back on track

    i got together with Shamby and we talked about the website a little bit.  she was positive about the progress we've both made but brought up the fact that were both learning the best ways to make and/or sell everything. now that i get an extra day off each week i can put more time into my craft. i really want to work on more sweaters and hats. i know i said i wasn't good at hats before but i guess ive gotten better over time. i have a good assortment of gloves already and 2 scarfs.plus those are quick to make so if the 2 sell i can make one before the person even receives the last one!

    im super happy with everything thing ive made so far and this time if i dont like it right off the bat i start over until im impressed with it.i rushed it with a few of the shirts in the summer for the photo shoot and i dont like them that much now and i have to go through them and waste more time on them, making them less profitable to me. time = money.im just really happy that Shamby really likes everything ive made and that she still thinks were moving in the right direction too.  i felt my doubts for a moment when i got so worn out from working so much. but now that im getting a steady balance in my life i can afford to dedicate a few hours a week to crochet. and not feel over whelmed because i love money but my main objective is to always have fun doing it. as soon as it becomes a chore i can not bring myself to pick up the yarn and crochet.

sweater time!

what a great time of year! its going to be in the 60s for a high for the first time on saturday. and i just finished my first sweater and it came out ok. i think it will look better once it relaxes a little bit. im going to charge 70 bucks for it.

projects

   there are so many new things im working on. i saw this great idea the other day. there was a girl sitting outside the black sheep with a crochet cozie around her glass mason jar that she used as a coffee mug. this will sell great! with all the college kids trying to re use everything its a great market!it would be fantastic if nick would let me sell them at the deli but idk if he would be down with that.so besides the cozzies  im making a really neat sweater(my first one), a scarf (that im not completely satisfied with),just finished the hat for ryan and just finished a pair of gloves! my friend ruby just bought the white shirt off me! which is so awesome! and a bunch of the girls from my work said they were going to check out the site.so far for the fall line i have...
  1.purple shawl  
  2.brown scarf
  3.olive gloves
  4. Ryan's hat
things im working on are:
  1. maroon sweater
  2.ryan's vest
  3.new scarf
  4.head wrap

  and i guess thats it for now. but i got a lot of ideas in my head i hope i get them out before i burn out and i hope they come out to the design i picture in my head. lately i have been so proud of the stuff i make so ryan and i talked about me taking some classes to perfect my art. which i think is a great idea. for a while i felt really good and i felt confidence but now its faded and im trying to rebuild the different ideas and way and thing that im learning to help my stuff apply to every one so everyone can buy it if they want to.

stuck

i feel like my inspiration with my web site has come to a hault. i want to get better pictures up on the site because i feel like a lot of people dont want to buy stuff because the pictures arnt flattering thats for sure. and im definetly unhappy with the way a lot of the shirts came out and my drive to fix them comes as quickly as it goes.my sewing ability isnt as keen as it was a few years ago. i feel as if i dont have a lot of time right now any way even if i wanted to fix them. i always feel like, this is a hobby, i have to do this other thing instead.

the fall line is coming out soon. i cant wait. i made a trip to webs today to get some really awesome new yarn but they were closed. so im thinking fall... fingerless gloves, scarfs shawls, hood woth or with out hoods, and neck wraps for sure! hats were never my strong point so im going to try to stay clear on those.

sold!

i sold the red neck wrap!! it sold for 20 bucks!!! although i was so sad to see it go it was my favorite so i can totally see why some one else would want it too. a lot of the girls at my work like my stuff and now its that time a year again everyone is asking about my stuff! my next mission is more neck wraps!!! god i still need to finish everything i made over the summer!! ekkkk!!!.

steam

i ran out of steam for a while there!!! i think i put way too much hard work into this project and i pushed myself away. i havent crocheted in like 2 weeks!!! ive been wanting to do so many other things instead of crocheting or fixing shirts i already put mad time into. but then i was looking at some of my photos from the shoot and it inspired me to fix the shirts again. i just see so much potental in them.