My Creative Month...

Welcome Back,

My creative juices have really been flowing this month. I’ve finally got around to teaching myself how to crochet. I have had the interest for a few years now and I bought the How To kit and a few skeins of yarn, but I’m a hands on learner and have to see and do it myself before it really sets in. So my kit has been sitting in a plastic bag in my closet for 2 years collecting dust. Last weekend I finally got around to going through the bag and booklet and start learning.

I also have a How To learn to knit kit as well. I took an hour long beginners class 2 years ago and I learned how to cast on the first row of stitches… that info lasted about 2 weeks at most and I have completely forgotten since :P I attempted the knitting again but wasn’t coming back to me… So I thought working with 1 needle may be easier than working with 2… So that ’s what I did!

I started reading through the booklet and learning the crocheting lingo and started crocheting my first row of stitches… So far so good, the first row of stitches was about 5 feet in length before I attempted to start the second row. I was going to attempt to make my first blanket or at the very least a scarf. But is it looks now, I have 7-9 rows of light blue stitches and I figured out how to add in a second color of yarn, and there are 3 rows of purple stitches. Funny thing is that the length has gone from 5 feet long to 1 foot in length…. I didn’t expect that to happen. So what I thought would make a nice blanket or scarf… but now it looks like it might make a cute lil’ skirt for a toy poodle or maybe even a pot holder. Once I’m finished I’ll post the final product on the forum

My next project was my writing and the creating of this website/forum. My husband has been talking about helping my get my own site started for a few months now. I started blogging last summer on the Entropia forum, blogger.com, and myspace. Just making all of the originals on the EF and cutting and pasting them to the other sites. As time went on and I let James know that my blog on myspace has received over 400 views, he thought now was the time to get things rolling.

So far writing and blogging my thoughts/experiences have been a great outlet for me to release some stress. There have been so many times in my life were I really needed to have my voice heard and it went unnoticed, I suppose this is my way of making up for that. So now I can blog and write my little heart out.

I just finished my first article which is now posted here on the forum. I am also tinkering with the thought of writing a Children’s Book and even a book about my life. So those are things on the back burner for now.

Finally my last project I’ve started and have yet to finish is learning to speak French. I’ve had the interest to learn many languages for as long as I can remember. After searching online, I came across a 4 CD package that will teach me to speak French for $9.95. Each CD as 2 lessons, so 8 lessons all together, can’t beat that! So I’ll be giving that a whirl during the week when there is nothing to watch on TV. If this 4 CD kit works as well as I hope, then I’ll have no problems spending another $9.95 for the Spanish version or the Italian version. I’ll be sure to keep you all posted as I make progress.

Well, that’s about it for this blog entry…. To be continued…