Grosgrain: SILHOUETTE MACHINE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: SILHOUETTE MACHINE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: SILHOUETTE MACHINE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: SILHOUETTE MACHINE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

BLOGSLACKING!!! what the...

I am not leaving the blog world, I just won't be working on any new projects for a while. If I can make good enough progress with the Advanced Project, you'll hear from me sooner than later. I am going to do a baby blanket, I'll definitely post it if it comes out well enough. I am picturing something simple done in a pastel purple (seeing that I don't know what I'm dealing with), and hopefully I can soften it up with some ribbon as well. If you all have any other suggestions for gender neutral colors feel free to post them.

All Good Things...

must come to an end. Don't worry it is not the end of my yarning career, it's just the end of it for a season or a quarter which ever you prefer. I have to work on getting my Advanced Project completed or else I'll be in college forever. So I am going to have to shut everything else down and concentrate solely on getting on with my education (there's still grad school, you know). I will still be blogging about knitting and crocheting until the end of this term, but I don't think that there will be must to post until I am done with school.

READ 'EM AND WEEP!

Yes! Thank you, thank you. I am now the proud owner of my first book on crocheting. I am so happy. I sat up most of the night actually reading it and reviewing the projects over and over and over. One day when I grow up, I am going to actually try some of the projects. Yes you will be weeping once I reach stardom and you can say that you knew me when (hee hee). It's a real easy book, it looks as if most of the projects are for the beginner and the advanced beginners. I am not sure what I am at this point. I purchased this book at Joanne fabrics, which has a wide variety of books on any and every hobby imaginable. There were quite a few books that I was interested in and all were reasonably priced, so it was a very hard to decide which one I wanted the most. I opted for this one because the projects were for crocheting and I have most of the supplies for that already, the projects are also really fun and funky and in tune with the times. I also like the fact that it introduced you to more clubs and how to start your own as well. It has already given me another idea for charity using the leftover yarns from you projects. How cool is that ? One of the other books dealt strictly with knitting, but the projects were easy, colorful and fun. I decided that I would purchase that one next. The final book dealt strictly with crocheting luxurious items and required more advanced skills and a pricier and better quality of yarns such as angora, alpaca and the likes. The projects were fabulous! That will be my third purchase, because eventually I will get there and I want to have that book in my repertoire, the projects are TIMELESS. I still need to add a few more needles to my stock and they also recommend doing test swatches before starting your projects, to insure that you are doing the stitch and gauge correctly. I am purchasing them one at a time, so I can govern my spending habits better and with the Joanne's 40% coupon the books turn out to be very inexpensive and I get to treat myself to a little somethin' every week. This purchase was originally 17.95 but with the coupon it only cost me 11.52 after tax. Seven dollars and some change off isn't a bad deal. I can't wait until next week!!!

P.S. I will post the cover of each new book that I purchase, in case anyone wants to join in on the fun.

Inquiring Minds

Can we get some photos of your actual work? I would love to see the technique you use!

I would love to upload some pictures (can you help me out?), until then you will have to check me out in class.

Do you marketing your pieces? Or do them just for fun? Is this a business for you?

Like everything that I do, some work is for charity and other are FOR SALE. It's not a business as of yet, but it is in the works.

Community

I am finding out that most of the yarn companies have communities on their websites that coordinate projects for shelters and other charitable events. I haven't had the chance, but I will post them as links on my blog. I have crocheted approximately 8 to 10 scarfs thus far. I am running out of yarn so I'll be picking up some more. This time I'll be making them for women, so the colors will be a whole lot brighter.