Saturday, February 22, 2020

Time to slow down!

I'm starting to overwhelm myself a bit. I have at least 4 projects that I'm actively working on (a stuffed duck; a pattern for Sonic the Hedgehog's friend, Tails; and 2 bathing suit cover-ups that could also be  summer sweaters) and the same day I buried a dear friend, my mother was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I described myself as "emotionally exhausted" when I looked at my fast food receipt and saw that my order was wrong and did nothing to fix it. I usually have no problem correcting this type of mistake but I nearly burst into tears instead. Tears, because I was charged for 2 cheeseburgers I didn't order and was given Sprite instead of diet Coke!

Well, I certainly didn't mean to go off on that tangent! Let me show you what I've been doing instead.

There are a couple baby dresses in my Etsy shop ( www.etsy.com/shop/KendrasCrochet ) and I added this baby cardigan also. I wish I had a baby model!

Baby cardigan



The owl scarf is for my cousin to match the owl gloves and owl hat she already has.
Messy photo
of Owl scarf
A friend of mine lost her mother a few years ago. Her mother would split skeins of yarn into 2 ply balls for her baby blankets. I inherited her yarn collection. I'm using them here for a couple bathing suit covers. The blue one is a pattern I found in a crochet magazine.  Who's ready for summer? I am!

Crochet! Magazine 






The second cover up is from an unlabeled ball from that collection. If anyone recognizes this color please let me know because I am in love! Pattern from a pinterest post called Whirl Mandala Cardigan
Mandala
Cover-up
Then there's Sonic. After I watched the movie with my son and my dad, I had to make this!! It has a lot of fiddly parts and I had to redo the nose once and was tempted to do it over again, but my darling little prince ran off with him! I guess if it's good enough for him, I'm happy!
Sonic!

Sunday, February 9, 2020

What's happening with me

I am finally, FINALLY, winding down from the holidays. I was asked to participate as a vendor in a local Frozen 2 party so I set up a table with stuffed Olafs, stuffed Svens, a couple throw blankets, and some scarves and hats. I actually have a few items left over that I'd still like to sell, so if you're interested in any of them please contact me!

I started my etsy shop back up. It only has a few items in it now, including Olaf and Sven, but I'm working on making more. There are a couple baby dresses that I think would be perfect for Easter or weddings, and I'm working on a stuffed duckie that I hope will gather interest for Easter as well.

I'm working on a pattern for sonic the hedgehog and I'm nearly done with him. I'll need a couple people to test the pattern when I'm done (any day now) so if you're interested, contact me and I'll send it to you. I'm not able to pay you, but you'll have the pattern for free!

What have you been up to so far this year?
Olaf scarf!

Snowflake hat

Baby dress
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