For a couple of years now I’ve been keeping a knitting blog, which has been a fun way to record projects and be involved in the craft. But now my interests are broadening, and also returning to old ones – like art – and I need a new blog to reflect that. So I’ve started Creative Fidget, a journal of creative ideas, experiments and projects.

I could start separate blogs for all the different hobbies, crafts and such that I enjoy, but that would mean maintaining a lot of blogs. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that all this creativity is linked. I’m lucky enough to have a creative job – I write fantasy novels. Yet I’ve found that if I do nothing but write I quickly lose interest, while if I take time out to paint now and then the inspiration and motivation to write is easily maintained.

And whenever I encounter a knarly plot problem, I pick up some knitting and get a few rows done. Otherwise I’d get out of my seat, and that only leads to finding something else to do. This way I get back to writing as soon as I’ve thought of a solution… and I have a lot of warm, comfortable handknit socks.

If you’re interested in seeing some of my art and illustration work, follow the links from the main Creative Fidget page. My old blog has been imported to this one, so you’ll find my past knitting, crochet and weaving endeavors by exploring the archives here.

But from here on in I’ll be blogging about all my creative adventures in one place: my Creative Fidget blog.