A lot can happen in three years
Life, loss and a whole lot of knitting
Listening to the very welcome return of Letters From a Hopeful Creative - the brilliant podcast from
and - I was struck by their conversation about how much life has changed for them both in the last three years.I found myself musing on the same topic this week. On the surface, very little has changed. I still live in the same place, with the same people, doing much the same thing. On the other hand everything has changed.
We’ve been through a pandemic and all the upheaval that’s entailed with 4 people trying to co-work in a small three-bedroomed house.
Both my husband and I have experienced the death of a parent and so we’ve had a lot of adjusting to do in so many ways.
I’ve given up paid work outside the home and instead I’m focusing on a full time self-employed role through my knitting, designing and writing.
We are getting ready to send our eldest son off to University - eeek - that one is still very definitely a work in progress.
In the space of three years I have closed my Everyday Knitter Facebook group, run a Mighty Network group instead and then gone back (slightly reluctantly) to Facebook again.
I have set up my own website to sell my designs, reducing my reliance on Ravelry and other third-party platforms. This is something I never thought I would have the ability to do and I’m beyond thrilled that I’ve been able to make it happen.
A lot had changed that’s for sure but there’s also so much more that I want to do. After what’s felt like a bit of a hiatus for the last three years I feel as though there is a sense of renewed energy and enthusiasm for change. Much of what’s happened since 2020 has largely been as a result of me reacting to external events. In many cases the change has been enforced rather than sought out.
For the next year or two I’m thinking that it might be rather nice to turn the tables and impose some changes of my own on the universe.
My first change is going to be setting up my own podcast, starting small though. It will likely just be me talking to myself - as I do most days to be honest. But this time I’ll be recording it and sharing it with you. I’m planning to release my first episode in the middle of May so do keep your eyes peeled for updates. And if there’s any burning topics you’d like me to cover please do let me know.
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This was a regular topic of conversation with visitors over the last two weekends of York Open Studios (yes talking about art prompts all sorts of revelations, confidences and shared experiences). I was thinking of writing a Substack post on it myself in the next week or so - I won't crib yours! All our lives have changed and I think most of us now mentally categorise our lives as 'before' and 'since'.
A podcast is very exciting. I’ve been helping produce two for a while and attempted my own for a little bit. (Need to get back on to that bit the universe isn’t always playing ball).
I was thinking about the last three years. It’s my birthday this week and thinking how I’m spending it just with my kids again because my husband is away. 3 years ago it was the pandemic, the next time my husband was in Denmark and I was back in the U.K. with both kids. Last year my friend worked on making sure I had a good birthday for my first one in Denmark.