I Boxes.... Check...... Hats and scarves..... Check....... Toys..... Check...... Stocking stuffers..... Check...... Things are starting to take shape and I got pictures to prove it! Lots of hard work but things are going well. I have been working non-stop for the past little while to get things along for the craft show that I'm doing in December. I'm super excited about. The pictures that are in this post are just a few of what I'm actually going to be selling at the craft show. Some of the things that I have made for it have been hats, scarves, mug/thermo cozies, bookmarks, pin cushions, and I may through some toys in there as well. A little while back, one of my friends helped me put price tags on the stuff that I have already made. So that was a huge help. Plus I now know that I will need to get more price tags going forward. There is still a lot of things that I need to get done prior to the craft show. I'm currently working on some ornaments that I will sell as I got some yarn from my grandparent's place since my grandmother used to knit. So I'll be using some of the yarn that she had for the ornaments that I'll be making. Super excited to show you all what I have made for this craft show. I will write a post around the date of the craft show and I'll post some pictures of my table to show all of you what I have made and how it was set up. I've also made a bunch of hats and scarves earlier in the year as well as some coasters and hot plates for Christmas dinner. I've made some mug cozies as well. I'm super excited to make more things for the craft shows and I have other ideas that I want to execute as well! I am also hoping to make Christmas decorations as well. So hopefully I find some patterns for what I am hoping to make over the next couple of months in order to be ready. Since I have a lot of yarn from my grandmother, I'm always looking for ideas for the yarn that I have so that I don't have to go out and spend money on colours that I don't necessarily need. So if any of you lovely people have any ideas, feel free to let me know what you think will sell well for Christmas bazaars.
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So I've made two new patterns. But one of them isn't quite ready to be released as of yet. But there is one that is released! It's called Very Berry Project Bag. It normally costs $2.50. BUT if you use a promotion code, you get it for 25% off! That's $1.87! It will be for this week only until July 16th at 11:59pm EST if you use promotion code NEW. You can find it here! I hope you all enjoy the pattern. I used three colours, two shades of pink and white. You can use three colours of your choice to represent whatever berry, melon or fruit (maybe even veggie!) of your choice. So if you want to do watermelon, you'd use green, white, and red for an example. If you want to increase the size, just expand the bottom by x-amount of rows as well as the height. I hope that you all enjoy this pattern as much as I do!
Some of the things I've been working on lately have been Christmas presents and some things for the Christmas craft show that I mentioned in my previous post. I've also been working on a new amigurumi pattern! I can't wait to show it all to everyone! There is one thing that I have to work on before sending it off to my testers and publishing it onto my Ravelry store. Unlike my previous pattern (Twisted Tornado Cowl. It can be downloaded here), it will be a paid pattern. I hope you all will enjoy it if you so choose to buy the pattern. I seriously can't wait to show all of you the new pattern! There *may* be a promo code when I let everyone know when the pattern is released. So keep a watchful eye out. It could come at anytime.
I've been working on somethings for the craft show off and on since I'm also working on Christmas gifts for the family..... Shhhh..... Don't tell them that I'm working on them..... Although some of them do know that I'm working on presents for other family members. I can't wait to see their faces on Christmas morning. I would feel bad the Christmas morning that I don't make them anything. It would almost be a naked feeling..... That and I'm sure they at least expect it now. I mean, after all, the blanket that I made my brother last year...... He didn't take off his blanket until we had to get changed to go to Christmas dinner at 12:00.... So he spent his morning until 11:00am in his blanket...... Which is now on his couch for all to see. I'm sure that he is getting all cozy in it when he watches tv on those cold winter nights. So this year, I've decided to try out some new patterns from Red Heart for my presents this year. I'm glad that so far, that all the patterns that I have worked on have worked out rather nicely. I'm also compiling a bunch of those patterns on a page that I'm going to post within the upcoming months from Red Heart. I am hoping that these can be a reference to you for possible patterns in the future. I have also put a disclaimer stating that the patterns are copyrighted and do not belong to me on the page. Just in case if there is anyone that works at Red Heart or knows someone that does sees that page so that they are aware that I am not posting them as my own. The other day, I actually got a gift card from work for Walmart..... for $100! When I told my parents what I had gotten, my dad had to ask me to repeat the amount. $100 for Walmart! My mom was half joking and half kidding when she had said "Imagine all the yarn possibilities!" I laughed and replied "I know! I am!" Now the question is, what colours to get when I go. So I have decided to do a craft show a few weeks ago in December so that people can get some of their holiday shopping done. Which I think is a great idea! I've already got a few hats and scarves done.... Probably a few to many. But at least I don't have to do a lot of them now during the summer. I'm also getting some amazing ideas since I got a whole bunch of yarn from my grandmother's place. So far the ideas that I've gotten have been key fobs, scrubbies, slippers, fingerless gloves, chap stick and hand sanitizer holders, market bags, pokeballs, ear warmers, cat toys (Apparently.... not a big cat fan, partly because I'm allergic if I get cat hair on my clothes), can cozies (or cup mitten), and boot cuffs. A lot of ideas I know. But I can't take credit for them all. I asked around in different crochet groups that I'm apart of on facebook and got all of them from those groups. I'm really looking forward to looking for these patterns and starting them for the craft show. It's going to be a lot of hard work. I know that for sure. But it will be worth it. I can't wait to do the craft show that I'm hoping to do in December.
I seem to be getting more and more patterns lately and I've decided to get myself a binder so that I can print some of them off and have them in a safe place so that I can reference them if I choose too. So far I have roughly 65 patterns printed and have a lot more to go. I probably have at least 200 or so saved on my laptop alone. So I have a lot to print off still. All of which are from my two favourite sites to get free patterns. What are they? They're Red Heart and Ravlery. Both of which are amazing for patterns. Although one key note for Ravelry is that there are some people who do charge for their patterns. Also keep an eye open for codes as well for Ravelry. Some designers offer codes from time to time for a discounted price or for free. Some of the patterns that I have gotten from Ravelry are paid patterns, but because I kept my open for codes, I used them and got the pattern for free. Codes could be anything that the designer wants it to be. It could be something like 'Christmas' or 'Birthday'. Some of these designers are in different groups on Facebook or they could have their own Facebook page. So if you have Facebook, keep an eye out for these codes! If not, there are still plenty of free patterns to go around if you know where to look.
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AuthorNatalie lives in southern Ontario in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). She loves to crochet, read, and spend time with friends and family. Archives
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