The other day, when the sun was so bright (like today) and the air so crisp (like today) I began to wonder if maybe I wasn’t waiting for the New Year but rather a new year – I mean, how can you really experience a rebirth in the bitter cold of January? I would think a little sun is warranted – and as I looked around, I realized that things were changing – getting better – settling down and I am settling down a bit on the inside.

None of this settling down and bright sun has helped my design funk. And boy, oh boy – what a funk. I have been working on the same collection for quite awhile. Waiting for something amazing to hit me. (Still waiting). I’m re-thinking the design process, the constant creation of new stuff – I think a quarterly schedule would be better than this drive, drive, drive….(except for the club kits, doh!)

I’ve been looking back at things I’ve created this last year and some of it, uhm….its kinda cool :) I don’t want to jump to the next thing – I want to enjoy what I’ve made. Always on My Mind comes to mind – the alpha – I just love it – Amelie, sigh – the collection I always wanted to make…
Part of me just thinks that perhaps my sister and her perpetual knitting without completion is making its mark on me…I cannot start a knitting project and not want it finished RIGHT NOW. As I stack up my completed hats and scarves and OMG the most beautiful brown and blue felted boho artiste bag EVER (photos soon!)…as I stack them up, I contemplate the metaphor.

And while I’m contemplating the metaphor…I’m wondering how long it would take me to complete this lovely lil’ thing…Flirty Skirty at Interweave.