Late Night Updates

I'm sure you don't know this, but lately most of my posts are written in the middle of the night. Something to do while the wee one eats, and since it's about the only time I have free to blog anyway it just works out.

I have two new items in my shop:

A pokeball phone cosie and:

A soot sprite one!

They're both designed for IPhones, but there is some give so they would easily fit over another similar device. I am working on a few other ideas rolling around in my head, so hopefully I can get those out and onto paper then into yarn/fabric! :)

edit: I've been having issues updating my listings on Etsy, so they should be up soon!

WIPs

It's been a rough week of the little lady not taking naps unless she is on me… so I haven't gotten a ton done like is like too. But here is an update on some things I'm working on:

Paper piecing for my sewing machine cover:

 

The running joke with my good pal Robin is that I cant start a new-to-me craft like a normal person who picks a pattern and follows directions.  I don't tip-toe, I run full speed into it by making my own patterns and ignoring any and all directions! Lucky for me it usually isn't a total disaster (usually). This is definitely wasn't one of my disasters! I am pretty proud of myself. While I cannot claim these as my own ideas/patterns, I didn't use the patterns available and drafted my own instead! I used Pinterest to gather ideas and use what others had done to make it myself! (I used this, this, this and this as my inspiration/spring board for my own patterns) There has been a bit of hand sewing involved due to my lack of forethought in some instances, but overall I'm pretty pleased! I can't wait to get it all put together and sewn up for I can leave my new sewing machine out full time!

Mystery Sock KAL:

 

So I kinda messed this one up. I didn't switch to the smaller needles like the pattern says 

because they're being used on another project and I'm too lazy to make notes to remember what I'm using) So I haven't decided if I like them enough to rip it and re-knit it to the cuff and do them properly, knit the second sock the same and deal with it or just frog it all together and use the yarn for a different pattern (because I LOVE this yarn color! Glorious!!!) So we'll see what ends up happening.

And something I'm working out that will eventually make it into my shop:

Can you guess what it is? :)

June Up-date: Resolutions!!!

Updates!
 (PST! Don't forget I would love to hear from you about your own goals (resolution or not) and your progress as well, so that we can help each other stick to it!)
So here it is, my list of things I want to accomplish this year and how I am going about it. Here is how I'm doing so far:

• Knit a sweater

Soooo...... I'm trying. I really am. But I am into that part of a project where you just can't stand it any more! The rows take forever!! (no not really, but with my attention span lately it seems like it...) I am getting a bit in here and there, I just cant seem to sit down and plow through it like I was when I started. 

• Get this blog consistent traffic

HA! This seems like a joke to me now.... with all the things going on in my life at the moment this blog just isn't a priority. I really want it to be, but alas, I have a lot of wants. I'm not looking at it as giving up just quite yet, but putting it on hold until other things are smoothed out.

• Sell 6 projects on Esty or elsewhere  DONE!

Yay! And I managed another sale! And with what little effort I've put in it makes me happy that the store is doing fine without my constant supervision. (Although it would probably do better if I ever introduced the new items I keep promising myself I will make...)

• Learn to cross stitch

Sooo.... that stitch-a-long turned out to be uninteresting. Boo. Not to despair! That friend I mentioned last month is still trying to wine and dine me into her fold. So we shall see.

• Buy a car

Instead we're going to play musical chairs with my parents. The chairs being the drivers seat in our cars. And no, we don't know how it's going to play out yet because the music hasn't started.

• Help patrons in Spanish

FAIL. I haven't touched it in months.... but now that I am back in a predominantly Spanish speaking area again (did I mention I got quasi-promoted?) I have a renewed sense of urgency in this department.

• Schedule my time effectively 

Hilarious! I wish I could laugh in my face when I wrote that in February!

• Get back in "working order"

Not in my future. We can't even seem to keep on our dishes let alone in 'working order.' Alas, this has been relegated to me 'wants' list.

Not so impressive. It seems the year is catching up to me... I haven't given up on any of them yet, I'm going to call it 'prioritizing' that way it sounds like I'm being efficient. :)

How are you doing on your goals? Are you 'prioritizing' like me?

Playing catch-up

Yup. I finished some coasters! These suckers took me over a month… I know, I know. This pregnancy hit me like a train! But I'm feeling more like myself these days. :) I've also managed to fix two pairs of shorts, do two loads of laundry AND check out my personal shark towel to see what I need to finish up! Whew! That's a lot for me, but I'm more than happy to be keeping busy while my pool is closed rather that laying around feeling sick all day!

What do you think?

So what's the deal?

A fair question seeing as I've been MIA for the past month, only sporadically posting. Well, the truth is I've been feeling gross and terrible. I have had no energy, whatsoever, and on top of it I've been feeling sickly too. Why you ask? Well, there is a very good explanation for all of this.

The truth is, I'm about 2 mo pregnant, and the first trimester is hitting me kinda hard! Whenever I think I'm getting some energy back or feeling not quite as icky, it strikes me again! Yuck. And I thought that I was entering the home stretch this weekend, but, well, nope. Guess not. So, while I have not given up on this blog or my etsy store, but for now it seems I'm taking an unintentioned break! I can't promise the summer will be better, since it's busy season for my job (did I mention they transferred me to a much, MUCH busier location?) But I should be back online at least regularly, but probably not as often as before. But the good news? Once I have some energy, I'll probably be knitting up a storm for this sucker! :) So, I wont promise anything for now, but expect to see me a bit more in the coming weeks or months, depending on how this whole pregnancy thing plays out!