#crafting fails

Forgot how annoying it is to get through the material....

I've done cross-stitch in the past and have a large unfinished project I haven't touched in about 4 years, plus multiple untouched projects.

I have one unfinished, LARGE diamond painting project of a Celtic tree of life that I haven't touched in a couple of years.

About 8 years ago, I bought a bunch of knitting looms and a beginner's book of loom knitting projects. They're untouched.

The last couple of weeks, I have been obsessed with the idea of watercolor painting. I can't draw or paint anything, so I don't know why that's becoming an obsession.

Last summer, I bought a crochet hook and skein of yarn made for crocheting a washcloth to try to teach myself how to crochet. Until earlier today, they were still sitting in the plastic bag from the store in a closet. I pulled them out and started watching a tutorial to crochet a washcloth. I have known how to do a single stitch since I was a child and my grandma taught me, but lacked the patience to stick with it back then.

Now it's the frustration of not being able to successfully do a double stitch that stopped me today. *sigh* I've got 8 inches of single stitch chain that I had to set aside because I was ready to tear out my hair.

Why do I do this to myself?

Part of me wishes my muses would just start speaking to me again so that I can pick up writing like I had been. I miss it. Truly.

Attempt one

Very Smol! like a thimble.

Attempt Two:

bigger and a bit better but still too tiny to be a hat, and has a mixed of odd stitches, sewed some leftover tshirt material i had lying around as lining and turned it into a holder for my paper clips.

Attempt three:

Itty bitty bucket hat, tied it to the paper clip holder as a lid.

Me: Sure, I bet I can crochet two rectangles of roughly the same size, that must be easy.

The rectangles: 🙄🖕 bitch. You don't know simple shapes lmfao 🤣