I have a couple of new products up my sleeve, and I decided that ‘Talk like a Pirate’ Day is the perfect time to release one of them…
As you might have noticed, I love little disembodied moustaches. I also love halloween. So I decided to dress up my little ’staches for a trick-or treating adventure.
Now available in me etsy shop, an’ shippin’ fer free in honor o’ `Talk like a Pirate` day.
First, the bad news… I applied for a table to sell my craft wares at the SF Bazaar Bizaare in May, and I didn’t get accepted. ho-hum. I can’t believe they have chosen to leave themselves moustache-less. Now I wish I would have done something to get involved like drop spindle demonstrations, or crocheting with video tape or something but those deadlines passed long ago, and I was hedging my bets on the Bazaar…
But there are other things to cheer me up. I took some nice photos for the Bazaar application, and one features the newest item in my shop: The Old West Moustache Set.
Cookie A gave my stitch markers a mention and now they are selling as fast as I can list them. Thanks so much Cookie!
I have also received a bunch of swap goodies from swap-bot.
I really enjoyed the tea swap. I got these from Germany:
And my partner in the “Crafty Chick” swap really outdid herself.
A Martha Stweart Living, paper goodies, a hand sewn case, yarn, and more! See that green yarn in the top left? i immediately started using it in granny squares.
Those grannies are really starting to pile up, by the way….
The front two are from swap-bot swaps!
Just a reminder, if you would like to swap a few granny squares, sign-ups for my Scraptastic granny square swap are open until April 8th.
I dyed some rovings and put them up in the shop.
They are all about 4 ounces of a super-soft Australian merino roving (21.5 micron), and all were kettle-dyed in my crock-pot. I think that the crock pot method makes the best color blends, and it requires no skill or attention at all.
And much to my surprise, the color schemes for two of these rovings were actually inspired…
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I hope you can guess how they should match up!
i also made some crafty-styled etsy love buttons.
Remember, if you buy something, be sure to mention that you read my blog and I’ll throw in some extras.
I am in the middle of a major update to my etsy shop in preparation for my debut in the etsy showcase tomorrow. *edit: I am an idiot. My Showcase dates don’t start until Friday* If you would like to be informed of updates to my shop and be privy to special offers, sign up for my mailing list.
The big ticket item in my shop right now is my Atari 2600 themed altoid tin.
complete with silver beads for levers and wood grain interior
I am wickedly proud of it. The price is steep, but there was just too much hand stitching in there…. There is also a tin just for SF Bay area commuters.
The button-maker (named Stampy) was put to work making treats for knitters
and moustache lovers.
There is also some roving and yarn, but I have been having a heck of a time trying to get good photos of it. Here are just a few:
I don’t know if I will be able to let this one go
see anything you like? If you buy anything leave a comment saying you are one of my blog readers and I will throw in something special for you.
You will be seeing a lot more of this around here from now on…
This past weekend I wanted to make a small, but staisfying project. The poppysocks have looked too daunting lately. So I decided to make pair of baby socks.
Pattern: from 50 Baby Bootees to Knit
Yarn: Schachenmayer Micro that i bought from Elann a long time ago.
But wait, it gets cuter….
Pattern: I didn’t use a pattern, but I was inspired by the bibs from Mason-Dixon Knitting that i have seen everyone making, so i just made up something similar. I made the strap button on the front so that it is a feature of the bib. i also tried my first crochet picot edging. i just made it up as I went along.
Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 Cotton in color 105
I got the buttons at the thrift store for 5 cents each. I will miss them when they are gone.
Originally uploaded by kweaver614.
I made some plastic buttons that are for sale in my etsy shop. Perfect for little knitting projects….
Reason #415 to buy a hamster: The hamster powered paper shredder. i could really use this. i could have a hamster shred paper for my other pets - my composting worms.
- #CraftCon 2008 is this weekend - I'll be there!
- #Has anyone tried "retro-clean"? It is a detergent for cleaning old linens. Sounds nice.
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