I never really thought of myself as a content creator until a few years ago when my sister mentioned it. I just had a blog and wrote about life, some "to ponders" and my knitting. But after that conversation I realized, well, yes I am a content creator.
Being a content creator is a wonderful job and love it. I treasure my blog and the friends I made along the way. It is a snippet of moments in my life and I refer back to it for dates when important things happened because they are usually recorded in its pages.
Lately, I have been really pushing the creative narrative, commissioned content (which I can't show), and projects (I can't show either). This leaves me little time for personal projects and it makes me a bit sad. I see them on the shelf in their little bags and I feel a pang of regret that I have abandoned them.
I am grateful for my design projects, I really am. I love creating something new or figuring out a new way to do something. I have tried during the pandemic to shift my knitting section to more tutorials to help inspire people who are looking for something new or some tips or tricks. I have a lot of fun with those posts especially since they challenge me a bit with design or in filming which I have been doing a bit more of lately.
For a while now I have been working on a weekly schedule with Creative Tuesday. On Instagram that was taken so I use Creatrix Tuesday. On Tuesday I sit down with my designs, colors, nature, art, music, and any other inspiration and just listen to my authentic voice. This has been working really well for me and I have a slew of new ideas and directions to work with.
On Friday I schedule a CEO day. On this day I work on the business and attend to stuff on Ravelry and focus on design calls and what I am going to focus on for the next week. It has really helped me to pinpoint my direction for Vixenpath.
During my last Friday session, I also talked with my sister who is full of good ideas and I added them to my minutes. One of the things we talked about is that I need to address not having any time for my personal projects.
She suggested a Circle Back Week that would entail just working on all those projects that I have been neglecting. This way, they have a time dedicated just to them and I can ease off designing for a week just to let my brain reset.
So, the first week of every month I will be showing you my Circle Back projects. I don't want to overwhelm myself, so I will only focus on four projects at a time. Two of them are from weekly knit-a-longs so only two of them will be neglected projects so don't worry about me taking on too much here. lol
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| the edges are so clever |
The first one is Rosy Blooms, by Steven West. Yarn: Expression Fiber Arts, Cherry Blossom. Knit Picks, Stroll Glimmer Black (I think neither of these yarns exists anymore 😭) Expression Fiber Arts dyes in lots, and then they are gone, but she is always creating beautiful new themed stuff.
I am knitting on this with a friend, though we took a little break on it to do some other things lately.
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| stockinette next to the dropped stitches for contrast |
The second is Clapotis, by Kate Gilbert. Yarn: Knitpicks, Chroma, Manzanita. This color is not available but chroma has some lovely colorways.
I am knitting on this with a friend and we are almost to the decrease section. Loving this yarn and pattern together!
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| love all this color! |
The third one is a feather and fan blanket with some homeless Red Heart yarn in the colorway Favorite Stripe. I am on my third skein out of five and I am loving the burst of color in this blanket. I plan on using it for meditation and chakra work.
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| beautiful optical illusion as the colors blend |
The final project for this Circle Back week has been this Gingham, crocheted blanket from Daisy Farm Crafts. If you crochet, please check her out, she has some beautiful and innovative patterns with web and YouTube tutorials. Yarn: Carron Simply Soft, blue, white, and country blue.
I love this pattern, the whole idea of it, and how it looks as the yarns blends together.
So here is the hard part for me. These projects will be my four Circle Back personal projects each month until one is completed. Only then can I begin or work on finishing something new. This is my transparent accountability promise to you all and especially to myself.
You are more than welcome to join me in giving some attention to your personal projects. I'd love to hear what you are working on!
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To all you Mothers of children, animals, or people you watch over, have a Blessed, Beautiful, and Happy Mother's Day! 🤗💖
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Safe socially-distanced hugs 🤗
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Sending love and light to everyone being affected by this virus.
May you be safe.
May your loved ones be safe.
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Sending love and light to everyone facing discrimination, hate, prejudice, inequality, or racism.
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Vixenpath is a safe space.
If you are:
LGBTQ+
Black
Brown
Asian
Any race
Coming out
Anything.
I am a safe person and I will always hold space for you in love and light.
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