Knitting and Etsy
I haven't talked about my knitting escapades in a while, mostly because with our living room in turmoil I haven't had the time or desire to take pictures and post them. I'll get to it soon.
Last year I found some fantastic Laines du Nord Korall Fancy at a local yarn shop and picked up a bunch of colors along with some of their coordinating solids. I had NO idea what to do with it, though, so it sat for a time. Then it occurred to me that one can always use mittens, and I was totally jonesing to try out the warmest mittens mitten pattern I found online. My mother always made two-needle mittens, meaning she would knit them flat and then sew up the outsides and the fingertips. I don't like the squared-off look of most two-needle mitten patterns. I was looking for a pattern knitted in the round, traditional looking and not knit in huge yarn on huge needles.
I decided to try the Korall color 1212 and see how it worked up - it looks fantastic! I used slightly smaller needles than I think I should have, only because the yarn is chunky and the pattern calls for worsted. The result is a very dense fabric that still has a decent amount of flex. I've finished the body of one mitten and it's a bit form-fitting across my fingers, which actually I don't mind. I still have to make the thumb. I'm very pleased with how it came out.
I'm also nearly done with the Bzzz Hat for Queen Bees (that picture is someone else's hat, not mine) and I'm very happy with how it's coming out. I got a fantastic yarn for it, I searched for a while to find just the right shade of gold/orange/yellow and then the bee buttons that I scrounged all over heaven and earth to find. (they had to metal, had to be painted, had to be small...I'm picky that way). I think I've got probably about ten more rows and then it's finished, but I got to the point I had to switch from the circular needle to double-pointed needles and my dpns are in another project right now so OMGBBQ!!!!!11eleventyone!!!1!
Yeah, I've had too much coffee today. Excuse me.
*drinks huge tumbler of water*
Ah. moving on...
At the suggestion of a friend, I checked out Etsy and decided to set up my own little store. There's nothing in it, yet, but very soon I plan to add the backlog of things around my house that I've made and have no immediate use for. I have a Tupperware bowl full of beaded necklaces from, what, 2000? I also have a bunch of sewn things, some knitted and crocheted tidbits, and who knows what else. I made a bunch of little animals out of Fimo, too, I just remembered that.
But I've started thinking about all sorts of things I can put up there that would be fun to make - for instance, every xmas (before kidlet) I would make my own handmade holiday cards. It was a lot of fun and I would always get comments from people thinking I bought them in some froufrou shop. So hey, why not sell them? I can make one and put a photo of it online, then make as many as needed as I sell them. God knows I already have all of the materials to make probably a gross of cards (no, really, no joke) so it's not like I'd have to go buy anything new.
I'll be sure to pimp my store once I get some actual inventory in it. I'm excited about this prospect.
Last year I found some fantastic Laines du Nord Korall Fancy at a local yarn shop and picked up a bunch of colors along with some of their coordinating solids. I had NO idea what to do with it, though, so it sat for a time. Then it occurred to me that one can always use mittens, and I was totally jonesing to try out the warmest mittens mitten pattern I found online. My mother always made two-needle mittens, meaning she would knit them flat and then sew up the outsides and the fingertips. I don't like the squared-off look of most two-needle mitten patterns. I was looking for a pattern knitted in the round, traditional looking and not knit in huge yarn on huge needles.
I decided to try the Korall color 1212 and see how it worked up - it looks fantastic! I used slightly smaller needles than I think I should have, only because the yarn is chunky and the pattern calls for worsted. The result is a very dense fabric that still has a decent amount of flex. I've finished the body of one mitten and it's a bit form-fitting across my fingers, which actually I don't mind. I still have to make the thumb. I'm very pleased with how it came out.
I'm also nearly done with the Bzzz Hat for Queen Bees (that picture is someone else's hat, not mine) and I'm very happy with how it's coming out. I got a fantastic yarn for it, I searched for a while to find just the right shade of gold/orange/yellow and then the bee buttons that I scrounged all over heaven and earth to find. (they had to metal, had to be painted, had to be small...I'm picky that way). I think I've got probably about ten more rows and then it's finished, but I got to the point I had to switch from the circular needle to double-pointed needles and my dpns are in another project right now so OMGBBQ!!!!!11eleventyone!!!1!
Yeah, I've had too much coffee today. Excuse me.
*drinks huge tumbler of water*
Ah. moving on...
At the suggestion of a friend, I checked out Etsy and decided to set up my own little store. There's nothing in it, yet, but very soon I plan to add the backlog of things around my house that I've made and have no immediate use for. I have a Tupperware bowl full of beaded necklaces from, what, 2000? I also have a bunch of sewn things, some knitted and crocheted tidbits, and who knows what else. I made a bunch of little animals out of Fimo, too, I just remembered that.
But I've started thinking about all sorts of things I can put up there that would be fun to make - for instance, every xmas (before kidlet) I would make my own handmade holiday cards. It was a lot of fun and I would always get comments from people thinking I bought them in some froufrou shop. So hey, why not sell them? I can make one and put a photo of it online, then make as many as needed as I sell them. God knows I already have all of the materials to make probably a gross of cards (no, really, no joke) so it's not like I'd have to go buy anything new.
I'll be sure to pimp my store once I get some actual inventory in it. I'm excited about this prospect.
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