| From a Man's Perspective by Peter Franzi |
| To hook, or not to hook...that is the question. For the first time in 4+ years of crocheting, I have hit a slump. I have not touched a hook in 5 days and really have no desire to do so. Maybe I have done too much in such a short amount of time. Maybe I simply have run out of ideas. Maybe I have become too discouraged over not getting my patterns published. Maybe I have become too disappointed about the lack of interest in my latest hooded scarf pattern for girls. Maybe my interest in crochet has just run its course. Whatever the reason I just don't want to crochet. Oh, I know this will pass. I know that one day I will wake and reach for my hook case and start stitching away again as if no hiatus had ever occured. I know that my crochet muse has not abandoned me although it may seem that way. Any day now I will be filled with inspiration for a new pattern or I will regain enthusiasm to finish that sweater I started last year. I'm sure some publisher will see the light and come knocking on my door. Surely, at any moment, someone will see the creativity in my new pattern and demand to acquire it. BUT....FOR NOW.... I just don't want to crochet. And I have come to the conclusion that it is OK. I have no deadlines (luckily) and no particular new projects in mind. Maybe I just need to do something else for awhile. I really should work on my blog. There is so much to do in the garden. I haven't been on a date in ages. Maybe I'll watch all those episodes of the Sopranos that I taped. I'm participating in the AIDS Walk in San Francisco on 7/17 but haven't taken the time to get sponsors. There is so much in my life beyond crochet. Yet, for these few years, I have so identified myself as a Man Who Crochets. Funny how these things happen. Funny how quickly lives change. You know, I am beginning to feel a lot better. Thanks for letting me vent. Now....where is my "J" hook? |