Crafting

I've always enjoyed making crafts. This is an example of what I've been creating lately. It's even more fun because I joined a group that chats together while we work, and the people in the group are smart and funny. They are exactly the people I wanted to meet when we moved here.


I started making a rag rug a couple of years ago, before we moved into the second floor of the watertown house. We thought that place would be our home for a long time, and I was really excited to have a space that I could make my own. After we redid the floors and walls and ceiling in the whole apartment, I got some fabrics that matched our kitchen tiles and planned to make a rug and matching curtains. I didn't get that far. It's funny to think that I was braiding these strips of fabric a bunch of years ago, watching the superbowl at Ilya's house with Maks & Ale, when Victoria was not even an idea.

I finally got a lot of it braided in one long connecting braid. When I carry this monster around to the meetings, I have to use a huge bag.

And, I'm beginning to sew it up. Soon, it will be a real rug! The chapstick is there for size reference.

These are the things I work on when I should be writing or making my own applications. I'm also cooking a lot more and enjoying time outdoors. And, I'm happy. I guess I would be happier if I did the writing as well, but I never sit down at the computer to do it.