Sometimes You Just Have To Go With The Flow …

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Long blog entry title but short, effective lesson really …

I’m a planner.  I will plan down to the last detail, consider every angle, then get frustrated when things don’t work the way I thought they would.  I’m growing to accept that I can’t control every thing and it’s okay to let go.

I wanted to finish putting up Olga (my spinning wheel) this weekend.  I finished her (finally), laid every thing out, started, was making great progress then came to the home stretch.  Was about to close in on the home stretch only to find out that I misplaced a barrel nut.  The small but very necessary part I need to complete the set-up.  It’s amazing how small things (changes) can affect outcome — either positively or negatively.  But that right there is another story.

I could cry, throw a tantrum, behave like I don’t have any sense but that wouldn’t help me.  No it wouldn’t.  I might feel better momentarily, but behaving that way isn’t going to make the setup complete.

If I don’t find the nut, I’ll go to the hardware store tomorrow to find a replacement.  Hopefully I find the size I need, then I’ll finish Olga tomorrow night.  But for today, I’m taking a deep breath,  I’m accepting that even with the best of intentions, even with care, planning and preparation, things can go awry.  So today, I’m choosing to just go with the flow.

Almost DoneUpdate: Half hour after publishing this post, I found the barrel nut.  It was literally right in front of me.  An orifice that needed one nut had two in it, that’s why I couldn’t find it on the floor anywhere.  This going with the flow thing absolutely has its merits.  Upward and onward with Olga now.  And more importantly, great lesson learned.

Mood Blanket Update: January Edition

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FoldedAs per the last update … I can no longer fit this project into this WIP basket!

I’ve made some mods to my original plans:

  • swapping out the beige separator for crisp white
  • changing what red means.  No longer representing anger and fear.  It now represents anger that was a catalyst for tangible change. Gives a whole new perspective to being angry and expressing anger.
  • number of rounds will no longer be representative as the number of days I felt a particular emotion.  Each weekly emotion will be represented by only two rounds in the representative colour.

Here’s my baby as at the final Tuesday of January 2014 and I can’t wait to go the distance with this.  Getting to this point has really challenged me to stick with the project and making sure that as the rows get longer, I do one row per day instead of waiting to do all together.

January 2014I think more mods are coming.  Some of the yarn I used are from my deep, deep stash!  I’ve found out that two of them are now discontinued.  I’ll be visiting the yarn store to see if the line (Lionbrand Woolease) has colours that are close match replacements or I might have to change my key.  Not too worried though … I’m sure I’ll find something; if not, I’ll just have to be open to change.

She’s going to be a giant, but I love that!

Linking this post to Hazel’s Crochet Mood Blanket 2014 meme.  I’ll be doing monthly linkups (last Tuesday of the month) instead of every Tuesday.