Month: July 2024

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Cottage Core Goblins and Mushroom Tee

🌿 Introducing Our Whimsical Cottage Core Goblins and Mushroom Tee! 🌿

Are you ready to step into a magical world of enchantment? Look no further than our brand-new Cottage Core Goblins and Mushroom Tee! 🍄✨

👕 Crafted in 100% Cotton: Comfort Meets Style Our tee is made from soft, breathable cotton, perfect for those cozy days when you want to feel both comfortable and chic. Whether you’re strolling through sun-dappled forests or sipping tea by the fireplace, this tee has you covered.

🎨 Whimsical Graphics The whimsical graphic features adorable baby goblins nestled under vibrant, oversized mushrooms. It’s like a scene straight out of a fairy tale! 🧚‍♂️🍂

🌈 Colors Galore Choose from a palette of 9 delightful colors. Mix and match to create your own magical ensemble! 🌟

📏 Sizes for Everyone We believe magic should be accessible to all. That’s why our tee comes in 8 sizes, ensuring a perfect fit for every adventurer, gnome, or woodland sprite. 🌲

  • Everyday Wear: Pair it with jeans or a flowy skirt for a whimsical everyday look.
  • Cosplay Ready: Planning a fantasy-themed event? This tee is your ticket to becoming the ultimate forest dweller.
  • Gift Magic: Surprise a friend with a touch of enchantment. 🎁

 Have questions about sizing, styling, or the mystical origins of our goblins? Share your thoughts below! Let’s weave a magical thread of discussion. ✨🌿

Remember, our Cottage Core Goblins and Mushroom Tee is more than just a shirt—it’s an invitation to embrace the extraordinary. 🌟👚

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The Agenda

The agenda for today is…yikes! The view from the desk is not cool at all. Not like the last one that looked more cluttered than it was; this one is really cluttered.

What happened was I emptied the rolling cart that was holding various items and I placed said items on the table. I sorted something’s out and now I don’t know what I want to go back on the cart. So it all remains on the table.  But I do want to point out the beautiful square that is the first square of my afghan.  I don’t know if I told about Lion Brand Skein Tones going on sale at Michael’s for $2/ball. About a year ago, I saw it on sale and went nuts ordering it. I spent a little more than $200 which means I have a little more than 100 balls of it and I am going to make an afghan with it. smithy Blanket WIPThe original intent was to make an afghan but not a granny square.

 

This was the original intent. See all the skeins back there? I did make an afghan and sold it. That started me on the path to ordering all of it. In truth, JoAnn is having almost as good a sale on theirs. It’s about $2.30 a ball. Yeah, I caved. What? I want to make a lot of blankets!

With the afghan, I have 2.5 projects going. The Cottage Core shirt is being promoted and marketed. The cable scarf is an order on the needles but it’s something I should make more of so it is now on the rotation and I think I want to see what it looks like in a self striping yarn. 

Something is coming up in a few weeks that I am getting excited about and it will involve lots and lots…and lots of photos. The 30 day countdown began yesterday.

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Moonlight and Mushrooms

Moonlight and mushrooms. It doesn’t sound like it should be cute. But, turns out, it really is.

This is the latest graphic tee from Abbey & Lincoln.

It isn’t a simple matter of just have the computer create a graphic. (It’s what I thought at first.) There is work to be done afterward. Perhaps the color is off or won’t quite work with the shirt color. There are things which have to be figured out and tweaked to make them work. I’m enjoying this new aspect of business. There are more designs in my head that I want to make come true.

In yarn work, halfway through the month and there is not a lot to show for it. I can’t seem to get myself jumpstarted. But I do plug away. I have yet another design that I am working on. It was going to be the honeycomb stitch but it’s not doing what I want it to do so I’m thinking of switching to waffle stitch. It would mean going from knit to crochet but sometimes that has to happen in order to get the thing you want. Of course, I can always try a different method to get to the honeycomb. We’ll see how it all comes out. It always does one way or another.

 

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The Nurse Bundle

The Nurse Bundle. I was sitting there minding my own business when the idea for some new nurse downloads hit me. There was nothing else to do but create a new pack. I did and it’s available at Abbey & Lincoln. 

There are about 48 files in different formats and I think there’s a lot of fun to be had.

In other knitting news, this is the view from the desk today.

It looks much more cluttered than it is. Though I am not quite sure how that could be possible.

I am working on a new hat design. I have another digital design in the works along with a new idea for a spa cloth design that required going out to purchase solid color cotton because I don’t have a lot of it here. Might have some at storage – but really, am I gonna go look when there’s a sale closer? To be real, I purchased 10 skeins of I Love This Cotton – all solid colors and it will be used right away.

I started the design with variegated yarn and I knew it was a no-go. The pattern fights too much with the color so it’s better done solid.  Since that first attempt, I decided to change up how I’m doing the basketweave so it should all really click when it gets going.

Time is moving, we are almost halfway through July. I feel as if I’m behind on my creations. The shows are coming up in 4 and 5 months. It seems like a long way off but it isn’t really.