the store

I've updated it.

just a couple of things right now...
depending on the sales I'll decide later if I want to try to sell more.


OH, Doh! I already mentioned that

the store

I added a couple of items. I figure it's only $0.20 to list and then a small percentage if I make a sale, so I'm listing my summer makings. I'll see how I do the rest of this summer and then I'll decide from there if I should bother keeping the store stocked

a few more tiny projects

Jewelry.
I haven't worn much by way of jewelry for a while. maybe I've let myself go in more than one way... but that's neither here nor there...
while this summer is hot and uncomfortable I have decided to work on small crochet items so I can continue to be doing something without making myself more uncomfortable.

goth choker/ankle bracelet $8.00

choker/ankle bracelet (for the large) $6.00

I have decided that my particular tastes and designs should be categorized as 'shabby chic' but I will be ridiculous and call it 'abby chic' - ha ha

icy blue necklace sold

but that's not really far from the truth being that I've never been overly fancy. I'm more simplistic in my taste in clothes and jewelry

bracelet sold

sugared plum necklace sold

I have to measure these again so I can list that information as well...
I'll do that soon.

I don't have a huge inventory

but I have been gradually making (creating) just to keep myself from being bored

I started out a couple of months ago making washcloths with the flower centers. but I got distracted with school letting out and summer vacation taking over

but my hands got bored and I had to do something that would not cover me with pounds of yarn

wash cloths are really best little project and I have been making many this week

it has been very hot and humid here and I haven't had the will to work on anything bigger and I guess that means that I will be cutting it a lot closer with the TARDIS blanket I am making my son for Christmas but once it cools off and dries up I will be able to work on that non-stop

so until then I will continue on with tiny projects

wow! it's hot!

I haven't done a whole lot of crocheting in the last couple of weeks and I've really bounced around on my projects. I haven't completed anything for a while either. I really do feel kind of bad about that. but in my defense, it has been really hot and not only that but humid as well. I can safely say that this is the most uncomfortable Summer we have had in about 10 years.

so the other day I sat thinking about how I haven't finished anything for a while and it's due to the discomfort of being covered in a yarny project so the solution is to go smaller.

WASH CLOTHES! they are small projects that I can finish quickly and they are wonderfully useful.
so I have been making some of those.
I'll get pictures up soon of the totally simple gems

can't one project be enough?

I have gone back and forth with myself about whether I should keep going with my little store or not.
I really am not a salesman. I just don't have it in me to be pushy or whatever it takes to be a salesperson... but I just can't stop playing with yarn.
in fact this week I have 5 projects that I am currently working on - more like switching between - and I have a list of more that I have plans to make either for friends or just to make them.
I have fallen in love with Tunisian style crochet. I am making a shopping bag with this particular style. I learned a new (to me) stitch and just took off.it really does work up quickly and I would have been done with it a long time ago if I hadn't been so distracted with other things.
last week I was looking around on Ravelry and found a tunisian crochet group. someone had mentioned recently discovering 'tunisian in the round'. interest piqued. looked it up and the next thing I knew I was at Hobby Lobby buying a double ended hook.
ok. so that just isn't enough for me I guess. How about a crown for cutie girls to play dress up?

I've made several of these before and I have even sold my pattern for it a couple of times, but I have never made one to sell. maybe I will save it for the farmer's market in a couple of months and see if there is any interest.

that's not all... I have a couple of bracelets, too.

I made this one and it is a bit big for my wrist but it would be just adorable as an ankle bracelet. Emma really liked it and so I made this green one -still needs clasp- but it would fit her very well... so I guess I will be adding these to my list of Farmer's Market inventory
then I just had to get all ADD and add one more thing to my long list of things I am already doing but not finishing yet.
I have been wanting to work with sock yarn for a while but have put it off mostly because of the expense. Sock yarn is kind of spendy at $5 for 1.75 ounces of yarn (for me that's a lot), but I have to tell myself that I am getting over 200 yds of yarn.
anyway I am working on a toy. A crab to be exact - which the picture is not at all helpful in realizing my dream. I've started and pulled it apart a couple of times already, but I think I am now on the right track. hopefully I will have a pattern soon.


then there is the blanket I am working on for my son for Christmas (see previous post)

My list just keeps growing and growing. what's wrong with me?!

I'm working on a Christmas present.

I am making a TARDIS blanket for my son.

I don't know if I will write out the pattern yet. it will just be very simple with single crochet stitches for almost the entire project. I suppose if I'm very happy with the end results I will take the time to completely write it out. currently I'm working from a graph I made. that will be part of the pattern once written.

by my calculations it will be gigantic. 4.5' x 7.5' (tee hee) I haven't gotten too far on it. so far most of my time was spent on drawing up a graph for it and calculation amounts of yarn and then deciding what size hook so it didn't end up 20 feet long.

At least I have until Christmas to finish it.
:)