Yearly Archives: 2008

Sigh.

I was hoping to end the year around here on a more inspired note, but there has just simply been so much going on in the non-blog, non-fiber world for me that I’ve got nothing to talk about here. I’m very much hoping that will change in 2009.

To anyone still wandering through: Happy New Year, and may the next year be kind to you and yours.

Still here!

I’d forgotten just how exhausting it is to work retail at the holidays. Yikes.

Anyway, for kicks and to see how it works out (and because I think a little competition might be good for Etsy), I opened an ArtFire shop: Neatly Tangled. Had a sale already, which I’m going to take as a very good sign, seeing as how I’ve only managed to list two patterns.

I hope the holidays are bringing you joy rather than the appallingly common misery.

This week?

Has pretty much been a bust from the crafting perspective. Between the insanity of pre-Christmas retail work and trying to work through some things at home, it’s been more than wild. And now to add to the chaos I’m relocating my workspace to another room, so I’ll be ripping it all apart and putting it back together again and no matter how I try, that will take days. But we’re cruising along here pretty well, for all that. So yay! LOL.

What I’ve been doing instead of posting:

~Chasing kids, mostly. The little booger-heads are hell to civilize. Stupid phases.

~Working an annoying mid-shift schedule at the Mega Lo Mart.

~Knitting a hat on my lunch break. Slowly, because knitting invites conversation and even though I can knit stockinette in the round and talk at the same time, the split in concentration slows me down.

~Not working on the ripple, because I need the kids to be in bed to haul that project out. I have a pic of the start of it, though:
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~Made Evangeline:

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and a New York Scarf:

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and New York Hat that is too big to really be worn, but will have a photo taken eventually because it was my first hat knit in the round and so is cool anyway.

~Making sets of dishcloths for a friend.

~Did I mention chasing kids?

~Did I mention our schedule being all shot to hell?

~Oh, and I had some sort of flulike bug that knocked me out for a good solid week and is still hanging around a week after that. And I’ve been trying to finish winterizing the apartment. And trying to get things clean-clean instead of just barely good enough. And stressing out about Christmas, because we’re wicked broke and because the family shenanigans are exasperating. And…well, you get the picture…

Hopefully I’ll be able to find some sort of rhythm here soon.

Twistin’ the night away…

Really. I should be in bed, but instead I’m wandering through Twist Collective‘s Winter 2008 issue. Yum.

I should have taken a picture of this…

But then this post would be as delayed as all the others around here. I keep thinking that I’ll post when I clear off the camera…

Anyway, my absolutest BFF, who has been putting up with me since I was 8 years old, sent me a birthday present. Janet Evanovich’s latest hidden in a huge box of odds and ends yarn. Seriously…the girl sent me a huge helping of random stash. The sort that takes years to accumulate. Scraps, but sizable ones. Nothing matches, and that’s the beauty of it…

Anyway, it’s almost all acrylic, and almost all worsted weight, so I’ve decided that it needs to be an afghan (or two!). And since I have never made one before, and this sort of assortment is perfect for it, I’ve decided that I’m going to make a ripple. And I’m so stupid excited that I think I’m going to set it up right now, instead of going to bed like a sensible person.

Yay!

Knitaversary!

A year ago I knit my very first little garter stitch rectangle. I’ve come a long way since then:

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Crochet will always be my first love, but knitting is my wild crush. What can I say? I hope the next year is half as much fun as the first one. 🙂

Its sort of absurd how long it has been since Ive posted here, isnt it?

Its been a couple of weeks without any real forward progress. Going to work, back from work, didn’t get to crochet at all…cant bear to report that every couple of days. So Ive been ignoring the blog instead. Heck, I haven’t even taken a trip down my blogroll in most of a week, probably. I’m not sure whats going on…it just seems like suddenly life has filled up all the little bits of space I was previously using to blog and design and play yarny games in.

I’m hoping to spend some time the next couple of days turning WIPs into FOs. Ill let you know how that goes.

That sound you hear?

That would be me cursing, because I put a project away for several months and then decided to finish it off, and after several hours of work I’ve discovered that my gauge on the new section is off. Badly. And a ruffly giant granny? Just looks sort of funny.

If I were more in love with it, I’d rip it and go back with another hook. As it is, though, the damned thing is getting a border and right out of my life.

Sometimes, you just have to know when you’ve been beaten. That time would be now.

Between the Lines now available!

My new scarf pattern is finished, and I’m working on getting it posted at Etsy and Ravelry and here as well. It’s my oldest daughter’s birthday today, so I’ve been taking time out for the festivities. I’ll update this post when I’ve got it posted everywhere. In the meantime, here’s a pretty pic:

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Thanks so much to Tracie at The Crochet Studio for testing for me again!

Update: It’s now posted for sale on Ravelry, on Etsy, and right here at the site.