Occasionally...I get bored. I don't mean 'I have nothing to do because all the work and projects around the house are done' kind of bored. I am talking about 'I feel like I am doing the same thing over and over and over' type of bored. When this type of boredom hits, it's almost always because I need to do/make something I have not made before. I need a challenge.
This happened to me yesterday. I was just in a funk. We are just all getting over this horrendous cold/flu season which was pretty nasty this year. We are still not 100% but my peanuts are able to allow me to do things again other than just snuggle and tend to their every need. Poor kiddos! Yesterday was my day to be depressed, crabby, and overwhelmed. I prayed about it and the day continued.
I started making some slow progress in cleaning up the tornado that was our home. I disinfected door knobs, rooms, and anything that had the remote chance of being touched in the last year so as to not ever again get these colds back. Then I had the most creative idea!! In my cleaning, I came across this gorgeous alpaca yarn that I still had for another project but decided it would not really work for what I had wanted to make with it just simply to it's shedding on clothing. I had planned on making a neckerchief but decided against that. The combo of the ones that I happened to have on hand looked like a peacock to me. I ran as soon as Mr. Miller got home and hit my favorite place on earth, Hobby Lobby, and grabbed the last piece of the puzzle. Today I got a couple minutes to sit down and try to figure out a pattern that I wanted to use to make my first Peacock Feather! I plan on making enough of them to create a gorgeous diaper cover for a newborn photo shoot. I also have a design floating around in my head for a sweet little head piece that will go with it.
I think it looks pretty good and the photo of it doesn't even do justice to the richness and depth of this yarn. It looks pretty close but of course that is looking at it through my eyes and my take on the Peacock Feather.
This is the link to the Crochet Peacock Feather Applique that I used to make this feather. I can't wait to post pics of the finished project.
I hope you have a very blessed day!
~ becky ~
