Last week I wrote about how the benefits of creativity aren’t always enough to get us to finish a project. Sometimes the mental stamina needed just isn’t available. So what do you do when it’s not enough? Give Yourself a Gift Promise yourself a reward. It doesn’t have to be …
Lately, I’ve been having trouble getting creative projects done. Starting is easy enough. Honestly, it’s been too easy. I can’t seem to stick with something for more than a week before I switch to something new. I’ve got a lot of interests, but I don’t usually cycle through them that …
Fan fiction and fan art sometimes get a bad rap. Some people think they’re worthless just because they’re not totally original. I disagree. Famous Fan Fiction and Art Did you know Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Hamlet were all based on older stories? What is Milton’s Paradise Lost, …
Sometimes it’s hard to take time for reading. A lot of the time, I feel I should be accomplishing something. That if I’m not working, I’m just being lazy. That’s a dangerous attitude. Taking time for fun is necessary self-care, and if we’re feeling uncreative, reading is one of the …
When you think of creativity, what images come to mind? An artist in their studio, painting a new masterpiece? A writer at the keyboard, typing the next bestseller? Creativity is Not the Same as Mastery Sometimes we think only experts can be truly creative. Nothing can be further from the …
Welcome to the new Yarn Flight! I’ve made a lot of changes the site in the past couple of weeks. Yarn Flight is heading in a whole new direction. Instead of just focusing on crochet, I’m widening the focus to an exploration of creativity in general. Fighting Creative Block I …
This is a follow-up to my Autism Spectrum Disorder post from a couple of months ago. I was going to do a post on the design process for my Half Circle Purse pattern, but I felt this was more important. (And, perhaps, more interesting.) I still haven’t gotten an appointment …
Description Close up of the closure This purse is made with simple stitches, but requires more concentration than my other designs. It Close up of the strap uses staggered increases (to smooth the arcs and keep the straight edge straight) so stitch markers aren’t really useful. I highly …
Happy Canada Day 150! I know I don’t usually post on Saturday, but I’m excited to get my new look for the site in place and didn’t want to wait until Wednesday. As you may know from my post about Autistic Spectrum Disorder, it’s been a struggle lately to stick …
Pattern Description This simple pattern is shown in Bernat Premier acrylic yarn, but it could be made in mercerized cotton for summer and wool for winter. The only slight tricks to making it are the pleats and I’ve provided several photos to help with that. If you can do chains …
As the title says, this post is about Autistic Spectrum Disorder aka Asperger’s Syndrome. Which term you use depends on where you’re from. Here in Canada, I’m told, it’s still called Asperger’s Syndrome. I’m just going to refer to it as ASD for convenience. I haven’t been formally diagnosed, (just …
Note: I actually wrote this yesterday. The sun is out today, at last, and I’m feeling much better. This is a hard post to write. Not so much because of the subject matter, but because of how I’m feeling. It’s been raining non-stop for what feels like a month. I …
