Magic with hook and needles

Shortlist of hapinness

By Vendulka - April 30, 2020

Hi, my dears,

how are you doing these days? Well, this time is really challenging. I don't know if you too, but I felt so nervous, overwhelmed with duties and guilty last few weeks, that I have so many things to do and still I haven't finished them yet. With all those duties with work and home school of my girls and everybody is still hungry?! and the mess in the house and the fear everywhere... So I have decided to make something with it. In addition to the list of my work duties, I wrote a list of activities that I would like to make every day and which makes me happy. And I told to myself, that there is no duty to make everything every day, just something. Because you now, every step is counting. And I have to tell to you, that after two weeks I really feel better. If you feel nervous and under the pressure of this situation as same as I, I really recommend you to write up your personal list of goals or better say of activities which make you happy and try to do something from your list every day. Don't be too hard to yourself, just a little bit :-).

Are you interested, what is written on mine?

My quarantine short list of happy things:

1. Do something for my soul
Do you believe, that crocheting is a kind of therapy? I believe in it and I love it. So the goal is to finish one of my WIPs every week. So you can look forward to new patterns :-) and the pictures of my news. My crochet dress is still on the list!

2. Do something for my body

Make 1 workout with my favorite Blogilates + one workout from so many saved workouts from Instagram! I really would not look like the whale after the quarantine finish. :-) I really love Cassey, I did her workouts after giving the birth of my little fairies. She is an amazing and wonderful spirit person! And I truly recommend her workouts.

2. Do something for our household

Clean up the house for one hour daily and clean up everything back into place. It really helps the home will stay organized at least just a little bit. :-) I started with my yarn ♥. So all balls of my Catania yarn and Jeans were counted. I am going to count the others. :-)

3. Do something for my brain

Read at least 30 pages daily from one of my "million" books I have borrowed from the library. I've already read some. The library is open from next wee. OMG! I wasn't prepared for it. :-) And what do you think, how many books I have already read?

And don't be afraid too much and breathe.

As you see, my list is really short. I am done with writing all those things which I should do and put myself under the pressure.

And I am listening new album of Selena over and over, singing loudly. :-)

"Ooh,

Don’t get me down,

I won’t let me get me.

Ooh,

Don’t get me down,

I won’t let me get me,

Ooh,

I’m good right now,

I won’t let me get me,

Ooh,

Take that tired heart and go and turn it inside,

Out."

So my dears, how is your advice with a quarantine time? How do you spend it? Let me know :-).

Stay healthy ♥.

XoXo

Vendulka

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Wow, I did it!

By Vendulka - April 18, 2020

Hi, my dears,

today I would like to share with you a short story about the girl, who was in the author's block. Yes, it was me :-)

It was a really long time since I shared some of my patterns. I don't know, what happened to me, but I can't finish any of my patterns. I was creating a lot, but I have really struggled to write up the pattern of my creation. I really would like to finish it, but I can't. So I doubted whether my work made sense at all. If I have anything to offer to others. If it's something special in mine creation. And I found a new job! Yes, I did.

But I still felt that it was a mistake. I love my creating, I really love my small colorful world and I missed it so badly.

So finally, after a year and a half maybe? I made a new creation and finished the pattern. WOW. And I know that it can sound stupid. But not for me. I posted it and it was such a relief for me. Now it is a week ago, I didn't promote it. My inner marketing specialist is yelling! But for me, it was more important, that I finished it and that I posted it.

I was thinking, why it was so hard for me to post something on social media, to finish and share some patterns. Even my inner marketing specialist needs exactly what I have to do and was yelling again. :-) And I think, that it is the comparison, competition, the desire for recognition and the pride - these are the things, which held me back. And when I wrote in the last post. I needed to find make my creation for me again. And my personal lesson for this period of my life is: "not to try to please everyone". Because every time I am doing it, not only with my creation but also in my personal life - it never ends well for me. And that formula is always the same. So, it seems that it is a long way in front of me. But what is most important, that I am in!

So my dears, after a year and a half, you can find a new pattern from my small colorful world :-) Thank you from the deep of my heart, you are still with me...

Always yours,

Vendulka

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Happy Easter

By Vendulka - April 13, 2020

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Make something for others

By Vendulka - March 21, 2020

Hi, my dears,

how are you? Well, when I was thinking, what the new year will be, I really didn't imagine that the year 2020 will be full of fear, worries, and uncertainty. But also full of solidarity and kindness. Everyone who has a sewing machine is sewing the face masks for others because they aren't available to buy in the shops.

Sew a mask, protect yourself and others.

I, as a patient with chronic autoimmunity disease, pecking up the immunosuppressants and other "treats", I do not want to admit, that I am in danger. But the truth is, that I can't listen to the news anymore. My heart is still beating as a race, so I thought I just had to try not to panic so much and try to calm myself. I'll try to stop worrying so much about our whole family and our friends. I believe I'm not alone in this and maybe this short article will help someone to realize that he's not alone in it either!

So I, as same as many other people in our small country, have pulled out my sewing machine. and I played with the colors again. I just changed the yarn for the fabric. I am in the little fight with the bottom thread, and I find that sew the mask is not as funny as it looks. I am sewing the protective masks for our family, friends, and their families. Perhaps colorful masks, decorated with polka dots, and flowers will serve them well. Yes, polka dots and flowers – what other fabrics would you expect from me? :-)

I found some nice and easy tutorials for sewing masks and making the patterns.

Double layered mask with filter pocket and adjustable wire by Easy to sew

How to Make Original Mask Patterns by Korogangru

How To Make Mask to Prevent from Flu bc Cold and Virus by Korogangru

So if you would like to sew some masks for your family or as a volunteer, I really recommend these tutorials. Many thanks to all authors of these tutorials, so others can help also. A little advice – use 100% cotton fabric and if you will sew the masks for the hospitals, use the cotton threads, so the masks could be sterilized properly.

And I can help myself and I am thinking about this coronavirus situation means for us. I don't want to think of the bad things. The sun is shining outside and I want to look at the situation positively. The first thing, that I have on my mind is, that families are together. And that's beautiful. I'm happy, that our family is together. I will not pretend, that this is a challenge and that everything goes smoothly. But I truly believe after this situation ends, that we will come out stronger as a people and as a family.

Yeah, and I also opened the list of WIPS I'd like to finish. Thanks to the home office I have more than 2 hours a day, which I spend on public transport on the way to/from work. So it would be a hell of me not to use that time to make something cheerful and colorful crochet.

Maybe I could do progress with my dress, I am working on more a year. So yes, I'll try to look at it positively. I already have done a spring cleaning of the kitchen :-), and the dress is slowly (yes, very slowly) starting to take a shape. But the masks first...