My Stitch is in Hawaii Without Me

I know that I’m not the only person whose stitch seems to have taken a wee pre-holiday vacation, but it was a bit of a relief to see it validated on some of your blogs. I put a few stitches in the red bird ornament this past Friday evening I think it was, though I confess that I didn’t have much enthusiasm for the endeavor and ended up putting it away and watching the final episode of “Monk”. Other than that, I’m not sure I’ve done any stitching since I spent Thanksgiving with Elisabeth Timms.

It’s not the first time I’ve been in a stitching funk. They happen sometimes. I think part of the reason for this one, though, is the time of year. It’s generally dark by the time I get home – not late, but dark. When 7pm looks like 10pm, it’s hard for me to get my mind around the fact that I can sit down and stitch for an hour or so and still get to bed at a decent hour. It also doesn’t help that it’s the holiday season. I don’t do the holidays real well – I laid out the holiday placemats the other day but haven’t put them on the table yet and probably won’t – and that seems to affect my stitching mojo. But when it comes to sending my stitch on sabbatical, the biggest culprit is, well, me. I’ve been digging around in my WIPs, and it’s almost depressing when I see the number of projects I have started or even just kitted up, as well as how many of them are BAPs or almost-BAPs. I used to be a one-project-at-a-time kind of gal, but those days are long gone! The starts and stops have kind of snowballed. I’m sure there are people with WAY more WIPs than I have, but it’s still a little daunting.

Oh well, one thing I know about the departure of the stitch is that it always comes back. It always has in the past and I’m sure it will again. In the meantime, I guess I’ll just read a book…