{"id":1607,"date":"2022-12-06T19:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:19:24","slug":"19-days-until-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/19-days-until-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Days Until Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1608 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/110-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/110-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/110.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Nineteen more days until Christmas.<\/span> <\/strong>This is just a little pep talk for people who are stressing about making a gift or not making a gift. If you&#8217;ve decided to make a gift and you don&#8217;t have time to finish it, what about wrapping a promissory note? \u201cI&#8217;m making you something but I will finish it by (future date)\u201d and wrap the partially finished product. Unless you have to mail it off. Don&#8217;t stress, the holidays don&#8217;t need additional stress. Take time to enjoy the holidays. If you have made something or you still have someone else you need to make something for&#8230; Relax. I&#8217;ve been there &#8211; making things at the last minute and it\u2019s not pleasant. Many worst case scenarios arise: You run out of materials, your gauge is off, or you run into a tangle. Best case: If you finish what you have started, at least you started. Congratulate yourself &#8211; you made the effort to give someone a handmade gift. Preserving your peace by not making any gifts is fine too! Enjoy the holidays or make something for yourself at a leisurely pace.<\/p>\n<p>If you forgot to get something for someone and you think you can make something &#8211; great! Unsure but still want to try and make something? It\u2019s go time! Don&#8217;t stress &#8211; make something small. Let&#8217;s go back to the promissory note. Write a fun little note &#8220;hey, I&#8217;m planning on making you *blank* but I ran out of time. I&#8217;ll finish it shortly!&#8221; Remember &#8211; don&#8217;t stress yourself. Stress adds pressure, which just makes for mistakes, which creates more stress&#8230; relax.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you crochet fast or slow, you are a crocheter. It&#8217;s not a race, crocheting is a craft. Whether you use materials from the dollar store, thrifted materials or a handmade hook out of fine wood using qiviut, you are a crocheter. Use what you can afford, use what you like and grow from the experience. Craft, learn and grow!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t stress&#8230; Do what you can, breathe!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Happy crocheting!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nineteen more days until Christmas. This is just a little pep talk for people who are stressing about making a gift or not making a gift. If you&#8217;ve decided to make a gift and you don&#8217;t have time to finish it, what about wrapping a promissory note? \u201cI&#8217;m making you something but I will finish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions\/1612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}