Head in the Clouds

The image above is from Bing's Image Creator. It fits my thinking today. My sisters and I are considering forming a company to sell what we make. We all make things using different materials and styles and techniques. We are thinking of finding venues to sell in person. We are creators, all three of us and it gives our lives purpose and meaning that sometimes our significant others don't understand.

I am wondering if I have my head in the clouds thinking that we could make enough money to make it worth our time. The link is from a site giving the history and meaning of the phrase. What I wonder is if we sisters are being delusional? Can in person sales give us what we need to keep making? I have pretty much decided that for a small time hobbyist like me that Etsy is a waste of time. It has become a wasteland of POD t shirts and resellers with thousands of items who don't spend time and heart and soul to bring a customer hand crafted works or vintage treasures. 

I am also considering a web site for myself and maybe selling on eBay which doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is unlike Etsy. Head in the clouds, maybe. I guess we won't know until we try. 

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Take care and stay cozy!

Sunday's Stitches

I am not the greatest with making and keeping schedules but I want to try a new thing here. I am always making something. That is a big part of who I am and what gives me purpose every day. I want to start a series here on Sundays called as you can see by the title above Sunday's Stitches. Sometimes there may be a lot to talk about and sometimes, meh. We'll see how this goes.

This Sunday I am sharing an afghan I have started. Started twice and had to tink a row also but I am determined to get this right. I put makers in to guide me through the 10 stitch repeat so I can stay on track. With each trial I feel more confident. I even figured out how to undo a S2KP (slip 2 knitwise together, knit one, pass the slipped stitches over) double decrease. Figuring that out lead to the makers to help get all the yarn overs and double decreases in the right spots. I feel more confident about it now.

As you can see, this is the Serafina Afghan. I bought the kit when it was on sale from Herrschner's. I have the pattern now and if this comes out as pretty as I think it will I may order the yarn when it is on sale and hope for free shipping too and have some lovely afghans to sell online or with my sisters as we get started with our own hand maker's company we want to start.

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Take care and stay cozy!