A friend I've lost touch with over the recent years has recently had a baby so I thought it would be a good excuse to make a gift to welcome the baby to the world along with letting my friend know that I've not forgotten her.
I thought a crochet baby blankie/sleepie/comforter would be ideal so I looked at patterns I had; found one and started, then I re-evaluated it. Nope...the pig character was not going to work on this gift (despite having made this for others in my extended family). When we think of certain friends there's just certain animals which would be a no no and others that would be a winner... a pig... nope... now a dog... yep... especially a pink and purple dog... just like the ones that are seen being walked everyday... or is that just me??!
I love my crochet and have created a couple of patterns for characters for children in the family so I was up for the challenge. Normally I have a few pictures to look at to help work out the shape. All I had this time was a sketch of some degree from an image in my head.
So, off I went creating - head shape - check; safety eyes attached - check; ears added - check. Then I look at it... hhhmmmm...ok... the ears are floppy but pointed... the head shape isn't as angular as a dog... it still had no nose... what shape to do for the nose... hhhmmmm... ok, it's a rabbit! I swear it was always meant to be a rabbit! Hon-est!
The love of creating - making mistakes, taking roads that you didn't know were there from when you set off on the initial challenge.
Just like the love of parenting - less mistakes (maybe), but there's all the side roads - those at a tangent; those running alongside but one street away from where you thought you were going.
Just like the love of life - plenty of mistakes but lots of learning and the side roads you never knew existed particularly life with MS.
For me in all walks it's embracing and accepting those other roads - they don't need to all be bad - you may come across a street party.
No comments:
Post a Comment