I figured there aren’t enough bloggers out there, so decided to add myself to the list!

Do you ever want to be creative every day but find that there are a million other things you do instead?  Not just things like work, eating, and doing laundry, but things like playing time management games, or Portal 2, or totally failing at playing the new Tomb Raider game (the old ones were much easier, where did those go?).  Or reading a book that is really good, or even reading a book that isn’t all that good but you’re certain it will get better sometime soon so you just keep on reading. There are so many ways to keep from doing that creative thing that you really want to do.  You really want to do it, right? Well of course you do! Life just keeps getting in the way.

I decided to start this blog as a way to make myself ignore all of the above life things, (except for work, eating, and laundry), and try to be creative more often.  I figure if I have a blog and actually feel obligated to do something with it, then I will stay creative. I know for a fact, because other people often tell me, that I am a much nicer person when I allow creativity to be part of my life.  I think of it as therapy, only without the couch.

The point of this blog, therefore, is not that anyone will actually read it besides me.  The point is to get me out of my rather large comfort zone and force me to actually draw, paint, knit, or write something at least once a week.  Daily would be even better, but I figure if I aim low I’m more likely to actually hit my target!

I have been creative in the past.  This shawl is from a pattern called Wrap Me Up by Chris de Longpre.  You can find it on ravelry.com.  Of all the things I knit in the past, this one was my favorite and is the one responsible for my addiction to knitting.  I recommend it to every knitter!  The Noro Taiyo yarn was an absolute joy to work with, and comes in many different color ways. I got mine at J.T. Stitchery in Rockford, Michigan, a wonderful local yarn shop with a good selection and extremely friendly and knowledgeable staff.