But I do.
I have been knitting. And knitting. And knitting. And people tell me I should sell some of my stuff, and here's my confession:
I want to.
First of all, I really enjoy doing it. Second of all, it's not exactly a cheap hobby and would be nice if it started paying back even a little. And third, it appears my living room is starting to drown under pom pom toques that really deserve a home.
I have been struggling however with mixed feelings on the whole endeavor. Do I really have enough time to do this? What if I invest a bunch of time and money and nothing really comes of it? (I guess in that case everyone can just expect knitwear gifts from me for the next 20 years). Should I be dedicating this time to my family instead?
I'm feeling it hard as a mama to know how much time to give to myself. You're told it's important to do. You yearn for it. But the other day I got out of the house for an hour to go to Starbucks to enjoy a coffee and work on some patterns, and pretty much as soon as I sat down with my pumpkin spice latte, I missed my boys. I missed my husband. The freedom felt nice yes, but at the same time I missed my men. Talk about inner conflict.
They clearly suffer without me.
Keith sent me this adorable picture of Sam while they were at the park and I was enjoying alone-coffee-time. How am I not supposed to miss them?!
All the same though, I would like to try this little dream of mine on for size. It appears to have become a little passion project of mine, and nothing beats doing something for the joy of doing it right? I'm gladly taking all knitting requests (littlespruceknits@gmail.com) and hope to officially open little spruce knits ↟ on etsy soon!
Shameless plug: you can keep up with my knitting adventure pictures on Instagram @littlespruceknits
stay warm. stay
cozy.
xx
Anna
