{"id":1,"date":"2022-03-21T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5170\/cgi\/addon_GT.cgi?s=GT::WP::Install::EIG+%28ahighlyu%29+-+10.0.87.62+%5BWordpress%3b+\/var\/hp\/common\/lib\/Wordpress.pm%3b+543%3b+Hosting::gap_call%5D\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-04-03T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:41:39","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahighlyunlikelylife.com\/solostitching\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To Solo Stitching!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello and welcome to Solo Stitching! I’m so glad you stopped by to check out my shop! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you follow me<\/a> or listen to my podcast<\/a>, I talk a lot about self-care, personal growth, and turning your passion into purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo Stitching wraps all of that into a beautiful ball of yarn! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When people talk about self-care, we often hear about bubble baths, reading, listening to music, or getting a massage. Those are all great suggestions. But if we’re being honest, we’re busy! So it’s complicated to take time out of our day for something with no tangible results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caring for yourself through creativity is powerful! It relieves anxiety, helps you de-stress, and opens pathways in your brain that improve mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here’s the bonus! Caring for yourself through crocheting, knitting, and sewing feeds our need to multi-task. Creating handmade products opens the door of opportunity to accomplish your self-care objectives while simultaneously learning new skills and building confidence. It also allows you to care for loved ones through gifts, making things for your home, and building self-reliance. Amazing!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning Stitches<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My mom taught me to knit when I was twelve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was determined to knit a blanket using these giant knitting needles I found stored in her craft box. So, I grabbed an old skein of yarn and watched as she showed me how to make a knitting stitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I practiced row after row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a misshapen blanket that got skinnier and then fatter. The gauge was so tight I could barely insert the needle, and I quickly discovered that a blanket takes a long time to make, even with huge knitting needles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never finished that blanket, and I put down the yarn as I moved into my teenage years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was sixteen, I discovered one of my friends was crocheting a blanket. It was beautiful! I asked her to teach me, and within a few minutes, I started my own crocheted blanket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, I finished it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hard Part<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Over the next several years, I produced a few blankets, learned to sew, and even made clothes for my kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first projects were not perfect, and some of them make me laugh when I think of how proud I was of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with each completed project, I refined my existing skills, learned new skills, and developed a love for design and creating new patterns and projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When tragedy struck and I lost my husband to suicide in 2017, I put down the yarn again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I desperately tried to distance myself from everything that reminded me of my old life as I traveled my grief journey. It took time and healing before some of who I was before his death started to resurface. Eventually, I was able to pick up the yarn again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New Chapter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This time, I picked up the yarn with the purpose of caring for myself through a creative outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the years that passed, I completed many hours of therapy and the deep emotional work needed for healing. So, when I started feeling the urge to be creative and heard the call of the yarn store, I had no idea the impact on my love of crafting by the emotional work I was doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My love for crafting and design merged with all I learned about personal growth, self-care, productivity, achieving goals, and providing for my family. It was exciting! The fog of uncertainty started to clear, and I saw a new path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, Solo Stitching was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have created Solo Stitching as a place for you to learn, be inspired, care for yourself through creativity, and build confidence…one stitch at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I continue to build the knowledge base, I will post new tutorials and videos, new projects in the shop, and open classes (one-on-one and group).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is anything you would like to learn, please email me at admin@ahighlyunlikelylife.com or drop down in the comments and let me know what you want to see and learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for being here! I’m excited to take this journey with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

xo-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lavena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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