Possibilities

Possibilities

Yarn and a hook are possibilities.

There are 10, 080 minutes in a day. How many of them do we spend doing things we don’t necessarily want to do? Like waiting for something or traveling to a place? Reading while on a bus works for some, unless you get motion sickness.

Of the 1440 minutes in a day, I spend 45-60 of those crocheting. Some days more and some less but every day I make time to crochet. During my lunch break at work and also during talks or large group seminars where there is a crowd and I’m just listening are opportune times to get a few rows done. When I watch television, I’m generally working on a project. In a group setting, especially with my regular knitting and crocheting group I can be more social if I am crocheting than if I’m reading a book. It is more open than being closed off with a book. Weekdays, I may crochet less and weekends more but several hours a week, there’s a hook in my hand.

For me, it takes about four hours to make a scarf if the stitch pattern isn’t too complicated. Over the course of a week I can make a scarf. A baby hat can be completed in one sitting. Of course life and other obligations sometimes interfere and some weeks I’m more productive, but as long as there’s some progress, it’s not an issues, especially since it’s not a race and any day where I have crocheted, I have been productive. I’m sure I’m like other crafters and the only thing that seems to cooperated and work out is your craft.

People often ask – “where do you find the time?” I have the same amount of time that everyone else does, I just choose to use some of that time to crochet.

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