Well, another week has zipped by and I seem to be amassing more UFO’s! I actually have a couple of topics this week, but I will start with the UFO problem that seems to be growing again.
I am setting up at an Etsy craft sale in early May (May 5th in Okotoks at the Elks Hall for any of you that live in the Calgary/Okotoks area) and, as I was reviewing my stock, realized that I am woefully short of babies. I always think that little knitted dolls won’t sell and they always are the first to go.
I like to knit or crochet while watching TV in the evenings so this was a project that fit the bill to a T. Look at what I have done! I have created a monster pile of dollies to finish and I can’t watch or read while I am doing it. Oh well, I had better dig in and start sewing. I have all the needed pieces made including the wigs (fuzzy stuff at the top of the photo) and found two elephants and a hippo with their dresses that I knit on vacation over a year ago and forgot about. I am on a roll, just don’t know where to!
I joined a machine knit KAL to make a rainbow yoke sweater last month and finally got around to making it last weekend. The pattern was great, thanks Claire Djuve, and I really like the finished sweater. It was my first go at a yoke and found it surprisingly easy even without the garter bar that I was too chicken to use. I will make the first row of the yoke in the body colour next time to minimize the jogs from the short rows. The small size (4) was a good way to start as well. Fun stuff and I will be making more as this style seems to be a current fashion trend.
The next topic that I want to discuss is patterns. I have talked about this before and really am still stumped. Why do you download free patterns? Is it simply because they are free and you can’t resist free even if you will really never make them? Do you buy patterns that you never make? I am guilty of both of these. What makes a pattern more appealing than other, photos, recommendations, posting of finished projects?
These stats are from my Ravelry store:
Another Cake Shawl
Added May 26, 2017
8205 unique downloads 111 projects
If you have completed a pattern, free or paid, that you downloaded from Ravelry, please, please post your finished project. It means so much to designers to see that someone has liked their pattern enough to not only choose it but to actually make it.
Thank you, I will step down off of the soap box now.
Have a wonderful week and I hope that all of your yarn is untangled and every needle and hook is right at hand when you need them.
I have tons of patterns, both free and purchased, that I have not made. I think I buy them because “they are just so cute!’ or I think “this would be a great gift for so-and-so”, but I seem to vastly overestimate the amount of time I have to actually do the project! I’ve seen the meme about buying yarn and making things being 2 different hobbies – I would add pattern collecting as a 3rd! Still, sometimes I just browse my patterns when I am bored or when I had a bad day, and seeing all the possibility just makes me so happy!
Thanks for commenting. I agree! Having a stash of patterns makes for interesting browsing and sometimes inspiration for your next project.