As the designer and owner of Hydrangea Designs I spend a lot of my day creating jewelry, hair accessories, brooches, felt ornaments and many more goodies to sell on Etsy and at the market. When I need a creative break to rejuvinate myself I usually go straight to my knitting. I taught myself to knit about 6 years ago when I was pregnant with my second son. At that point I made several scarves and started a baby blanket that was never finished. Every once in a while I would grab my needles and do a couple inches on a scarf. I just liked the way that the knitting motion calmed me. But my skill never really increased.I think it was about September of last year (2010) that Nona taught me to knit a basic hat so I could help her catch up a bit on her market hats. From that moment on I was forever lost to knitting.... Since September (5 months) I think I have knit... at least 25 hats (probably more), a few scarves (with a few remakes) and a neck cowl (remade 3 times).
Now I am expanding out to legwarmers... So far... my favorite thing to knit. I have one leg done... only to realize that the top 3 inches are a bit too small to go over my thigh... (these are suppose to be long legwarmers). I'm now starting my second leg... figuring that I will solve the problem this time and then go back and fix the other. It doesn't even matter to me. It's all in the process. Knitting gives me the calm and rejuvenation that I need to find my creativity again.... :)
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