Yes – you can teach an old dog new tricks (but this one was easy).

I think it was more than a year ago that my sister asked me if I wanted to try the Diamond Dotz kit she had bought. She had started it but hadn’t worked on it for a while and didn’t know when or if she would have time for it again.

Until a few weeks ago it had been sitting in my craft room still in the box she sent it in. I hadn’t even looked at it to see what was involved. Suddenly I found myself without anything I wanted to crochet so I pulled out this project to work on in the evenings.

In this particular kit, which reminded me of a paint by number, the flower area was divided up into small circles each with a symbol inside indicating what color dot should be placed on that circle. There was a symbol key on the border of the picture. The flower area was also coated with some type of glue. The dots are made out of faceted resin and to apply them to the fabric I used a stylus that was included in the kit. First I dipped the tip of the stylus, that is slightly bigger than a ball point pen, into a wax. The wax helps the dot adhere to the stylus. Then I picked up a dot which fit perfectly on the end of the stylus and placed it on a circle that contained the matching symbol. The dot sticks to the glue on the fabric.

As my husband observed he first told me I was crazy (several times). Admittedly it was very small and intricate work, but I did not find it stressful. He eventually realized that I might find it therapeutic, which I did. Mostly I enjoyed the creative process, but I know the focus and fine motor coordination required is beneficial. I worked on it for one or two hours each evening for about two weeks. In the end my husband very much admired the finished project.

When it was finished I gave it to my sister. She loved it and plans on getting it framed.

I did enjoy this activity and would enjoy doing it again but only if I find a project that I really want to make for myself or someone else. I suspect it could be easy (for me) to get carried away and make a bunch of these and have nothing to do with them (LOL).

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