Something like a year ago I had a moment where I clearly had way too much time on my hands because I googled "how to crochet video." That was the beginning of the end of my last shred of sanity because I fell down the rabbit hole in a BIG way. For whatever reason, I get sucked into things like that, which is the only explanation I have for why I spent over three hours watching and rewatching the same 2 minutes of a YouTube video on how to start a blanket.
It was in the fourth hour that it occurred to me that maybe I should try a different video and see if someone else was able to get through my thick skull a little more effectively. Spoiler alert: it worked. I snapped through the start of that blanket after the first try with the new video.
I worked on that blanket for a very long time. 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there, I kept working. It would be done by now, except that I got distracted. The distraction's name is Mila and she started to steal my extra minutes. It's cool, though, because she's a special sort of awesome.
Well, that, and she provides me with an excuse to make new ridiculous things.
The first order of business after her birth was to make a cocoon thing for a particular photo. This photo, actually.
I was super proud of myself, even if I should have just finished the blanket before I started the cocoon.
Then I fell off the train. I had actually finished a real project, so what was the point? I didn't need to crochet any more!
But then I needed a cocoon in Alexis' school colors for football games because Alexis said so. It bothered Alexis that Mila never wears school t-shirts or something to show her school spirit. The cocoon was our compromise when she asked me to make Mila a miniature cheer uniform.
There was a bit of yarn left over when I finished that cocoon. I can't stand to let things like that go to waste, so I was all "I will make a hat! An epic hat! That matches the cocoon!"
I should have been slapped for thinking that because WOOOOOOAH. SLIPPERY SLOPE. I found my way to YouTube again and discovered a video that promised to show me how to make a hat in 20 minutes. The promise was true, you guys. I had a little Mila-sized hat done in just a little over 20 minutes.
You know what happened from there, right? More time in the rabbit hole!
This whole obsession that I seriously cannot fit into my day has escalated to this level now.
I mean, seriously.
Who needs sleep when I can stay up until all hours of the night making ridiculous hats for Mila?