Day: September 28, 2024

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The Mushrooms Tote Bag

The Mushrooms tote bag – c’mon now, it’s cute!! I will admit, this required very little tweaking but that’s because I drilled down with what I wanted from my AI assistant. Getting it to a higher res was a little bit of work but not as long as if I had to draw it myself. Which is a good thing cuz I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler!

Imma order one for myself. You know I loves me a tote bag! I have put each of my projects in its own tote bag and that way I can pick one up and go. Right now, I have six totes going and that’s because I shipped off two orders over the weekend!

I love this cycle of projects I have going. I work on almost all of them daily and at the beginning of a cycle it seems as if nothing gets done because none of them are finished the first or second days but and then maybe one or two will get done and new ones take their place but then comes that moment when one after the other gets finished and all of a sudden you feel like the most productive person on the planet.

That’s where I am right now. 

I saw the cutest magnetized bookmark and now I want to knit one. Though the version I saw was leather, I think I can do a knit or crochet version. I just have to get ahold of some magnets. I’m sure I can find them through the evil empire. Hold on, let me look. Yep and they’re cheap. I see a scrap yarn project and a craft show small price product in the near future.

 

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A New Hooded Scarf

Hooded scarf in the colorway Shadowberry

Hooded scarf in the colorway ShadowberryIt’s a NEW hooded scarf!

I haven’t done a new hooded scarf in a long time. This season is already starting with the hooded scarf being the thing that will sell. So the time seemed right to pull out some of the stash and she what could be used to make a new one.

It was a random (if anything can really be random) act that I ran across the skein of Caron Big Cakes in Shadowberry. I doubt I have another one and this was crying out to be used and voila! It’s already listed in the shop. 

I’m thinking of changing the stitching, too. Maybe it wouldn’t be bad to have a knit version of a hooded scarf. Maybe in wouldn’t be bad to have more of a hood and less of a scarf. These are the kinds of things that run in my mind. I don’t think I will do a redesign any time soon. There are shows coming up and I need to have inventory. (This will be going to the show(s) if it doesn’t sell. I am sure there will be more added. We will see if it’s just as popular in person as it is on line.

In other news, hard to believe

we’ve been back from Europe for a month. Doesn’t seem that long.

Really glad we did the trip. I wasn’t put off by the long flight. The trip back was a little less comfortable than the trip there but they were both bearable once we were in the air. I will say that I doubt I fly Aer Lingus again even if I’m going to Ireland. The agent didn’t come to the counter until a little over an hour to our flight and there was a long line of people. We made it to the gate (on the far side, of course) after going through security – and me being randomly selected – and getting through the passport clearance. They were boarding when we got there. It wasn’t a bad thing because boarding took so long. But it was cutting way too close for my comfort. 

I’m also looking at the Christmas cactus my friend gave me nearly a year ago. It’s still alive but I don’t think it’s going to bloom again. I should probably read up on how to take care of it.