December 27

After a multi-month lull, I am pleased to announce that my cro-jo has returned.

I'm not entirely sure why, but after several years of high productivity, I lost the desire to create earlier this year. I finished a project, put down my hook, and simply didn't pick it up again. 

It was strange not crocheting; not having a work-in-progress to fiddle with while watching "Columbo" re-runs on TV at night. Not thinking about whether it would be better to weave in my ends as I went along or save the process for project's end. Not feeling a desire to scour the internet for new and interesting patterns to try out. But I really didn't miss it.

But then earlier this week, I came across an old Hobby Lobby booklet in the bedroom under a box and saw a pattern that looked interesting: not hard, but also not boring. And I actually felt a pull to make it. So I scurried to my yarn shelf (well, one of them, anyway), selected colors, and got to work. And today, I finished the last row and weaved in the ends. 

And the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment was striking. Yep, I'm happy to have recovered my cro-jo. I'm grateful to God for giving me the talent to create and I'm looking forward to (hopefully) blessing others with my work again in the future.