution

I learned to knit and crochet when I was about 8 years old. Yes, that means that I have been wielding needles for 26 years. In the beginning I didn't know how to follow a pattern and so I often just "winged-it" and made my own designs. Today, because I am pattern literate and because I don't have a lot of time to make things with my hands anymore let alone come up with something new, I am ashamed to say that I rarely produce things that are originals. I also seem to have lost some of my creativity with age which I am hoping will be revived again thanks to spending so much time with Rowan. Play does wonderful things for parents who have become too serious and have forgotten how to pretend. I know this because everyday I come up with a new song (as stupid and simple as it may be) and I make the most absurd faces just to get a laugh out of that little boy of mine. Perhaps, in 2009 I will start using my hands and imagination again...but if I don't, I plan to support people who do. If you look right, you'll see that I have added a link to Etsy--a site that sells nothing but handmade stuff. There are some seriously talented people out there and Ithink that for Christmas next year I will try to buy something for each person on my list from someone out there who is trying to make a little money by using their talents.