(September is the perfect month to start over: crochet hook in hand, let’s go!)

There’s something subtle and silent that sneaks between your hands as you try to begin a new creation. It’s not a tangle of yarn. It’s not even that ball of yarn that refuses to cooperate.

It’s self-sabotage.

September brings the desire to start fresh, and even if it hurts to say, it’s just around the corner. It’s time to tidy up those half-finished projects and rediscover the joy of creating. But often, just when you’re about to start that crochet bag you saved days ago, something happens. You have the canvas mesh ready, the perfect yarn, even the right hook. Yet you scroll one more time on Instagram. Then you check your emails. Then you get up to tidy your desk.

The problem isn’t your creativity. It’s some invisible habits that are suffocating it.

Here are the 5 worst ones, shared like we’re in the living room with friends, yarn in hand and zero judgment.

1. Saying “I don’t have time” even when you do.

Creativity is like a succulent plant: it doesn’t need hours of water, just presence. Saying “I don’t have time” while scrolling TikTok for 22 minutes isn’t the problem... it’s the symptom.

Often behind that phrase is the fear of not making something beautiful. So your mind finds a thousand other priorities.

The trick: start with 10 minutes a day. Set it like an appointment. You don’t need to finish a project—just start it.

2. Consuming more than you create

Saved tutorials? So many. Too many. Every day new patterns, new bags, new handmade items. But by watching too much, you forget to make.

This creates a creative short-circuit: the more beautiful things you see, the more inadequate you feel.

The trick: every time you save a piece of content, take action. Even just a swatch, a color test, or a sketch.

Crochet creativity needs hands, not just eyes.

3. Waiting for “the right inspiration”

The perfect idea doesn’t exist. What you imagine in your head is just a starting point.

Those who create every day know this: inspiration is built by working, even on off days.

The trick: make a creative to-do list with 3 simple and doable ideas, even if they don’t feel brilliant. Then pick one and start.

The rest… will come. Always.

4. Saying “it’s not my style” too often

The phrase “it’s not for me” can be an elegant excuse. It’s good to have a creative identity, but if you don’t experiment, you fade out.

Sometimes, that phrase is just fear of failure or judgment in disguise.

The trick: choose a project completely outside your usual style and treat it like a game.

You might discover a new side of yourself. Or, simply, have fun.

5. Always chasing perfection

How many creations have been left unfinished because “they weren’t turning out right”?

Spoiler: perfection is boring. Handmade things are beautiful because they’re unique, alive, and imperfect.

Every misplaced stitch tells a true story—yours.

The trick: complete at least one project without fixing anything. Look at it. Love it. Learn to see the beauty of the process, not just the result.

From one creative to another.

Creativity isn’t a superpower for the few. It’s a daily choice. A crochet hook you pick up even when your mind is elsewhere. A color that doesn’t convince you, but you try anyway.

September is the perfect moment to begin again.

If you want your inspiration to bloom again, start here: stop sabotaging yourself. And begin—even just for fun—to make space inside yourself for everything you want to become.

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Did you recognize yourself in any of these habits?

Rosaria Tessiland®