It’s a cookies ‘n cream kind of day today. It’s my birthday! So today, I’m blogging, after being delinquent – again – for the past weeks. Among the many goals I have set out for myself, blogging regularly has always been, and I believe will always be, the one that I fail to accomplish.
But I’m okay with it. I mean, blogging is just one of the many therapeutic activities that I have set out to do. I blog because I love to write. I blog because I have something to share. So on days that I don’t feel like writing, or have nothing to share, I don’t force myself to blog just to keep the page updated.
But today is sharing day. I have posted this on my Facebook page, and I’m going to share it with you here today.
My me-time goal has come to fruition in the form of a hob-biz. Or a self-supporting hobby, where I try to sell the items that I make, just so I can have a steady supply of materials to work with without taking away from the family budget.
I launched Crafted Crafts on June 10, to coincide with my son’s birthday. And I’m sharing it here on mine.
It’s nothing fancy. I built the site from scratch, and I’m slowly putting in content as I finish my projects. I talked about how the site came to being, as well as my plans for it, in the About page. And on my third month of crocheting, I’m starting to be more adventurous with colors and materials. I never thought there’d be too much math in crafting, and it’s something of a challenge, but I’m learning.
I wanted to finish a project I started out last Monday, to keep on my personal goal of one complete project a week, but other duties got in the way, so I’m sharing a work-in-progress instead.
I’m making a scarf for an elementary classmate. Her favorite colors are red and black. I started the project two weeks ago with materials I have on hand, which are mostly soft acrylic, and about a third into it, she messaged me that she’s allergic to materials that are not cotton. So I had to scramble for red and black cotton yarns and leave what I have done so far to finish later. While waiting for the red and black cotton I ordered online, I decided to try the pattern that I’ve set out for her on the light cashmere materials that I have in my stash. I’m naming my designs after people who get the first finished product of the design. Like my Rosanne Two-Toned Infinity Scarf. So the stitch combinations that I’m working on for my classmate will be called the Eliza Striped Scarf. But seeing what I was working on yesterday, my middlechild commented: “Wow! Looks delicious, Mommy! Cookies ‘n Cream!”
So here’s my Cookies ‘n Cream work-in-progress scarf.
I have to agree with my daughter. It does look delicious. And it’s so smooth and soft and stretchy. I have not decided yet if I’m going to finish it off with fringes, or if I’m going to make it an infinity scarf, too. I’m keeping my options open for the person who will buy it from me. 🙂 It’s 60 inches long and I’ll finish it off at a little over 5 inches wide. The measurements for the cotton version of this will be a little different, as the cotton yarn I’ll be using is size 4 medium worsted weight, while this Cookies ‘n Cream is size 3 light, but I’ll try to keep it really close. Bigger hook, less stitches.
Please visit my craft site. You might want to support my small biz on the side to help send my daughter to college. Ha ha! Place your Christmas gift orders early! And thank you for dropping by today.
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Marge, also known as The Happy WAHM, is a virtual assistant who turned her passion for entrepreneurship into a worthy endeavor of offering complete business solutions to CEOs and business owners around the world. She turned her back on a thriving corporate career to become a hands-on mom and created a lifestyle that allowed her to build a homebased career, homeschool her children, and still have time to pursue her passion for arts and crafting.
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