I can do many things, but they all fit in one general idea, in keeping with my engineer-brain: they're all structured. Knitting, crochet, sewing from a pattern, cross-stitch, needlepoint? You know exactly where to put your needle or hook. (I can make up the pattern myself, but then I work from it.) Cooking from a recipe or especially baking? You know exactly what to do, and there's sometimes spectacular failure (in baking) if you try to make it up. Linguistically, I go towards Sanskrit, Latin, German - nice extremely-structured languages, not like French or Hindi.
That's not the case for everyone in my family. My grandfather was a well-regarded watercolor painter; my mother and aunt can draw; and my sister's taken up a new craft, which benefits the baby greatly:
That's not the case for everyone in my family. My grandfather was a well-regarded watercolor painter; my mother and aunt can draw; and my sister's taken up a new craft, which benefits the baby greatly:
embroidery! This is one of her onesies (a Gerber trademark, did you know?). She also has a Houston Texans jersey onesie and a sweet one with a little dove on it.
Isn't her work impressive?
If I can't do embroidery (I can't keep it even, because I'm not told exactly where to put the needle), at least there's someone in the family who can!
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