I'm working on knitting a lace shawl with silk and wool that I dyed, and blended, then spun into what is turning out to be more lace weight yarn than I actually need. I started this shawl on a dare. I was in a chat room on a knitting web site where I met a lovely person from South Africa. We were talking about patterns, and whatnot, and I mentioned that I wanted to knit a shawl from hand spun yarn. She told me I should just do it! I had no idea what I would do with such a thing, I don't wear things like that. I've always imagined that shawls are for old ladies, and I'm not really an old lady yet. She said something to the effect of, "You could sell it!" I argued that I would have to sell it for about $1000 for all the time and supplies that would go into it. She convinced me that people buy all kinds of things online all the time, and that surely there's room in this world for a $1000 shawl too. So really on a dare, and just to see if I could really do it I started on this shawl. I'm now about 20 very long rows away from finishing this shawl, and I'm not even sure I could part with it. It's actually turning out rather nice, and I'm thinking maybe I could find the occasion to wear it. Then there's the issue of pattern copyright. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to sell something I knit from this pattern. So, since I spun more yards of yarn than I needed for this shawl I'm now toying with the idea of designing another shawl, and knitting it with what's left from this yarn, and possibly trying to sell that one. But we'll see, I toy with a LOT of ideas. There's just not time in life for them all.
Tuesday morning we ran out of toilet paper! This is something you should never let happen, but somehow I did. Luckily we had some tissues to substitute until I could go to the store. So, once I got the kids off to school, and the other 3 dressed and ready to go we headed off. But since I was leaving I figured I may as well go to the craft store, I had coupons! And I needed yarn anyway (yes I needed it!). Well, 3 kids, and a craft store do not make for quick shopping for me. I should have realized this before I left, but I just thought, I have 3 hours before school gets out, I have plenty of time! Hmmm... well not exactly. First of all, I live in the middle of nowhere, so it's a LEAST a 30 minute drive round trip just to the nearest grocery store, and the travel time increases exponentially if you wanna go anywhere worth shopping. So off to the craft store we headed, and we had a delightful time looking at yarn. Crickett (who is about 3 1/2 yrs. old) had to use the bathroom twice when we were there which was kinda funny, and each time she asked if this was where we were going to get toilet paper. No, we'll have to get that at a different store, I told her. So after yarn shopping we headed for the grocery store. I thought I'd have a lot more time to shop, so I brought my grocery list, but as luck would have it I only had a few minutes to shop before needing to rush home to make it back before the kids got out of school. So, I grabbed only peanut butter, and toilet paper. Crickett was delighted that we had the toilet paper, and that she got to be there with me when I bought it. She kept talking the whole way home about how she's glad we got the toilet paper, and that she's going to tell her older brother and sister that we bought toilet paper when they get home from school. And sure enough the first thing she said to her siblings when they got home was, "We went to the store and bought toilet paper!" with her very excited voice! It was adorable! I've never seen anyone so excited about toilet paper as Crickett was on Tuesday!
I have a dream that involves me getting up at 6:00am to clean, finishing cleaning the house, and getting the kids off to school no later than 12:00 noon, having lunch, putting the little ones down for a nap, and crafting the afternoon away guilt free, because my house is clean, and the kids are fed and happily sleeping. I somehow have to make myself go to bed at 10:00pm so I can get up at 6:00am though. I'll keep ya posted on this dream, surely one day I can drag myself out of bed at 6:00am again!
Until next time, happy crafting!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Hello, I'm a Craft-O-Holic
Hello, I have started this blog because when people ask me if I have a blog I usually tell them, "Yeah, but it's all crafty-shmafty stuff, nothing about me or my family really" which is true. I have occasionally mentioned my hubby, and if I have made something for a family member they will get a mention. And the only time I really mention me is to say, "Looky what I made now!" :) So I started this blog to share thoughts and happenings of my life that are not totally craft related.
However, this may be easier said than done for me, because as mentioned in the title of this post I am a craft-o-holic! It's true! I LOVE all things crafty! and I'm not just talking about painting little decorative painted objects to decorate my house with. I do love those, but I'm not so great with a paintbrush. The crafting world is WAY bigger than that! And I feel this need to try it all!!! I'm not kidding! If you saw my craft room (which is on my crafty-shmafty blog) you'd know I'm so not kidding! And to prove it I'll give you an over view list of the types of crafting I've been into lately. I like to: sew, knit, crochet, spin yarn (yes on a spinning wheel, like in sleeping beauty), stamp (anything that will stay still long enough for me to stamp it), scrapbook, make cards, weave, hand dye yarn, and spinning fiber, card batts for spinning, quilt, cross stitch, cut vinyl lettering, design my own scrapbook embellishments, create hair accessories for kids, and make cutesy home decore. While these are all wholesome, productive activities the problem with being a craft addict is that there are never enough hours in a day to complete all the fun craftiness that I plan. So, rather than, um... clean my house, or cook for the 7 people that live in it I'd much rather craft something! So, this has caused my house to be messier than I like it, and dinners are later than the children would like them to be. This sometimes leads to a lot more whining in my house than I would like there to be.
Thus I have come to the conclusion that I must force myself to become more orderly! That doesn't sound too hard does it? Well it IS! The crafts keep getting in the way LOL!! So, another reason that I have started this blog is because I'm hoping to chronicle not only the actual goings-on in my life, but also the progression towards having an orderly craft filled life. You'll notice I have said nothing of giving up my crafts! Even though I sometimes feel as though the fabric stash is trying to take over my life (it's fighting with the fiber, yarn, and paper), I do like my crafts, and would be completely bored (once the house is completely clean, and orderly) without them.
Well it's lunch time, and after lunch is nap time (my favorite part of the day). So, until next time happy crafting!
However, this may be easier said than done for me, because as mentioned in the title of this post I am a craft-o-holic! It's true! I LOVE all things crafty! and I'm not just talking about painting little decorative painted objects to decorate my house with. I do love those, but I'm not so great with a paintbrush. The crafting world is WAY bigger than that! And I feel this need to try it all!!! I'm not kidding! If you saw my craft room (which is on my crafty-shmafty blog) you'd know I'm so not kidding! And to prove it I'll give you an over view list of the types of crafting I've been into lately. I like to: sew, knit, crochet, spin yarn (yes on a spinning wheel, like in sleeping beauty), stamp (anything that will stay still long enough for me to stamp it), scrapbook, make cards, weave, hand dye yarn, and spinning fiber, card batts for spinning, quilt, cross stitch, cut vinyl lettering, design my own scrapbook embellishments, create hair accessories for kids, and make cutesy home decore. While these are all wholesome, productive activities the problem with being a craft addict is that there are never enough hours in a day to complete all the fun craftiness that I plan. So, rather than, um... clean my house, or cook for the 7 people that live in it I'd much rather craft something! So, this has caused my house to be messier than I like it, and dinners are later than the children would like them to be. This sometimes leads to a lot more whining in my house than I would like there to be.
Thus I have come to the conclusion that I must force myself to become more orderly! That doesn't sound too hard does it? Well it IS! The crafts keep getting in the way LOL!! So, another reason that I have started this blog is because I'm hoping to chronicle not only the actual goings-on in my life, but also the progression towards having an orderly craft filled life. You'll notice I have said nothing of giving up my crafts! Even though I sometimes feel as though the fabric stash is trying to take over my life (it's fighting with the fiber, yarn, and paper), I do like my crafts, and would be completely bored (once the house is completely clean, and orderly) without them.
Well it's lunch time, and after lunch is nap time (my favorite part of the day). So, until next time happy crafting!
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