I am trying to get past all the knitting that I have been promising to people. Finishing my "creative commitments" to others so that I can go on and discover that
other artist that I so long to be. But I keep coming across stuff that I still have to do - like these
Easter Chicks.
My sister's mother-in-law's grandmother made this little chickie. Last year she asked if I could make up the pattern for her - and I am just getting around to that promise now. At least it is time for the holidays -
this year.
So what I have been doing all weekend? Instead of making things for the
Etsy shop or for a shelving area that I hope to fill in a local store, I am making
chickies. I am making enough chickies so that everyone in the family gets a set for this
Easter. I am making chickies until I am blue in the face. And I haven't even begun the part where they get the cute little button or sequin eyes, the felt or crocheted cockscomb and the whole formatting of the pattern. Nor have I begun the one that has the ever so special
"loop stitch" and little crocheted hat.
I am crazy. How far must I go before I am at the end of my tether here? Will the serious art ever begin? Maybe I am just a "
chickie" at heart.....
oh that makes me smile. I am in exactly the same predicament. Madly finishing old works, trashing failed ones, putzing about while in actuality I am creating head space for the next step.
ReplyDeleteThnk of it like that, space clearing for your creative muse. I remember some artisit said, 90% of his painting was done in his head.
Oh, if you can't knit chickies, what's the point?! These are so cute!
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