Not Crafty

So this is the kind of time where I can tell how I'm doing by looking at my projects and seeing how much I'm getting done. I had hoped to post a picture of this scarf I'm trying to finish. I put the fringe on the other side of it today. And I went into a store to look for embellishments to put on the center tassel. But I didn't find what I wanted so it's not done.

And typically I'd grab any number of other projects laying around and just do some work on one of those instead. But I didn't.

When finishing a crochet project feels like pulling teeth....that's when I know I'm having a really rough time.

I'm not good at recognizing my emotions, so I'm always looking around trying to observe what I'm doing and match it up to the appropriate label. It's a little clunky, but it works sometimes.

This time last year I finished up a project that was a lap blanket for a friend who had had knee surgery. He is a fan of Allis-Chalmers orange tractors. I just looked back at the photos and I'm not super proud of my photography work but I am really very proud of the finished blanket. I started with a generic green tractor and modified the pattern so much that I think I can really claim to have designed it.

I don't really know anything about tractors, but I'm pretty proud of it.