Project Recap

I never know whether I should let my creativity have free rein and jump from horse to horse down the racetrack or if I should buckle down and finish things. I just want to create all the time. So today I started noodling around with a new knitting project. And one of the needles is wood and kind of splintery so I need to find some sandpaper and fix it if I can.

This morning I started working on a faery condo made out of wood scraps and bark. I didn't get far when I had to drop it and catch a ride to the library and to the town.

The three print making books I requested had come to the library. I haven't had time to look at them yet to see if they are any good. I ordered them off of the library's online catalog and had them shipped over. I suck up inspiration like a sponge. I just can't get enough.

And now one of my friends wants a tutorial on mittens and fingerless gloves. I wonder if I'm up to that task. I am having issues with my camera, so I didn't want to commit to something like that just now.

I also started crocheting an adult version of a target hat. The center is yellow, then comes red, then blue, then black and last of all white. The first one was for my friend's baby. She just had a son a few days ago. She said no one had given her any hats, so I know she'll have a use for it.

I finished Maggie's Christmas stocking in time for her first Christmas.

Other side of Maggie's stocking.

Baby cocoon for my daughter's photo studio. I wish I had a real baby to put in it, but you get the idea.

Baby cocoons can be custom ordered.

Target hat for my friend's newborn.

Sunny Day in Anaheim

My friend from Etsy who has a shop called NeverTooOld has a great blog over here. He sells vintage items but his blog has a lot of other things as well like featured artists.

I was just outside knitting a baby cocoon. I found a mistake and had to frog the whole thing.  I need to be careful with big needles because while transported, stitches fell off the end, and I didn't catch it until I knitted a bunch more rows. Ack! So I redesigned the pattern and started over.  But it was pleasant sitting outside on the patio knitting.  It got me to thinking about spring gardening and I started planning my garden which you can see here on my gardening blog. I think I will write the pattern down for the baby cocoon and sell it in my Etsy shop. Other sellers have done really well selling patterns. I'll also have the finished cocoons for sale eventually. But the first one is going to my daughter for her new photo studio in San Luis Obispo. You can see her blog here: Heather. She just has a baby and has her hands full. She's a professional photographer and has five weddings booked, and I wish her the best with that. I don't know how she works full time, has a newborn, and runs a gallery/photo studio but she does.

On The Train

The train trip was one of my best ever with spectacular views of the Pacific coastline at sunset with a wall of fog nested on the horizon.

I got half a baby cocoon finished in some pumpkin colored wool from Lion Brand before I ran out of yarn. I'm making is for a photographer to use for baby pictures.

Then I switched to knitting and continued on with a shrug I'm making. There is a lot of time for projects on a 6 hour train ride.

On the last bit of the journey I switched to wire weaving.  I'm making little wire pouches that I haven't debuted in my Etsy shops yet.  I'm looking forward to that.

So many projects, so little time.