Lack of Craftiness.
I wish I was a crafty person. When I say crafty, I do not mean sly, but instead someone that does a lot of crafts, and does them well. I wish I could knit amazingly well, draw brilliantly, or be really good at scrap booking. I blame my lack of talent in these areas on one thing, patience. I usually do pretty well through the first half of my projects, but once I get to the second half, I am bored. So, since I can’t bear to put the project aside unfinished I quickly do it slap-dashedly(who knows if this is actually a word, but it sounds good) and it ends up like crap. The only thing I can’t really rush through is knitting, so I do tend to put that aside(for just about eternity). I have been knitting a washcloth for about 6 months-at least I think it’s been that long. It is still only half way done. It doesn’t sound too difficult to knit a 7.5″ by 7.5″ square does it?( especially since I am not using any fancy stitches, just plain knit) Apparently it is for me. I guess that dashes my hopes of knitting a SHAWL. Hopefully, my hopes of knitting socks, a hat, and mittens aren’t completely ruined since they keep you quite entertained with the different techniques. I guess that once I acquire more patience I will be able to craft for eternity, though it may take me eternity to gain that much patience.
-Livy
Advice from someone who may have inherited similar genes: beading. 10, 20, 30, even 60 minutes, and you can make all sorts of things. Necklaces if you’re REALLY bored, or earrings if your not. It is my crafty saving grace.
The patience comes with time, Livy. I started and didn’t complete plenty of projects when I was younger. There’s a lot of excitement in imagining and beginning a project, but not so much when it comes to actually carrying them out. The middle part of any project has always been the worst for me. Once I’m over the hump, it goes fast again. Don’t give up, darling.
Rianna, I adore beading. I seemed to have forgotten about it. Thank you for reminding me of such a great craft! Mary, yes, I suppose that the best part is coming up with the ideas. Hopefully I will have enough patience to make it half way on my projects.