• Baking,  Clothing,  MachineKnitting,  Personal,  Sewing

    Making Motivation

    This post is going to be a bit of a departure, but I keep thinking about this subject so I’m going to try to put some coherent thoughts down about it. People can be weird when you tell them you have “domestic” hobbies, particularly those that veer into the tradwife, women’s traditional work sphere. A few years ago (pre-covid) typically if I told someone I sewed or knit things, I would get one of two responses: “Oh that’s so nice, you must save SO much money!” or “I wish I had the time!” To be clear saving money was never my main motivation for making things. Anyone who does any…

  • Baking,  MachineKnitting,  Personal,  Polymer Clay,  Sewing

    Craft Boredom Cycles and The Very Long Year

    This is a less informational/more personal post than I normally put here, so if you’re not in the mood for a ramble, you may want to skip it. I just wanted to share something that I have noticed about myself. I have seen several people mentioning it lately, so I don’t think it’s limited to just me. Crafting Boredom. Do you ever get afflicted? By this I mean, do you ever look at your heap of supplies for this hobby you have, that you LOVE, and just…don’t wanna? It’s happened to me before, many times. The first time it was hand knitting/crochet. I had a lot of yarn, all kinds…