Suz’s Ramblings…

Last weekend I had the nieces over.  The husband and I picked them up Thursday evening and returned them Sunday afternoon.  Friday was spent in the pool at the in-laws house.  Saturday was crafting with Aunt Suz!
The older niece decided awhile back that she wanted to learn how to crochet.  So, I bought her a [...]

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It’s taken two weeks to start getting stuff listed in my Etsy shop.   What I’ve listed (not including the two reserved items) isn’t all of what I have ready to list.  My plan is to see how much interest what I do have up generates and then I’ll go from there.
Link to my Etsy shop:  [...]

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I have a wonderful job.  It pays the bills, has a pretty impressive benefit package, and in this time of economic turmoil, it’s secure.  (Something about how people don’t want to give up running water or the ability to flush even when they’re broke) And yet, I still feel the need to complain!
I think that [...]

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So about  a month ago now I discovered that which is Ravelry.
Which resulted in me discovering a yarn shop near home.
Which has resulted in me taking lessons to learn how to knit.
Meaning that my hobby has become an obsession.
Posting will remain light t0 non existant until my obsession returns to hobby.
(Yeah right)
Now back to ignoring [...]

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I was going through my crafting set on Flickr and realized that I had pictures of projects from long ago, so I added them to my stream.
Note the date stamps on the pictures of some of the blankies…they are not the projects mentioned in the previous post.

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Well, it’s just past that time o year.
You know.
The gift giving season.
As such, I finally got around to lining the bags that I’d crocheted for the nieces so that I could give them their bags for Christmas.  That’s two projects off of the list.
I also finished crocheting and sewing all of the motifs together for [...]

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Always remember to put the onesie in the dye fixer FIRST, especially when you are trying to achieve the “confetti” look.
And NO, I’M NOT PREGNANT!

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So, I’ve uploaded a bunch of new pictures.
Seems I haven’t done that since before the beginning of March.
There are pictures of the pants that I embellished for my older niece for her birthday in March, pictures of the shattered glass in the master bathroom, pictures of the pretty blue pool in my in-laws’ back yard [...]

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