Mimi, over at www.eskimimimakes.com has provided very intriguing prompts for this year's bloggers. The first prompt: to decide in which crafting "house" I belong. The four she set up: House of Bee, House of Manatee, House of Monkey and House of Peacock.
I deliberated quite a while on this first prompt, because each house, as described, contains some portion of my crafting personality (which parts will be revealed more throughout the week). However, the House of Bee won me over because, as Mimi puts it, "Bees are busy and industrious, but can flit from one interesting project to the next as bright and shiny things capture their interest." I am definitely a flitterer. I always have several projects going at once; float an intriguing new shawl pattern in front of me and my Ravelry queue will groaningly grow. And we won't even discuss my love of knit and crochet magazines - I can meditate on new ones for weeks.
Nevertheless, I still manage to complete a large number of projects each year, so I definitely enjoy the end result. Unlike some, I have come to love finishing - seaming, finding just the right button or other accoutrement is a joy - and we all know blocking is magic. While I design my own patterns, I also make other designers' patterns I enjoy, either for myself, to give away or, infrequently, in a tester role. I gift a good amount of the projects I finish, and I also love to lead others in a-longs to support other designers, all of which I suppose fits with the House of Bee. Don't those industrious bees all work together?
And, when I need to recharge, I like nothing better than to go outside and snap a few flower photos. I know my fellow bees have no issue with that.
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| Anyone for some tulips? |
I do hope you, dear reader, check out as many knit and crochet blogs as you can this week. It really is a great world-wide celebration of all things sticks, hooks and yarn. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else is up to throughout the week.
I too am in the House of Bee, I have many projects OTNs, I am always checking out the Top Twenty Patterns and of course, I am easily distracted by pretty yarns. But like you, I feel like I am productive and so enjoy when I cast off another FO. Enjoy this week, the topics look to be eye opening, particularly using info graphics.
ReplyDeleteI love those tulips :) I'm having a Knit The Queue 2013 (there's a Rav group!) to help me, but there are still 4 pages worth ...
ReplyDeleteOf course there's a Rav group!!!!!
DeleteI purposefully keep my queue really small, just things I actually have the yarn for, my favourites on the other hand is another matter! Glad to meet yet another bee :)
ReplyDeleteI have the opposite, actually. Although just like yours, my queu keeps growing and growing, I usually only work at one project at a time. It helps me finish up, but sometimes I wish I could allow myself to relax a bit better and cast a no-good project aside for a while ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed how many things you accomplish! Look forward to seeing much more fanfare from The House of Bee.
ReplyDeleteI keep wanting to participate, but I don't have it in me this year. I will greatly enjoy your posts though. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your tulip photo. Thanks so much for sharing. There's so much to explore on your blog. I will definitely be back. (Right now I'm overwhelmed by participating in Knitting and Crochet Blog week and finishing up school for the year. Also I do have a fiber arts club at my school and I have contributed to converting one or two students to a true passion for knitting. (I've also taught lots more how to knit.)
ReplyDeleteAs you've seen, I am most definitely a bee...when I need to recharge...I read.....and if you think I have a lot of WIPs...you should see my book pile!
ReplyDeleteyay for tulips! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited I can read your fibery thoughts daily this week!!!!
ReplyDeleteUh-oh. :)
DeleteI love blocking, but sewing.... I have great respect that you like to sew!
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't know if seaming constitutes "sewing." :)
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