Etsy

I want to start an etsy store. I have set up the account and plan to sell t-shirt yarn and maybe some crocheted items. I'm just really nervous. So much to take care of- prices, shipping, fees, and my profile on etsy. I have 2 weeks left of this summer class and then I start my clinical. For once I'm not stressed about a final so I'm trying to get the etsy account and profile all set up so I can put some stuff on it soon. If anyone has any ideas or encouragement for me, please let me know!

I'm back!

Well I haven't posted a blog in a while. Oh well. Everthing has been hibernating for a while because I was so busy with school. Now school is still going strong but work has calmed down a little.

Lately I have been working on projects for others. I desperately want to make something for me now. Or get back to playing with my tarn, plarn, or even make some panty hose yarn!

Right now I am crocheting a green shrug while I should be studying. Next I think I'm going to make a american flag blanket, and then I can make something for me.

Well, enough updating for now. Check out my flickr or ravelry to see all the stuff I made. :)

Illusion

Wow..I haven't blogged in a while. Sorry. So yeah...I survived the Hurricane. lol.

I haven't really been crocheting a lot. I've been busy doing other things. But I did finally try crochet illusion. I was really excited. I like the illusion knitting, but just like regular knitting, it was too slow for me. So when I heard about crochet illusion, I had to research it and figure it out. So I found a group on yahoo groups and when they finally accepted me, I was able to get some of the patterns. I decided to make a heart scarf.

So here it just likes a striped scarf...


And here, you can see the hearts!


Yayy! It's really pretty. I'm very proud.

And now I get to hurry and make some Christmas presents! And this blog kinds seems random when I am rereading it, so.. sorry.

Hunkering down

Hurricane Ike is on its way. Yayy. Michaels finally closed yesterday at 3. But now I am just really bored. I am trying to figure out what Hurricane projects I want to make.

I have been trying the crochet socks the past week, but none are turning out the way I like. Most of them are too big. The ones that were closest to almost being my size, were cabled, but I didn't like the way the striped yarn was doing the cables. But now I am thinking I should just make those since those might be the only ones that would fit me.

I also need to make Linda a post-leaving Michaels blanket since I didn't get her anything before she left. I haven't figured out what pattern I want yet. I was thinking another round ripple because that was actually fun. And she wont know shes getting the same one as Stela. :P Oh, crap. She might now. hehe.

Well, that is all for now. I need to figure out the patterns I want before the hurricane gets here. Which I guess I still have all day, but I am easily distracted and might end up playing DS instead.

Updates...so many....

Well, I forgot that I hadn't updated this since before vacation. Yeah, so I got absolutely nothing accomplished on vacation. I was working on J-liz's dance shrug, but it was too small so I ripped it out, and worked on it when I got back home. But it is finished now if you want to see it.


It is black, and I was wearing black, and I am too lazy to take another pic. Sorry. And I did finish one skull on my skull illusion scarf, but its still gonna take forever.

And then I bought a bought a crocheted Christmas stockings book and wanted to make the Carrot Stocking. I am not really sure why. I like bunnies, and bunnies like carrots, so it made sense to me. And we had lots of orange yarn that we didnt know what to do with. So it was perfect. haha. I have finished the carrot and still need to do the leaves. I think I have one leaf done out of eight. Here is the carrot:

And then I also bought some Glow in the Dark yarn. I just had to have it. Weird, I know. So I made a headband. I didnt know what else to do with the very small skein (1.4 oz). It does glow...pretty neat.

And now I am crocheting a round ripple blanket for Stela at Michaels. She has been the floral designer there for several years and she is leaving to go to another store closer to her house. She is always complimenting me on my skills and how creative I am and I feel bad for just now thinking that I should make her something. She will be leaving very soon. And I also feel bad because Linda is gone now. I didn't think to make her anything. Gah. Linda has been there for almost the opening of the store. She was only a couple months behind. Oh well. Here is my round ripple in progress.


Um, I think that is my updates for now. I guess I need to blog more so I am not listing so many projects all at once. haha.

what to do?

So I am leaving with my parents to go to South Dakota on Sunday. We are driving as usual, so I will have a lot of free time. I am trying to figure out now what I want to do. I kinda cleaned my room today and I found a some UFOs. The most recent ones are my socks (that are messed up and I haven't decided what I want to do with them) and the skull illusion scarf. Some ones that apparently have been there a while are the tortoise and a skully shirt that I will probably frog. The tortoise just needs to be sewn together. Maybe I can do that before we leave if I can get in the mood. I also bought two new books the other day. One is Cute Little Animals and the other is Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet. Both have some really cute animals in there I want to make. But I don't think I should bring too many new projects to start because I know I will also have my DS and my NASCAR romance novels that I also forgot I had that I found while cleaning. haha. Is it weird that I spend more time trying to figure out what projects I want to bring than what clothes and everything else I want to take? Of course the yarn is more important than anything else! Well I guess I will go back to trying to finish cleaning my room. Maybe I can find some more goodies!

Moo

Huh, I haven't posted on here in a while. I'm sorry. I guess I was too busy with school. I guess I don't have to worry about that for a while. :)

Anyways, I havent really crocheted much in a while. I've been distracted by my DS. Oops. But I did make some camels. They are kinda cute.



I made two- one for me and one for Jesseliz. We rode the camels at the rodeo, so I made them for us to always remember...awww. One is going to be named Hanna and one will be Miley. haha, get it? We rode them the day Hanna Montana was there. No, we did not go to the concert.



I've been in an animal mood now. I'm kinda working on an elephant. I'm not sure how long that is going to take. I keep getting bored with it. I also have a dolphin and a turtle on my queue. hm...

And I still haven't gotten very far with my knitted skull illusion scarf. It hurts my hand. I haven't tried it in a while, maybe I should do a couple rows.

That is all for now. I will try to crochet more and play DS less. haha, yeah right.