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Blogger and author Kathryn Vercillo shares her tips for enjoying holiday crafting – avoid feeling overwhelmed as as the season gets closer! Read her previous blog posts on the Lion Brand Notebook here.
It happens every year to the best of us. We get excited about all of the wonderful gifts that we’re going to knit and crochet for everyone we love. Not to mention we want to decorate our own homes with our crafts. It’s thrilling and inspiring but as the holidays deadlines get closer, the cost of the supplies seems more than its worth, the gifts feel like they’ll never be finished, and you haven’t even started the crafts. Suddenly we’re overwhelmed and holiday crafting has become painful instead of joyful.
Don’t let it happen again this year!
Write it all down on paper: from the crochet wine gift bags to the knit sweaters with a note about who it is for. Narrow down that list with the following steps:
The point here is to give yourself permission to make only the handcrafted items you want to make, can reasonably make and know they will be appreciated by the fact you made it.
Now it’s time to go through your list and assign an amount of time to each project. Schedule the projects into your calendar. That’s right; actually block out your crafting time as a scheduled appointment. If you can’t make it work on a calendar, you can’t make it work in real life. It’ll just become stressful so that means you have to re-assess and further narrow down your work.
Now it’s time to make sure that you’ve purchased all of the yarn and any other supplies that you need. Have everything on hand to make the process simpler.
Now that you’re prepared to craft in a reasonable way, relax. Enjoy the process of crafting and make the most of the time. Some suggestions:
If those deadlines get too close and you still want to whip up a handmade gift, check out our list of crafts to make in less than 15 minutes.
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Please edit that first paragraph of the article/2nd paragraph on the page. It is really difficult to read when so full of typos and bad editing. It is distracting to what is otherwise a very nice article!
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theencourager
The human mind is an amazing thing it can auto correct it can understand the content of a paragrapheven with typos and missing letters. Learn to see the positive in things be an encourager rather than a destroyer. Now let’sget to work and create.
Pro-Editing
It’s annoying to read and really unprofessional to publish something like this. The point is not whether or not we are being “an encourager rather than a destroyer”, it’s about what impression this leaves with someone. This is not about typos alone but poor editing and not reading something before hitting publish. If this was my first experience with this company, I would not be returning because I would think if they don’t have the time to proofread a post before publishing, what other errors am I going to find, such as in patterns or explanations?
It’s one thing to make typos and editing mistakes in an informal e-mail or comment and completely different when trying to promote your business via a blog.
Grandma
Sorry I thought it was someone typing in about how good the product was. Yes I now say it is unprofessional and I would not have done that without editing to the endth degree when I was doing this work years ago. Yes by computer at the end of my working ability.
Grandma
yes typos are annoying but they happen if we don’t look over what we’ve typed but hey some times time or we’ve somehow sent it with the press of a key. I agree our mind is a wonderful thing and can read these things even if we took out all or most of the vowels. I know I’ve had several strokes and have had to relearn everything even swallowing my own saliva. Yes I too agree craft items do get more expensive as holidays approach. Its good to have a stash you’ve worked up when things were cheap/er. I try and do things towards the holidays each year. Unfortunately some years not possible re health. This years that one. Oh well it happens. Live and enjoy the holidays
Georgia
For shame! Let’s do good work and strive for excellence in all we do.
Judy
There ARE many more than a few typos! Not professional at all!
Grandma
I have just sent in a message saying that as I was mistaken. Thanks
kathee_m
The content of this article far outweighed any typos! Thank you, Kathy, for sharing very helpful information!
CrochetBlogger
Thanks! I really hope people will spend the holidays embracing the opportunity to give handcrafted gifts instead of being overwhelmed by it!
Grandma
Totally agree. I hope everyone will also embrace the holiday spirit and have a really awesome Christmas whether its a social or a spiritual one. Peace and happiness too. That’s what I am trying for regardless of my health situation.
brenda
found article interesting and helpful….also found the grammar police responses interesting and helpful…surprising what you can learn
CrochetBlogger
Thanks Brenda,
I’m glad that you were able to find something interesting and helpful in my article. I think approaching holiday crafting with a plan and an intention to enjoy it really helps make it the joyful experience it should be!
Kathryn
Jane z
You have some good ideas that bring some clarity to the rush this time of year. I was getting ready to try to complete a craft I had put aside several months ago when I read your article. It has now been formally put on the shelf to complete next year, thank you. One can only do so much in a given space go time!
kathryn
I read this for the content, and I’m going to be sharing it for the content. I really enjoyed it. Perhaps I didn’t worry about the typos because I’m a professional editor and I’m used to receiving documents full of typos. Or maybe I’m just more interested in someone’s ideas than in the accuracy of their typing. Really useful post other Kathryn
Pam Lindsey Carlsen
Great article! I have used some of these suggestions when choosing the items I am going to make each year. Especially removing the items from the list that are just too expensive but really want to make. That one is the hardest one for me, but when you don’t have the funds you don’t have the funds. My family actually expects homemade gifts and are so appreciated. Making a gift comes from the heart. I think about the person the whole time I am making something that is going to them. Thanks for the great article Kathryn Vercillo.