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A little over 2 years ago when my anxiety was out of control, I decided I wanted to see if learning to crochet would help settle me down. I tried to find lessons locally, but there was nothing in the search results of my browser. There was, however, an online site called Craftsy. I decided to give it a try and amazingly enough, I was able to learn crochet. I also learned to knit from that site.
Fast forward and Craftsy was bought out by a big company and started a streaming service where users paid a monthly fee. This wouldn't work for me because I don't have a lot of time. It's different when you buy a class and it's yours forever, but streaming? I wouldn't get my money's worth.
I resisted the lure until January. They offered $10 off the annual subscription price and 12 classes that you could own forever for free. I took the annual price, divided it by 12 classes, and came up with around $6.00 a class. That's cheaper than any sale Craftsy ever had. I caved, deciding that the cost per class was worth it.
And I discovered I want to try all the things. I watched half of the learn to sew class, toyed with actually learning to sew, then slept on it and realized I didn't have the time. Besides, I wanted to so the learn to pencil sketch and learn to draw with colored pencil classes and that desire was stronger than sewing. I've also watched classes on brush lettering, cutting with vinyl on my Silhouette Cameo, and a class on how to arrange flowers.
Yes, I now want to do all the things. I didn't expect Bluprint to be this addictive.
And now I kind of want to stay subscribed even after my year is up. I know, right? This is clearly what they were hoping for when they cast their lure in my email pool. The thing is that I'm normally not crafty and I barely have enough time to knit. Where am I going to find time for the other things, too?
Guess I'll be figuring out what to do and what to drop over the next few months.
