Instant gratification

Sometimes I feel the need for instant gratification. I have been working on the crochet dress for a couple of weeks now. Given that I am effectively designing the pattern it isn’t a straight forward process. I have already taken it apart once. Now I’m needing to do so again. This time for two reasons. Firstly the dress is far too long. I had worked using measurements from another pattern. However on that pattern the point at which the sleeves began was significantly higher. As it was, it would have looked as though I was a child in someone else’s clothes. The second reason is that I don’t have enough of the yarn that I was using. Given that this was meant to be a bit of a stash buster I’m certainly not going to be purchasing any yarn to finish it. Therefore I need to re-do the body and introduce another colour in order that I have sufficient yarn to finish it. It will all make sense soon. I feel as though I need to do something else perhaps a bag, something quick that I can start and finish. I must though finish the sweater that I have started for Chris!

In the meantime I am learning patience. I am taking apart and re-rolling the yarn into balls that I will re-use as I work through it again. There are certain satisfying elements in creating the balls of yarn. It brings a certain level of stillness. So shortly I will be sitting quietly and doing that.

I believe that I have mentioned that I have been talking to a magazine about writing for them. I think that I will be looking else where. I have submitted two articles to them, both of which they say that they want to publish, however each time the goal posts shift. I have twice now pointed out that I have asked in advance exactly what they want and only after I have delivered have I then had information that I would have benefited from in advance. The pay for this is paltry, I was willing to do it to have my name publicized however I am not doing their job for them for no pay which is what it is becoming. I like writing and I think I am relatively good at it so I am certain that if I keep looking there will be other places where I can be published and be given reasonable remuneration.

I feel that over the last few weeks Chris and I have been losing a little of our mojo or should I say joie de vivre? So this morning we sat down and wrote a list of things that we want to achieve this week. Much of it is very mundane. However having it on paper and knowing what it is and that these are achievable things makes it more tangible and certainly means that we have a focus. A quick glance suggests that we haven’t made much progress today, however we have done things that were necessary in order to achieve some of them. I will update you tomorrow.

Until then…