Maker In Residence

 And if you are a creative type, you know I'm not talking about little green men. UFO = Unfinished Object.   A little suncatcher I finished on the weekend. First a disclaimer: I do have many UFOs in my house, in boxes or lying around. I also have several projects 'resting' on my craft table. But these days when I start something, I try extremely hard to finish it. Finishing projects (or not) is a huge factor in how my mental health is travelling. (I'll write another post on this tomorrow).   A bag of 'scumbles' which need to be crocheted together as a freeform crochet ... very much a UFO. So first off... what causes MY UFOs? When you look at the reason for a problem, it can help you tackle it. So here's a list of reason's my projects go off task; 1. I've discovered I don't yet have the skills to get the result I want. 2. I have the skills, but it's still not turning out how I envisioned. 3. I've decided it needs something else and I'm...

 Still in lock down. Still creating. I finished this lovely suncatcher. It was a bit of a prototype and I also just really like it, so I think I'll keep this one. The crochet around the outside is actually plastic, though it looks soft, it isn't, so the whole thing is quite safe to be out in the weather. It's gracing my front entrance now and I couldn't be more pleased. I can't wait to make more. I need to wait until I get a little oven for the garage to melt the beads though as when i created this one it made the house quite smelly and Mike asked me not to use our kitchen oven again as he is concerned the smell will permeate the interior of our oven and be unsafe for cooking - fair enough. A new little oven will be about $60. And this is what I've just started. Can you guess what it will be? Today I should get a call from Liz - one of the co-ordinators of the Remakery to discuss how things will flow. Of course this was meant to happen last week, but lock down h...