The Woes of a Crafter

I started my Christmas crafting last month … and it’s not going well. I did a few bits, and then a friend asked me to make a blanket for her friend who is expecting. So I started that, and then my husband found me a cross-stitch pattern that he wants me to do for him for Christmas. Well, actually, it’s 2 large patterns combined into one huge pattern, so I have that to do for him. Then my friend comes to me and asks if I have finished the blanket for her friend. Not yet. Oh, well when you’ve finished that can you make another one for me, as I need it for myself; and, then can you make me some clothes, and some hats, and bootie,s and some other bits, please, because I’m pregnant and due in 3 months and have to get everything over because I got rid of all the stuff I had with the girls? So I have a lot of things to make in not a great deal of time. Then another friend asks if I can make her a load of stuff because she is expecting and wants lots of hand made things for her baby, because it looks really nice. But don’t worry . I’m not due until after Christmas, so you can make all your Christmas things and then start on the stuff for me. How long do people think it takes to make these things? That is the one frustration I have with people that want hand made stuff. They don’t appreciate the time or energy it takes to make them.
–Crafty Witch Ann-Marie (a.k.a. auntypsycho)