Perseverance in Creativity

In January I declared that this is the year of creativity. If you know me, creativity is not something that naturally fits me but here I was on Christmas day with my wonderful new sister-in-law teaching me how to crochet. This is something I have been wanting to learn but thought I would never be able to do. She started by teaching me just a couple of basic stitches. It was rough going at first but I was determined to learn.

Emma scarf

Granny Square

So when Emma is sleeping you’ll most likely find me on the couch, wool in hand practicing my crocheting. My first small project ended up being a scarf for Emma. As you can see from the photos I didn’t always get the count right, but I finished it. The second project was a coffee cozy for my French press.

Always keep your coffee warm people!

One of the things I have learned through the process of crocheting is perseverance. There were many times when I would make a mistake and have to start all over again. But if I ever want to learn a new skill I have to try, try, and try again.

I watched many Youtube tutorial videos on how to crochet, put my head down and carried on.

My current project is a blanket and it’s teaching me patience along with perseverance. I can’t tell you have many times I’ve started and re started it but it will look amazing when it is done. So I’m going to keep on crocheting one stitch at a time. I’ll post a photo when it’s completed in a future blog.