Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Drawing, Knitting, Writing, more by Yen Ha

What are you working on—on the side?

I have many side projects—a lunch blog with my business partner, two monthly book clubs, writing short stories, but mostly I like to make things. I make knit scarves, line drawings, winter wool hats, leg warmers, large-scale landscapes and postcard-size sketches. I make things that can be worked on and stored in the small spaces of a city apartment with two kids. Several years ago, a friend asked me to contribute to a book called “Outside the Lines, Too.” S...