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There are many types of people (a profound statement I know), but today I was talking with my friends Jane and Kyla (Little Bird) about the traits we each have when it comes to doing things and how we do it.

Jane was busy doing work on her computer and had things happening everywhere and at the same time, spreadsheets, tables, lists and invoices. Kyla said openly and proudly that she was a list-maker and has even made lists of the lists she is intending to make. She works through her lists and pretty much gets shit done! Me on the other hand do enjoy a little bit of list writing and a little bit of free-styling it up when it comes to projects (the latter of which rarely results in anything productive). I usually get through half of my list though and forget about it, or I had a look at my blog and saw that a lot of the projects I write about get started and then never get finished.

This blog is a little bit like me, it is a place to post up my ideas and inspiration for a project… with all my good intentions I think I just get sidetracked. I am working on a braided rug at the moment but have run out of steam. I saw Kyla knitting today and felt like I should start a new scarf but I felt terrible because I haven’t finished the rug yet. But maybe I don’t need to just have one project on the go, is it possible to work on multiple things at one time like Jane does (and others do too)? I think I just need to put my head down sometimes and focus in, whatever the project and come back to something else when it feels right. Then I can look back and say I have made 10 different things in the last… year!!! Yes it may have taken me a whole year but I did it and they are all great things - I just took my sweet ass time doing them. 

So back to it people, let’s finish this rug and buy some new wool and get that scarf started too so that when I get tired of the rug or the scarf I can make something else like a cushion cover or a dress or take some photos or bake a cake.

A braided rag rug for my new bub’s room is my first (in a long time) project and it is a project that I feel like I need to distract me from the last few weeks of this pregnancy. I have started to feel a little anxious and almost bored of it all and so I need a distraction.

Having never attempted a rag rug before I had a look around for some ideas. I found a great/easy/no fuss tutorial from Moda’s BakeShop . Time to get cutting and make up some “balls” or rag yarn I suppose you could call it. I have no idea how the colours will come together until I start to braid three of the colours together. I think I am going to need some more sheets ASAP or I might have to dig into my scrap material bag.

The lovely ladies from Cultiver - Bec (littlebrowndog) and Kyla (littlebird aka Kyla Does Stuff) have kindly said I can come into their shop and sit in the comfy rocking chair and work on it if I like. I think I will take them up on their offer so I can distract myself a little more by having other crafty people around. Well better get to it before this baby arrives!

It’s the beginning of my school holidays and also the beginning of my self-funded maternity leave. As of today I am officially unemployed and I feel a strange sense of wanting to get out there and make, create, invent again. When I am teaching I feel like all my creative energy is sucked out of me and into the activities I organise for my students. I AM FREE to be me again!

People have asked me if I am nervous about this time leading up to having my baby, but I am excited. I feel like all my creativity is coming back and want to make things for friends, family and the little person who will be around next year. Glad to be back blogging/pinning/uploading my life again. Stay tuned!