If you do more than a couple of different crafts, you know the drill. You say you craft. Someone asks what you do. You pause a moment, deciding if they're the sort of person who really wants to know, and then you decide if you just say "oh... Knitting and stuff" or if you start listing them. Here's my list, so far, in whatever order it pops into my head...
Knitting
Crochet
Sewing
Embroidery
Quilting
Tatting
Wire jewelry
Felting is up next
Sometimes, I just condense it down to "I work with fiber" or "I don't work with glass or paper".
But then I see people who do just one thing, and their work is SO gorgeous, and they can work SO fast at it! And then I'm terribly jealous that I can't just pin myself down to one craft that I'm going to end up REALLY good at. I'm not terrible at any of the crafts I work at (at least, I don't think so), but I take considerably longer than I should to make a simple project. I keep trying to pick up just the one, and stick to it. It never takes, of course, because I see some blog or a Craftsy project and I can't help myself. My latest distraction was a class I just HAD to buy on Craftsy for "Brilliant Knit Beads" by Betsy Hershberg. Half of it is just an instruction on beaded knitting or knitting with beads (there is a difference, be it ever so technical). So now, I'm adding beaded knitting to my knowledge base.
And is this a bad thing? No.
I have no intentions to be world-renowned for my crafts. I don't even have any intentions of making a decent living from them. I just do them for the fun of it (though my sister and I do sell online and elsewhere). And when one craft-project goes so terribly wrong that I never want to look at a pair of knitting needles again, I can always turn to the hook or the wire-pliers for comfort. They even inspire one another and can be integrated. Add a little tatting embellishment to a wire earring, or a crocheted motif onto a bit of knitting. Dangle some beads off the end of a knit scarf, or off a crocheted hat. I've got a good 50 years yet to become an expert in every single one of these and then some. And I'm not going to rush it.
I know this is kind a pointless blog, but it's one I've meant to write for a long time. I meant to write more, as well... but time's getting away from me today and if I didn't get some words down right now, I'd never get around to this whole blogging thing at all.
Have a great week... and please share. What mixtures of crafts do YOU know, and how do they work together?
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