Good Morning Crafty Friends!
We have so much time, and so little to do! As Willy Wonka would say or is that I have so much to do
and so little time…the latter I think. So in a nutshell, here it is.
Just so you know:
I am now calling this “Hooks and
Chains” which is what I have called my yarn crafts for quite some time.
On the Home Front:
My hubby and I went for a long weekend to Lake Ouachita
and the Ouachita National Forest. It was HOT! A tree fell on a power line on
Sunday and the electricity was out for many hours! That was not fun. We had the
3 dachshunds with us so we could go nowhere but the deck and sit in the heat.
We survived, but I didn’t like it.
On my Mind:
I listen to YouTube while I work. I have found so many
many many knitting podcasts. Although I love to listen to all of these, my main
craft is crochet and would love to hear some crochet chatter and see more
completed crochet projects! So where are all the crocheting podcasts? There is
virtually nothing out there for crochet. Well, I should say I have found very
little people showing crochet. I am seriously contemplating doing a crochet
podcast. I have no idea how to go about it and I have to plan what I would
include. I will keep thinking about this. Let me know what you think.
What’s in my ears:
This week’s podcasts that I listened to and really liked
are as follows (links in blue):
Smells Like Yarn by smellgreatguy aka funkoboy on Instagram and Ravelry
Bakery Bears by Kay Jones and Dan Jones
HomespunPodcast by Molly
Essence of Me
jennlikesyarn
TheKnitGirllls
in a sKnit
debbie shore
On and Off my Needles:
I completed one sock with my knitting attempt! It is
awful and has so many mistakes, The second sock should be better! I do have the
second sock cast on and started. Along the knitting lines, I started and have
half way completed a dishcloth for my Ravelry group “Smells like Yarn” for the
August 2014 Dishclothalong”. I should have it complete tonight. My needles came
in and I was very excited.
On my Hook:
I still have a chevron Razorback colors baby blanket to
complete. It is almost done. As Mitch’s (my hubby) Granddad Floyd always use to
say “I just need a little time”!
Swap Obsessions:
I have many swaps that will go out on Friday. I
received a new Dotee Doll and cute tiny knitted mouse and some notions to make
a Dotee doll. Gloria in N. Ireland made and sent these to me for a swap. Thank
you to her for her kindness. Her work is beautiful. All the ladies that make
these are so artistic. I just love the work put in these dolls! My friend D Granfors
has a blog and is so very artistic! Go check her out http://debsdollsandquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/swaps-ive-been-finishing-up-some-things.html!
She also is hosting the “Halloween Dotee Dolls” swap on swap-bot. The Deadline
to join is August 31st and the swap sends by September 15th.
I am still trying to decide what to make. I want to do something different from
the Dotee’s that I have done so far. I am not very artistic like these two
ladies I have mentioned above. My work just can’t even come close to theirs. I
have Hot Chocolate to buy for a swap that goes in September. I guess that is it
on the swapping obsessions. I am hosting a “12 Days of Christmas” Dotee Swap
for December which I mentioned to ya’ll in an earlier post.
On the Sewing Front:
I have dug into my stash of material and found some
material to sew some project bags for my crochet and knit projects. I made some
cute beaded pulls for these. I think I will start these this weekend. I bought
some really cute material from a quilt shop and need to cut out an apron for Elle,
my granddaughter. We are buying her a pink retro kitchen for Christmas and I
want to make several aprons for her.
“Idea” just popped into my head and could be dangerous:
I will have to crochet and knit some tiny dishcloths
for Elle to put with the kitchen set for Christmas!
Kindle love:
I know there is nothing like the feel of a book in your
hands, but there are a few good reasons to have and love a Kindle. The first
being that I can make the words as large as I like and I am finding that as I
get older I need the words larger because I just can’t see anymore! The second,
is that I can read in bed without some awkward book light and not keep the
other half up! There are many more, but I will stop there for now. I have
several books started on the Kindle, but the one I want to mention today is the
Annie’s Attic Mystery Series. I am loving this Series of books. This one has a yarn club at the center. They also have
several mystery series that have like quilting at the center. They are good. Go
check them out.
If I just didn’t have to work for money, I could get so many
crafts completed! Until next time…Happy Crafting!
Cindy
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