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? :)

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?

Prototype

Who is this little guy? He'll eventually be put in the shop, but there are some kinks I need to work out. You can't tell (since I took the photos with my phone) but he is far to small to hold an iPhone, which is what he will eventually hold. What do you think?

Totoro and Soot Sprites!

These cute little dudes are now available in my shop! I'm very proud of them!

 I love the little candies I gave them! adorable! :)

 Then my sweet collection of Totoro's! I love them!

What do you think?