Today I finally got my niece’s little surprise package sent away! The plan was to ‘just’ make her a crocheted bag, but I ended up getting a bit carried away and made her an applique Fish, Octopus and a Pig [that looks more like a fish and we called ‘FishPig’], I then made her a tiara, a headband and to top it off, a pair of slippers! Oh. And a bag of Skittles Desserts.
It makes me feel good to be able to do something for my niece, and for other people in general. I don’t feel as if I have a hell of a lot to offer unless you enjoy reading my rugby articles or my erotica (oops, cover blown!). I can’t draw, I can’t paint, I can’t model with clay, I can’t sing, I certainly can’t dance… but finally I have found something I can do to bring a tiny bit of joy to someone elses life. Sure, a crocheted headband will probably be lost within the week, a crocheted bag will probably end up in the bottom of a toybox or wardrobe, a pair of crocheted slippers will no dobut become a single slipper within a matter of days…
– but for a moment there something I have created will bring someone joy or at least make them smile, and for me that is a pretty exciting thing!
Bronte’s ruffle bag
Bronté’s headband, as modelled by Emersyn
One of the slippers
The little applique buddies
Emma Knits 