Blogging

  Creating a blog is easy. Source out the best blogging format, sign up, and select a template for page views. Voila! Your blog is born. Well that was easy and virtually painless.  Now I'm ready to add content....
   There lies my dilemma - so many scattered thoughts. Where to begin. The 'blogging experts' say: provide quality, people love photos & videos, tutorials providing detailed explanations. Give them something to come back for.
   I can do that. Here goes!
"TODAY, I am knitting a ..." oops. Darn. I took it apart. I should have taken a photo. It was such a great idea for a pattern to use in, for an, um not sure. Oh well. I guess that's why I took it apart. Try Again!
"I have this great idea for a crocheted ...." um, something or other with the yarn I used to knit something. This looks good. Wait, I think a double crochet here would be better. Let me just take it back to...
  "KitKat! Stop, leave my yarn, noooooo, come back here. ohhh!!"  Oh well, no worries. Did I remember to take a pic? NO!! Now where's my camera - hah, look at that, it's sitting on the table beside me.....  :)

  I think I need to go back to the drawing board. Crafting and blogging at the same time does not work for me. But aren't women supposed to have a natural affinity for multi-tasking? I think mine moved out with my youngest.
First, I will take photos of everything, then work on the 'quality' content.
  I'll be back again soon.

 

Try again

  Well here it is 4 months later and not one more word has been entered in my blog. The time has just flown by.  I was called back to work at the end of May and my blog and website went by the wayside.
  I did manage to start a few projects during the summer.   Not until the cooler weather, was I in the "mood" to complete.  One of my reworked & reworked projects' was a sunhat for my grand-niece. Sounds simple enough. The first little hat was too small, barely covered the top of her head. The next attempt 'swam' on her. She was not impressed, quickly pulled it off and chose to play with the crocheted butterfly. Maybe I should have made the butterfly into a hat! After a few more attempts, I finally created a hat that fits her, has a bit of stretch to it so it may fit next year too. I accomplished this task at the end of summer!!  No photos though - it fit, I sent it home with her.

  I had much more success with my next project. A cocoon or bunting bag. A baby shower gift that was for my nephew & his wife's baby-to-be.  
  She loved it. I didn't have to worry if it fits or not. The only drawback - she wants one for herself since it feels so snuggly. :)
  Can't blame her, this yarn is so soft and easy to work with. Good project for a chilly day.  The drawstring at the bottom of the bag allows you to change your little one without having to take them completely out. There should be enough room to keep his/her little head covered.  I will try to get a picture of my grand-nephew/niece in it.

2nd Beginning

Now that I have more time on my hands, I've decided to give blogging a try again. I am hoping this is the first of many posts.