Motherhood and my latent creativity....

[zipworth]

Since becoming a mother I have embraced creating things with a vengeance. I seem to be taking on a new craft project every week! I just stopped myself from ordering the longies pattern online (actually, I would have ordered it but I had problems with paypal and took it as a sign to stop embarking on new craft projects). I don't want to abandon any of them! Here is a list of all the projects I am currently working on (before my son was born, I just thought about doing these things):

-Knitting a sweater for my son (I am still learning how to knit)
-Covering a body pillow in a pillowcase I am making from old blue jeans
-Making a sling
-Making waldorf dolls
-Covering the livingroom chairs in red velvet.
-Making curtains for the livingroom
-dyeing raw wool with kool-aid and making felted wool balls out of it (not successfully)
-making lampworked glass beads (this is more my husbands project. These are too cool)
-Making playsilks for my son
-painting my font door a deep red (looks beautiful)

guess I better slow down!

[panda]

That's awesome! It's so enriching to use and wear and live with things you've made yourself. I'm like you in that I can never start one project, finish it, and then start another. I always have a bunch of things going at once. Right now I'm obsessed with layette items, since my first is due in a month: knitting sweaters, hats, booties, longies, soakers; sewing pants, shirts, gowns and union suits.

I'm also working on curtains for the bedrooms - I have a plan to use a worn out sleeping bag to make thick, insulated roman shades. We live in the city so it will be nice to block out more of the street light, and our bedroom windows aren't well sealed, so I want to keep those rooms warmer.

Good luck on all your projects! Glad you're having so much fun with it, and I'd love to see pictures.

[Aurora]

What a list! That is so great!

I stress out if I have too many projects going on at once. Really, more than one makes me jittery. : Right now I am in the middle of making Longies and diapers for the baby due next month and Pumkin Hats for my little ones. I feel like that is way too much! :LOL

I'd love to see pictures too.

[zipworth]

My next project.....

.......is to figure out how to post pictures on the internet.

[MamaMonica]

You're doing great! I love to have a lot of projects, too. My main art form is painting- I painted through my pregnancies and used to work in ceramics.

I just took up knitting and have these going-

a sweater arm and shoulder
3/4 of a longies (this is a very good pattern)
most of a tube sock

and yarn for the Joseph sweater from Knitty. com but haven't cast on for that- won't until longies are done.

It's great to be creative- very life-enhancing!