Birdcages and freedom

Ideas come to us when we least expect them. A few days ago I was watching a silly little bird hoping along my fence, doing whatever little birds do, it looked so happy and free, when I remember that there are people that have them at home in birdcages! What a horrible thing to do, to deprive an animal from its freedom! That's when I had an idea for my next project, I was going to make a birdcage with a bird in crochet ( after all a crochet bird doesn't go anywhere). This was going to be a challenge, a cage has a rigid structure and I was going to use a soft material to do it.

I thought using a thin wire I could make it work. I was wrong! It turn out a horrible thing that I didn't complete.

 

I needed a different approach.

 

This one I like, it looks like a circus tent birdcage, it has some imperfections but a handmade item will never be perfect. Those imperfections give character to the objects. This is a cute birdcage, makes me smile but it is not at all like the one I had in my mind.

I made another one, this time I kept faithful to my original idea, and

 

I got it, this is it. A birdcage made of soft cotton. It should have made me happy and proud but it didn't, the bird looks sad. Real or not the concept is the same, a bird lost its freedom.

Yes, I know I'm crazy, but I was not happy. What I needed to do was something cute but more bird friendly, so

 

I made a bird house. It's my first one, it needs many improvements but I am now on the right path.

Tangled

I decided to change my blog's name. Tangled. That's me. I was walking on the string of life and I was caught in a knot! It's not a bad thing, but I will need some time to untangle myself and move on.

My mind moves too fast, it doesn't give me enough time to think each thing through! So I go from one idea  to another, from one project to the next and it feels that I am going around in circles when I could be moving forward.

While I try to untangle myself I am doing some crochet. I found out that I don't like to follow patterns, I prefer to create my own. I also realised that my mind likes to come up with  silly things! Normally when you think of crochet or knitting you think of blankets and jumpers, I think of owls, chicks and deer heads.

 

 I made some cushions, as well, (silly ones that I love very much)

 

 

But the one that I am really proud of is my deer head, it's my own design and it was a big challenge, after all, I only started to learn crochet a month ago.

 

I need to come up with some sort of frame, and yes it's silly but looking at it makes me happy, it brought me many moments of frustration but in the end I got it right. This head is my trophy, is a reminder of what I can accomplish.

 

Have a Happy day!