March Meet the Maker - 9th March 2022
9 March 2022
Hands at Work
Our hands are constantly working, we take them for granted so much. When I injured my left thumb a few years ago and then my right thumb last year, I really became aware of just how much I rely on my hands. For everyday tasks, all of my crafts and something that I didn’t ever really consider - my mental health.
When I can’t crochet, knit or do macrame, I find myself a little bit lost. Keeping my hands busy helps to keep my head busy too. Busy in a way that ensures that life’s worries don’t bombard me and relentlessly pop in and out of my head.
My hands are definitely a part of me that I treasure and despite them being old, worn and rough, they serve me well most of the time, but I really should moisturise more.
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Colourful Ramblings
Life has been somewhat topsy turvy for the past few years. With Covid affecting the whole world and then my own little world being challenged with the tedium that comes with trying to sell my house and move to somewhere new; I've been feeling somewhat overwhelmed. The one constant in my life has been my yarns, hooks and needles. I honestly think they are to thank for getting me through the past four years with a semblance of sanity in tact.
If I was to rank 2022 on a scale of 1 - 10, it's a solid 5. Neither wonderful nor disastrous, in school report terms, "could do better".
A new life and a new start is in reaching distance, I just have to be patient. I’ll keep doing the right things to make it happen and hopefully, before long I’ll be sharing with you my new adventure.
This day was always going to come, the day I say au revoir to all of you who signed up to my newsletters, visited my website, bought my products and offered kind words of support. Many of you did that regularly and I’m really grateful.
It took a pandemic to make me realise that I am enough. Yes, the me that I am today is more than enough, I don’t need to be anything more. I discovered that I don’t need to wear make-up and wash my hair every day (yes, I used to wash it every day - how ridiculous was that) and my pared back wardrobe was more than enough too.
