Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Sidetracked again, already.

Sidetracking is ok, as long as it leads to something that amuses you. Yeah?

Don't know when I'll get around to finding a pot and plant to fulfill my vision of this collared planter cozy, but this Mason jar and fake succulent should be example enough for now.
I'm picturing a high collar, Dracula style. Or like one found around the neck of a fancy Elizabethan royal. But, for my plants.

I'm crazy, I'm sure. You can picture it, right?

Where the head and face would be if it were a bust of a person, replaced by a potted plant.  I'm thinking a Venus Flytrap with Dracula-esq style. Something with frilly white flowers backed by a noble woman's collar.

Who knows when this idea will finally bloom.

Now back to finishing what this rectangle of knitting machine fabric was trying to be before it gave me Transylvanian Count vibes.

Which is this....a tissue or wet wipes holder. Less amusing, more practical. 

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Let's try this Blogging thing again..

This page has been a desolate wasteland.  My intentions were to post finished projects, maybe tips and clarifications for my patterns...and of course promote my Etsy and push patterns.  

Finishing stuff is hard. Especially when I'm holding myself to higher standards than I'm capable of achieving. I'm not a professional, I can't begin to pretend to be a professional. I'm a scatter brained woman with the attention span of a crow. I come up with an idea and Have to see if it'll work, NOW.  This has given me a lot of awesome projects I want to share, but very few projects finished, written up, and nicely presented.

My Instagram is a testament to that.  From oldest to most recent, we've got:

Goth Moth doilie (not finished)
Cauldron mixer cozy (wasn't satisfied)
Geode mixer cozy (forgotten about)
Coffee mixer cozy (finished)
Luna Moth hanging (not finished)
Star garland (finished)
Star and moon garland (not finished)
Bat stitch wrap (not finished)
Star curtains (not finished)
Cauldron mixer cozy (finally finished)
Cape Serene shawl (not finished)
Crescent Dreams pillows (finished!)
Doilies on wire (not finished)
Round cushion (not finished)
Rose pillow (not finished)
Tombstone pillows (not finished)
Cookie mixer cozy (finished)
Webbed windows throw (not finished)
Snow Flurry garland (finished)
Folksy Fir Fresheners (finished)
Furry critter (not finished)
And then I got myself a knitting machine........
Knot pillow (not finished)
Fidget scarf (not finished, but almost)

Those are the projects captured in pictures, there's others in the works, like a berry basket mixer cozy and a textured spider to go with the webbed windows square. 

Maybe seeing this list will help me get my squirrels in a row.

I'm done waiting for myself to be totally satisfied with the finished project. I'm going to start using this blog to record the crafting process, not just the ta-da at the end.

I'll leave you with this, my assistant, Moki inspecting a Fidget Scarf, and then checking the quality of a large Crescent Dreams pillow done up with black velvet yarn.