Almost Crafty

If you asked me to describe myself, I probably wouldn’t define myself as “crafty.”

I’m not “skilled in deviousness or deception.”  I have a terrible poker face. 

I’m also not what you’d call crafty in the sense of being “artful.”  I’m not visually creative, I’ll openly admit.

So why have I started a site called “Almost Crafty”?  Because that’s what I’m striving to be.  I don’t expect to ever be talented or artful, but I think that maybe, someday, I can become something that’s close to that. 

Also, I absolutely admire people who can make pretty things with their own two hands.  I want to learn to make pretty things, too. 

Why?  Here’s the thing - I work in a sometimes stressful, number crunching job.  A few years ago, I started knitting just to do something, anything, creative in my free time.  I loved it!  I loved it so much, I had an entire site dedicated to it. 

After a couple of years of knitting, I want to try some new things, that expand my crafty horizons.  I expect to make many, many mistakes.  I expect that I will make horribly amateurish, ugly items.  I have no doubt that I will fail miserably many, many times.

But there’s always hope that I might discover something in me that’s a little more visually artistic.  So in the meantime, I’ll keep my fingers crossed, and keep on trying!

Here’s a brief sample of my non-knitty crafty life to this point.  Do you think I have potential?