Bad Kitten Blogger

I've been a bad blogger. It's been a long time since I posted. Life got in the way. First work got busy and then I took a short vacation. Then the dog ate my camera charger cord, and then I found out last night that there won't be any pictures for a while, because the memory stick is sitting in my mom's house an hour and a half away. It has not been a good couple of weeks for blogging.

You did read it right, the dog ate my camera cord. Skyler is the most expensive rescue dog ever. When we got him it was $250 to rescue him, not too bad, the money goes back into the rescue organization. The week after we got Skyler my daughter stepped on his paw and broke it. Not cheap to fix. Then his dewclaw grew into his foot, yet again an expensive vet visit. In the meantime we discovered that the dog had a penchant for plastic toys. He doesn't just chew them up, he eats them. So now he can't play in the same room as the kids. And he continues to eat anything that comes into his path. He's even been know to try to eat a skein of yarn. He's lucky his one year rescue dog warranty has run out. Otherwise I might leave him on their doorstep with a bag of chewed up plastic toddler toys.

So to the yarn, I've completed a couple of projects lately and started a few. I finished my hat out of Reese's Fleeces. Of course it is in the test knit stage. I will soon be offering balls of it for sale. I just need to figure out yardages and just how far it will go. Mouse is my other current knitter of product and it has been proven yet again that Mouse knits a lot looser than I do. My test hat could almost hold water.

I crocheted a pair of flip-flops, so now I have fuzzy feet. I used Bernat Boa in Cardinal, a gorgeous red and black. Now I just need a pedicure to show off my pretty work.

I started a really neato poncho from Stitch Diva Studios. A floral motif poncho that is challenging my mad crochet skillz. Word. Actually I am having difficulties, but I bought it because I haven't stretched my talent with a hook for a while. I then picked probably the worst yarn to work with, Crochet cotton, I wanted something cool. It doesn't drape that well yet though. I figure once it has more weight it will hang better. I also had to reswatch my gauge 4 times, because I crochet tighter than the woman who wrote the pattern. It's my at home project since when I put it in my bag it just wants to tangle.

I also made a cool new bag, it's designed for the knitter. It's also in test stages. I am going to have to tweak the design some until I end up with the perfect bag. I'm also going to foray into the clothing category. I picked up a pattern book for crocheted sweaters. I'm starting with crocheted since I'm a pretty excellent hooker, knit comes later when I'm better at that than just hats and scarves. Okay, too long of a post with no break. Tommorow more, I swear

The New Boa.

Got the camera to work:

Here's the boa being modeled by RM:

I'm selling stuff

I have too much yarn. It must move on into someone else's stash. I had more yarn than I thought I had. I have problems admitting that I have too much yarn. My twelve step program has begun. The other step is to finish a bunch of stuff. I finished my candy along boa yesterday, so of course the digital camera is on the fritz.

First though the yarn, check it out...

Lot of 4 Skeins Regia Sock Yarn
Mixed Lot of 11 Skeins of Lion Brand Yarn
Mixed Lot of 7 Skeins of Boucle Yarn

I am proud of myself I have finished a couple of things lately. I finished RM's hat, and my bunny, and a purse, and now my boa. The boa is a blatant rip off of a pattern. I was in one of my LYS's and they had a boa on display and after looking at it for a minute or two I figured it out. It's not my fault I could tell how it was made and wasn't willing to pay 7 dollars for the store owners pattern. I'm just a poor working girl, who made said boa out of 13 dollar a ball yarn. It was already floating around in my stash. It's coral pink and so it really looks like sea life with the little flecks of color that are throughout it. Pictures when the camera works again.

Remember: A stamp collector never gets upset that he doesn't mail his stamps, why should I feel bad about not using my stash.

Finished item and some pics.

Haven't been too crafty lately since I'm always so tired. Sometimes the urge to sleep wins out. This last week I actually finished a project and am mostly done with another.
A couple of weeks back I bought a skein of yellow superwash merino by K1C2 for RM because she wanted me to make something for her. Since then I have been constantly hearing "Mommy, you done with my lellow hat? Why not?" So I fished it out again and add the last 3 rows that I just hadn't gotten to.

And a picture of A just because he wanted his picture taken. He's framing his own shot here, my future photographer. Take note, he also colored the door behind him with permanent marker, also a budding artist.

I also made my brocade zombie bunny. Everyone else likes him. I think he looks funny. The brocade fabric is my enemy, I will sew with it again, but I will find a better way. It frays like nobodys business.

Next time there will hopefully be finished pics of my tutti frutti boa. I love the yarn but unless I suddenly become rich this is the only thing I will ever make out of it.

Good crafter.

I was a good crafty girl the last couple of days. I finished my blue and green crochet purse (note to self: Microspun=no shape)and a hat for RM that I forgot I had started. I organized some of my stuff, made a blanket for A, and decided that my circus peanut yarn may be a pillow.
On the downside, I have to stop buying stash. I found a fabric remnant and a skein of Lorna's Lace yarn that I forgot I even had, all buried under fabric. I also found my crochet hook set and my husband's headphones all buried under fabric. I have a problem. I am aware that I have a problem though. I realize I have to stop buying. That my stash exceeds my life span since I now work full time. Now I just need to finish more projects.
In the finishing projects vein, I am currently trying to figure out what I make that is marketable to sell. I have a list of about 15 different crafty items that I make with relative ease and could profit from the work I put in. Purses, stuffed animals, baby blankets, crocheted hats...all pretty easy and they have a market. Now to just set up that website.