New Photos!

I *finally* got around to taking new photos for some of the items in my shop. Having decided new baby = need for more money, I'm going to push ahead and do what I can to get my Etsy shop going. As such, I need to improve my photographs to make my products more appealing. While these aren't perfect, they're better than they were. If the sun would ever come out here and things warmed up, I'd go and do a bunch outside. Anyway, here are a few items that are already listed:

And over the winter, I managed to finish a couple scarves that never made it to my shop, so as soon as I finish relisting my expired items, I'll post these:

This one is two strands held together of wool/acrylic yarns. It is really long, thick and warm.

This one is really soft acrylic, one strand. Long enough for at least two times around one's neck.

And no, I still haven't gotten around to taking in progress photos *lol* But I'm on repeat 6 of the top, and I only have 6 squares of green left to make for the baby blanket. Wewt!

WIPs

Well, I had a brain fart moment and forgot my login for my blog -_- Durrrr... anyway, news: I found my camera! Which means, Work-In-Progress photos will be coming very, very soon, I promise! I am one quarter of the way into the green squares for my belly bean's blanket, and around round 14 of my brother's afghan. Wewt, they're coming along!

As well, I decided I *had* to make a piece of clothing for both my daughter and myself. So, I found a pattern to use for each - a simple one I can tailor to fit my daughter, and a similar one that's in the Family Circle Easy Crochet Spring 2007 issue - Lacy Sleeveless Top. I'm doing mine in Eco-Fil, a recycled cotton/acrylic blend yarn, in a really lovely purple colour. It's so yummy! And Kenz's will be in Bernat Softee Baby in a purple/green/blue verigated colour. I've gotten through two pattern repeats on my top for the body section, only 12 more to go, *lol*. So far it's really pretty, although I'm not sure if I'll be able to wear it without a cami underneath, it's very lacy.

So, yes, watch for WIP photos, they'll be coming very soon, promise!

Works in Progress

So, first post in a new blog. I don't have any finished projects to show off, so I guess I'll go over what I'm working on right now.

Currently, I have two projects I'm actively working on: a baby blanket for my belly bean, constructed of granny squares in blue, purple, green, and pink Bernat Baby Coordinates, and it will be crocheted together using white yarn, and a rectangular granny square afghan in black WW acrylic yarn for my youngest brother's birthday in June. I know, a blanket seems counter intuitive, but I'd like to give all my family members an afghan, so I might as well start with the soonest occasion.

I'm also in the process of planning birthday/Christmas gifts for the rest of my large family. I won't have a lot of extra cash come Christmas time, as I expect we'll be moving on base some time in the late fall/early winter and will need to purchase furniture and the like. So, I'm going to try and make a lot of gifts. So far, I have the following items planned:

Birthdays:
Alex (brother #2) - Black granny square blanket
Steven (brother #1) - Book thong + novel
Mackenzie (dd) - Animal Ear Hat
Kayla (sister) - Messenger Bag - black, green
Alex (hubby) - Penguin Amigurumi

Christmas:
Mom - Rectangular granny square afghan - black, teal, rose pink, hunter green, burgundy
Nick (bff) - Rectangular granny square afghan - mixed colours
Alex (hubby) - Round Ripple Afghan, army green, camoflauge, black
Mackenzie (dd) - Barbie clothes, Cabbage Patch clothes

I have a lot more that need to be decided on, but it's a start at least. All the afghans will need a LOT of time to complete, so I really need to get going. It's going to be a busy few months!