It’s been a planning week here at the Studio. A week filled with stats, numbers, budgets, blogging, planning and lists. There are long lists of yarn, supplies, work to be done and even a list to put us back into some routines. Routines like who has which day for laundry, what we’re having for dinner when, how we’re going to keep the house clean. It’s summer and the summer routine has been upset by home repairs and some much needed painting. Who am I kidding, our routine has been off track since January and it’s been really overwhelming me.
Crocheting What’s Next
The scarves above look beautiful, even though there are ends to weave in. They were a custom job and are already in their new home. I’ve been crocheting on some new jobs and attempting to write a couple of new patterns during all the chaos. As you can see the scarves were some older patterns that I have crocheted longer and I will be adapting the patterns to allow you to create them either short or close to 6′ long. The patterns above are the Denver Scarf and The Sunshine Scarf. I still enjoy working on them and it was really a lovely way to spend several afternoons. The colors just flow. The beauty and calming repetitive work was really needed at the time. You can find the The Sunshine scarf and the Denver Scarf patterns here in the scarf section of the shop.
Deciding What’s Next in New Patterns
A planning week also includes planning these new patterns for the shop. The pretty blue afghan above is a new afghan that I’ve started. It will be finished by September if all goes according to plans. I just realized that there are 4 crochet blankets started right now and I need to finish the one furthest along first. So this beauty will have to rest while I work on the others. It’s turning out quite nice as well and the colors are interesting.
There is also a couple of baby afghans that I need to write the patterns for. It all just takes time. Somehow the home repairs have just absorbed all my time. I have been worrying and it keeps me from thinking logically enough to shoot the process photos while I work. The baby blankets are now finished and I need to go back and write the patterns. It should be a quick job once I get started.
Planning Some New Painting
Planning which new projects to start and which need to sell is also filling my time. I have been painting canvases more than usual and not much of it is terribly exciting. When you start a new hobby your first few projects just aren’t that great! It feels like I am painting the same canvases over and over again.
When the photos are all put together in this gallery though, there has been more work done than I thought there was. The Blessing piano bench has just sold, as has the bench in the middle top photo. The little round table and the painted swirl table are still available while the quilt box is also sold. It is pretty exciting when I look at it this way!
Talk to you later,
Karen
P.S. You can always find my patterns at www.chocolatedogstudio/Etsy.com as well as here on the website. The painted furniture is starting to show up in the Etsy shop. Let me know if you see a piece you want to purchase. They are for sale.