tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20658369.post4082602495428140329..comments2024-02-05T17:14:01.667-05:00Comments on crochet by faye: Finding Time to CraftRobynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876056667269273045noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20658369.post-33175671607148876312007-12-14T00:46:00.000-05:002007-12-14T00:46:00.000-05:00I crochet while I'm watching TV at night. Well......I crochet while I'm watching TV at night. Well... <I>listening</I> to TV. It's sort of like listening to the radio, only sometimes I get a split second to look up. My goal in life is to learn how to crochet without looking at it. <BR/><BR/>My brother said it would be funny to put a video on YouTube of me crocheting and reading at the same time... hopefully someday I'll be able to.Deanna Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06029369248245748022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20658369.post-28769473013425448742007-12-13T20:33:00.000-05:002007-12-13T20:33:00.000-05:00This one is a real challenge for me. I love to cro...This one is a real challenge for me. I love to crochet, but I have three kids, and often have to battle feeling guilty if I crochet - because there is ALWAYS something urgent I need to do. But I figure, if I wait for the "perfect" time go persue my craft, I'll be waiting for years. So I just pick up whatever I'm working on whenever there is a little bit of time. A couple of weeks ago I got a lot done on a sweater from "Everyday Crochet" while watching my three year old at an indoor playground (pretty safe, since it was an enclosed space). <BR/><BR/>I tend to stay up too late at night working - but it is so much fun. Sometimes I give myself fifteen minute breaks in the day to work, and then put it down. If I can just improve my skills a little bit at a time, over time that will add up to a lot. Also, I leave my current project on top of my dresser, with the hook inserted. That way it is easy to grab quickly, and I don't have to futz around with assembling yarn, hooks, etc. <BR/><BR/>It feels nice to be learning something new in whatever time I can steal.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320726484094629928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20658369.post-56746975365438709322007-12-13T16:43:00.000-05:002007-12-13T16:43:00.000-05:00Most of my crochet is done late at night after my ...Most of my crochet is done late at night after my son is asleep. On the weekends I get a couple of rows done between cleaning and errands. Anytime I go visit friends and family I bring my yarn and hooks along. <BR/><BR/>I find myself crocheting anytime I get worked up. So it helps my sanity too. If my Kingman and I get in an arguement you can usually find me curled up crocheting my latest masterpiece to calm my nerves. lolBreath of Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994017600530799798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20658369.post-34023568254805772722007-12-13T13:56:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:56:00.000-05:00Learning to crochet (rather, getting addicted to t...Learning to crochet (rather, getting addicted to the art) turned me into a girly-girl. I never used to carry a purse, just my wallet or whatever else I could fit in a pocket. When I got cro-dicted I went out and bought a purse just so I'd have enough room to carry around a small project. Then it got so the purse wasn't big enough, and I switched to a tote bag. It's awful. I love it.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I crochet everywhere. I don't drive, so I'm usually being chauffered around by my wife or my mother, and I crochet in the car. When I'm at work, I do it on my 2 15-minute breaks and my lunch "hour." Sometimes, if I'm working on something fabulous or so close to being done I can't stand it, I'll skip eating lunch so I don't waste those precious 10 minutes that it takes to go up to the cafe and grab something. Even when I do get something to eat, the eating part is usually done once I'm back on the clock.<BR/><BR/>In the evenings I'm usually scheduled to host online gaming tournaments, which is a lot of hurry-up-and-wait, so I multi-task then too. I'll even "forget" to start my laundry earlier in the evening so that I have to stay up an extra half hour to rotate it, and use that half-hour to crochet.<BR/><BR/>I've even been known to pull it out at a restaurant while waiting for my meal. And it's always out at family gatherings while we're all sitting around relaxing.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Deneen - it's about sanity. What might look insane and obsessive to others is actually what keeps me held together most of the time.Zarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936624525398582630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20658369.post-73759965004104536592007-12-13T13:29:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:29:00.000-05:00Since I am from the Northeast, I am the impatient ...Since I am from the Northeast, I am the impatient on behind the person talking to the cashier-if I ever get your way, you will recognize me (LOL). I overtalk everyone too, but we all do here.<BR/><BR/>Time to crochet, do my other crafty stuff.....well, I clean my house, but it's not perfect-Martha Stewart does not live here and if she did, she would have a conniption. <BR/><BR/>I generally get done what I have to on the days I am not working, play a little, put it away and at night play a little more.<BR/><BR/>I found if I take it with me to the doctor's, I have no wait-if I don't take it, I wait forever. I do take it along with me on any vacations, kids birthday parties that aren't held in a kids home, but at an outside venue, any meeting I may have (like community organizations and such). I make time because it's important to my sanity.Deneenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133271671966561594noreply@blogger.com