It Takes One Project

It’s no secret that I have this great passion for crochet. I think most people on Hive see me more as a crochet blogger, or let me say, used to see me, because I’ve been on a long pause. It’s actually unlike me to go so long without touching a hook. If my memory serves me right, it’s been about 8 months.

So somewhere last year, I wanted to make a dress. I drew the design and planned exactly how I wanted to make it. I was actually going through a rough time, and conveniently, crochet became my therapy. Most people don’t know this but I think one of the cheapest but most effective therapies you can even find is crocheting. The repetitive pattern in the act is what does the magic.

Okay, back to what I was saying. I decided to make a dress because it was going to be a long-term project or a major project, and I knew the result was going to be rewarding. I knew it was going to be very pretty in the end and then after seeing it, maybe I would just be happy or something.

And so I got on it. One thing most people don’t know is that every crocheter doesn’t focus on one major project for long. While you are on the major projects, you’ll definitely have other side projects to keep you going. Because it’s very easy to just want to stop working on a particular project, especially when you’ve worked on it for so long but you are not seeing the result you envisioned.

And it makes a lot of sense because sometimes, when your major project is not giving you what it’s supposed to give, the mini ones just boost your energy and make you feel proud.
But this time, I didn’t add any mini projects. I just focused on the one project that I was doing.

It took longer than I expected. About a month? I think. When I finished, I was happy about the results and I remember calling my friends to show them what I made. So the problem started when I couldn’t get a great picture in that outfit. Someone will probably be shocked, but listen, as a crocheter who owns a blog, pictures of our works are a big deal.

I wanted to show you all what I made, but I never got to because I didn’t get a good picture in that fit. And someway, somehow, I just became dull when it comes to crocheting. It didn’t even make sense to touch a hook anymore. And it also didn’t feel rewarding. People don’t talk about this enough but I believe that this is even beyond the picture issue, it’s about the project. As a crocheter, it just takes one project to put your spirits so high or just bring them down totally and I believe for me, that dress was it.

The dress is still there, and I hope to wear it one day and get great pictures in it. But for the meantime, I’ll just try other mini projects. They are supposed to bring back that crochet spark, and I hope they do. If not, this is going to be a long pause for me.