Thursday, November 17, 2011

Getting Past the Slog

I've been trying to crochet a "yarn train" for Alex since last year. It's an actual 3-D train, with the crocheted pieces sewn around a plastic frame which is stuffed by fiberfill. I plan to post a picture when I get it done--if I ever get it done. I don't work on it every day, and I have to admit there were places where I goofed up and had to start over or had trouble figuring out how to follow the directions. Probably my biggest challenge to date has been trying to figure out how the boiler and smokebox go together. The directions didn't quite make sense to me, so I put it off as long as possible while I crocheted the pieces for the cab. But now that I finished that, I didn't feel I could go much farther without assembling it. So I just took a deep breath and did it the best I can. It doesn't quite match the picture that came with the pattern, but it's doable. (I may try to make the back part bigger by adding more fiberfill.) Once I get the cab made, I can go back to crocheting.

It's funny that when we write books, no matter how exciting the story is, there always seems to be that middle sloggy section that's hard to write. Sometimes you just have to grit your teeth and plow through it. At least it's a lot easier to edit a story after it's done than trying to change a finshed crochet project!

2 comments:

Rusty Carl said...

I'm in the middle of a slog right now, and yes, it's very sloggish. If by editing, you mean excising it, then I'll be doing a lot of that when I'm done. Once excised, then I'll edit.

Liz A. said...

I had one of those projects. An afghan that took me six years to finish. Of course, I put it aside many times, only coming back to it when I was between other projects.

I also have a section like that in my novel. I just passed it by on this edit pass. I know I'm going to have to tackle it eventually.

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