"King of the World" Kid Crown

Another product of a rampant imagination! This was made from scraps I had left over after a yoga mat bag, and 4 GaBu - so why not make something else!

Baubles, Knick Knacks, and Doodads

A bracelet...






A Flower "Doodad" as I will call it...



A 4-petaled flower ring




This is really just a testament to me being creative with scraps of yarn I have lying around. Likely enough for a super small project or a piece of something - but not enough to complete anything start to finish for the most part.

However, even with these little bits it's surprising how much you can come up with!

New Sandal!!!!

Okay so I've decided to forego just sticking with the regular pattern and wanted to start embellishing right away - nothing like a spur of creativity! You'll notice a decorative stitch at the top and a change in the rows and positioning (it's slight if you are just viewing just these pictures versus if you compare it to the original). This version is using one of my favorite yarns and a special button that I will not be able to get again!

Constant Inspiration...

I seem to be "chockful of awesome" in the creativity department this morning and have just progenerated another idea that may be of interest and use to others. Some time ago I had spoken of doing a monthly update, and while I usually do updates such as this (the spur of the moment, just popped into my head kind) I am figuring that I ought to also do a structured style for such time when I have billions of follower :-p.

So part of our monthly updates will be "What's Brewing" and "A Peak Inside Our Project Bag" that way you can see the myriad things I've come up with and what is being worked on. Generally I try to keep everyone abreast of whatever is going on and what I am doing projectwise - however I know that sometimes I decide against continuing a project for the moment or altogether. And then other times I dream up things out of the blue and often late at night. So there we have it, the next update will of course be on May 1st or very close to it. (Note: there may be some delay in this update because I'm due to be out of town on personal business and may not be able to satisfy this deadline - so it might end up being done the day earlier and published remotedly the next day.)

To Design or Not To Design...

I know a see many folks who put up patterns as "free" and others who choose to make them "for sale". And while I appreciate the free as much as anyone else, I still do, being an avid crocheter understand why one would put these things up for sale. It's easy as pie to copy a design, and to read directions (although beginning crocheters may notice that this is easier said then done if they are not overly familiar with crochet stitches and the cryptic representations they come out as when in a diagram.)

So as we speak my brain is percolating and I am contemplating the idea of making my own patterns and selling them. This will likely at first not be a prolific endeavor as I have so many that I am already working on so many that I have acquired and wanting to see the outcome of. BUT here and there I do have these random ideas, sometimes variations on originals, sometimes things pieced together (liking this stitch but not the sequence, wanting ribbing, and just plain experimenting with the look of using different loops or posts.)

So if you have any thoughts on this, feel free to leave a comment, I'd love to hear your input.