Yearly Archives: 2007

10 days to go.

Posted on August 10, 2007 by | Comments Off on 10 days to go.

Must be time for a WIP/to do list. I don’t want to forget anything before my hands become too busy holding the baby to pick up a hook. 😀 I don’t think it’s going to be an overly long break, but so much will depend on the temperament of the little one…the first I held constantly for months, the second couldn’t wait to be put down. So who really knows what I’m getting myself into here? LOL. Anyway, to be finished:

—green/white cloth in progress
–pattern in progress
–photograph rest of finished projects
—daisy square Going in the mail in the morning! (Note to self, K, RHSS.)
–possibly make more cloths…I have lovely cotton for them already…
–custom order! Yay!

Hmm…I feel like I’m forgetting something. I suspect I’ll be adding to the list…but at least it’s here. Because my brain is like a steel, er, sieve right now…

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It’s been a huge day here. Huge!

Posted on August 8, 2007 by | 2 comments

I made my first sale on Etsy.

And I finally got my first 5 squares in the mail for this project:

Share a Square

I’m hoping to be able to contribute a few more here and there over the coming months. I just can’t promise a thing with the baby on the way. I think it’s a great project, though, and the more people she can get squares from, the better, so if you’re out there and squarely inclined at all, you might want to drop a few in the mail.

The other project I’ve got going on outside the shop is to get at least one square made for Krystal as promised. I’ve just got to get the size right…

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I’ve finally gotten around to writing an about page of sorts.

Posted on August 7, 2007 by | Comments Off on I’ve finally gotten around to writing an about page of sorts.

Go me! ROFL!

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Sorry I’ve been so quiet…

Posted on August 6, 2007 by | Comments Off on Sorry I’ve been so quiet…

I just haven’t had a lot to say.

It’s been hot…like hide in our single air-conditioned room hot. And when it isn’t, I’ve been frantically trying to catch up with the housework. I’ve got a maximum of two weeks before this baby gets here and I’m getting a little stressed.

I made my first sale last week…a custom order that I think turned out pretty well. The person who bought it seemed thrilled, too, and I hope she still likes it as well after having a chance to use it.

I’m still stuck in dishcloth-making mode, though I’ve got a couple of other things brewing, too. It’s frustrating because my head is just full of ideas and I just don’t have the time to execute them. I should make detailed notes so that I can pick this back up in a couple of months. It’s going to be slow of necessity around here for a bit, given that newborns are cuddly things. (And it’s wonderful that they are! It’s just that I need two hands to crochet…lol).

Anyway, more when I get a chance. It’s bearable today, so I’m working through the laundry backlog. Fun stuff. 😀

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Just hiding.

Posted on August 4, 2007 by | Comments Off on Just hiding.

Nothing exciting here…just a string of very hot days that have kept me away from my computer.

Back soon.

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I didn’t think I crocheted *that* tightly.

Posted on July 31, 2007 by | 1 comment

But I guess I do.

I decided to sit down and make one of Krystal’s squares today, so that I could get it finished and sent before Baby Boy makes his appearance. I bumped the hook up a size and still came up with the square being an inch too small across. Time to go after it with an even bigger hook, I’d guess. And maybe RHSS instead of Simply Soft…the soft yarns seem to be a bit lighter-weight…hmmm. We’ll see. I’ll have to try it again next naptime. Can’t do a thing with the little one helping. 😀

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I feel so much less alone now.

Posted on July 30, 2007 by | Comments Off on I feel so much less alone now.

On today’s agenda: sweeping up a mess that very much resembles this one.

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I just don’t have much to say.

Posted on July 29, 2007 by | Comments Off on I just don’t have much to say.

Still working my fingers off. I’ve got some absolutely lovely stuff done that will be going in the shop. Still housewares-y, dishcloths and the like. Have a new idea for a coaster floating around in my head, and if I can do what I think I’ll be able to with it I’ll be mighty pleased. Made the most awesome little pocket meant to be the size to hold a few teabags and sweeteners in a purse or something. I’m sure I saw the idea somewhere…I love this trend of a specific accessory for a specific purpose. All of the things that get beat to hell in a purse deserve their own little cozies to keep them safe. 🙂 I got my huge shipment of thread and I’ve got several things planned for that. And I’m almost done with the special order I’ve been working on.

The sad thing is that today was supposed to be a bit cooler and it changed its mind about actually, following through on that little promise so even though I’m terribly uncomfortable just sitting here I’m going to have to go clean the kitchen, since I left it for today when it was supposed to be cooler. I absolutely loathe it when that happens.

And yes, I will soon be less obsessed with the weather. Just as soon as the seasons start to change. You see, we have a heater, so the weather in winter interests me considerably less than the unaltered summer weather. LOL.

It really hasn’t been a bad summer. But the dewpoint is 76 degrees right now, and I’m tempted to start muttering about how if I wanted to live in the tropics I would, you know , live in the tropics…

😀

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I am clearly on a housewares binge.

Posted on July 27, 2007 by | Comments Off on I am clearly on a housewares binge.

Coasters, coasters, and more coasters, followed by dishcloths, and soon more coasters. With a brief break as soon as the supplies arrive to make a special order, which they should today. I ordered some more thread for me along with the thread for the order, so thready things will probably take over once housware-sy things have been exhausted.

It’s the cotton. I am having an absolute love affair with cotton yarn. I love how it looks, I love how it feels, I love how it works up, I love the colors it comes in, I love how sturdy it is, and I love that I can afford to work with it. Looooooove.

I’m sure I’ll get back to the creature creating before long, if only so that I have some to put in a show that’ll be happening in January (though they’re so much fun their time will no doubt come again anyway), but I suspect when I do they’ll be entirely made of cotton.

It’s just that good.

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Finally! Shop stuff!

Posted on July 25, 2007 by | Comments Off on Finally! Shop stuff!

I finally managed to finish some more goodies for the shop. I’ve been mad about cotton lately, and simple stitches and wild color combinations, and so there’s a set of coasters there that I just love and several more coming. I absolutely love how simple and functional and eye-catching these things are, and I’ve got a set I’ve been using around the house and they’re just wonderful.

I’d be working on more but that I’ve got to do *something* toward cleaning this house up a bit before it gets really disgustingly hot later this afternoon. Ah, summer. 🙂

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