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The last thing I made?  A hat!

It wasn’t this hat, but a blue one–and it’s ribbed (yes I’m giggling like a 14 yo).

I used soft worsted cotton in a beautiful jewel-toned blue.  I’m not in love with the way the pattern turned out, but I MADE it!  A hat!  And you could wear it and it wont’ fall apart.

Why am I so proud?  It’s just a hat.

But it’s more than that.  I finished it.

The perfectionist in me begins many projects but is often too afraid to finish them for fear that they won’t turn out to my standards.  So if I don’t finish something, I didn’t fail.

Yes I’m 40 and still battling with this.  Hoping I’m just a late bloomer.

Do I have something I want to create next year.  You bet I do.  I’ve been working on setting up a photography business for about eight months now.  Every new session is an opportunity to be creative and improve my skills.  But there is more, more I need to do to really turn it into a real business.    There are forms to fill out, forms to create, a website to build, products to try.  So often it all seems too overwhelming to accomplish with a full-time job and family and other responsibilities, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to take my logo–once finalized–and blow it up huge to remind myself of my goal.

And of course I want to make more hats.

*And I know that I’m talking about a photography business and posting fuzzy pictures of myself, but I assure you my real photos are much better.  This was a quick self-portrait on my cell phone taken after I finished my first hat.  What?  I was excited!

This post was inspired by the #reverb10 project.  The prompt for today was this.

Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it?

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6 Responses to “The Last Thing I Made”

  1. consolata

    I am so similar to you, I am going to be 40 next years and I have so many dreams and tons of half finished projects. Unlike you I am not afriad to finish I just try to chew too much at every point in time and end up with undigested food in form of projects, dreams or goals. With a full time job, 2 kids and a hussy I find myseld feeling afriad I will not get the chance to fulfil my greatest dream of all which is to write a book. Fine hat by the way I have been hoping to learn how to knit from my mom but that is not done yet; maybe soon enough.

  2. consolata

    I fel you Amie, I kind of find myself at almost 40 with so many half finsihed projects. Not because I am afraid to fail but because I always bite more than I ccan chew and I have to spit out. My greatest fear today is that I may not fulfil my one greatest dream of all; which is to write a book. Alas I tell myself that this is still very achieveable. Fine had by the way, very good effort. Knitting is also one of my dreams that is yet to be fulfiled- need to take lessons from my mom some day soon. With a full time job, 2 amazing kids, a hussy and sporadic blogging mania I hope my dreams will some day come true.

  3. Sue

    Love the hat. Yes. I’m so afraid to commit to something because I cannot. finish. anything. these days. I’ve completely lots that thrill of just throwing myself into something.

  4. Jason Scoggins

    Great post. It seems as though we are all having the same 40 year old discussion. Nice hat btw. Make that in black and grey?

  5. mary

    Cute hat. With the weather in the midwest today, hats are important. The last thing I knitted was supposed to be a baby’s hat but ended up just random badly made stitches. I took a knitting class and flunked horribly.

  6. Elaine

    Yay for finishing the hat! I had a return to knitting recently and can’t believe I never tried making a hat until this recent return. They are so fun! I finished a baby hat that is going to become my go to baby gift. Too bad most of my friends are done having kids!

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