Yarn Over

Am doing my first real show on Sunday, here. (Here’s an article about it.) Am nervous and excited, just hoping for good weather and decent traffic. Have been ridiculously busy trying to get ready. And have come up with several new hats for the show, and eventually for purchase in the shop.
The ladybug hat:

And [...]

tiny pumpkin hat, originally uploaded by JenEx.

Yeah, it’s been one of those summers. I have several projects in process (including two blankets which I REALLY need to finish) but I took a break to work on something tiny and cute. It turned out tinier (and cuter!) than I was expecting. I didn’t work from a [...]

barefoot sandals, originally uploaded by JenEx.
Or both? I can’t decide. My husband thinks they’re weird. I think they’re cute. Foot fet*sh people on flickr have looked at them quite a bit, but I don’t think I can really use that as an accurate judgment tool. Also, I took off the “barefoot sandals” and “foot thongs” [...]

Phew! Now that things are settling down a bit, I hope to get back to posting here more regularly. Time will be short again next month while we get ready to move, but once we’re moved I’m hopeful that I will have even more time to get crafty stuff done. For one, I will be [...]

New items in the shop: these supercute hair scrunchies I came up with the other night, while casting around for something quick and easy to work on.

I love instant gratification projects. And if I do say so myself, these are great, because crocheting around the band gives it more grip in your hair. [...]

Shelba took some gorgeous pictures of her daughter in her Mimi & Boo hat. I’m so pleased with the way that one turned out, and that Zorba apparently loves it and actually wears is (unlike my daughters, who refuse to wear any hats any longer than it takes me to snap a picture of them. [...]