Cowl Fettish

I've made two cowls in the past two days, and I'm working on a third...i'm quite pleased with myself. The first two are both different yarns, and even different sizes, just because of the types of yarn. I can't wait till it gets a little cooler out so I can dress up my volunteer models and get things taken pictures of and hopefully start posting on Etsy again. (which is just uber exciting!)
After reading some of the helpful emails that they send, I have decided to follow their advice about reviewing what you enjoy making yourself, not what you think people will want to buy. And I have decided I'm going to go back to focusing on cowls and scarves, and eventually mittens. And when February or March rolls around I'm going to start working on shawls. I think that will help keep me focused and hopefully help me improve all of my crafting, plus I'll get to work on making my own version of a shawl.
Speaking of shawls, Roommate has picked out the pattern she likes. It's a nifty fan/pineapple pattern with long tassels. She's really excited, so here in like a month or so when she has the extra cash we're going to go out to Twist (the most awesome yarn store in all the land) and pick out her yarn, and then I'll be hooking that and pretty much only that and maybe a cowl a week or so just to keep my hands from going crazy with just one project. All in all we're both really excited about it, cause I've never made a shawl before and I know Roommate is going to get so cold with me and Husband this winter, because with the two of us, we both enjoy the cold...a lot more than most people do even.

Whoot!!!

finished my third ever knitting project, my striped burp cloth! I'm very excited and proud of myself. I will hopefully be posting pictures, I finally got a lead on where the cord might have gone....so we'll just see about that.
I'm still (barely) working on the fan stitch scarf I talked about in my last post. The granny square baby blanket has gone as far as I can with that yarn...so now I'm trying to find another smaller type of yarn that I can use to finish making the blanket as big as it needs to be...hopefully in white. But I'm not sure how that's going to go. So for right now that project is in hibernation.
I've still been keeping track of the time I work on projects for etsy. I figure when I finish I will be putting the project in a large zip lock bag after a washing/drying then also enclosing a piece of paper that has all the washing information, and then what I would like to put for the etsy description, I figure that will help make sure I have well thought out and finished products and a more organized store/crafting area. Especially with the baby coming soon, organization is key!

Crafting activities and plans

I've been working on a granny square blanket in pink for a infant, maybe the size for a car seat, just as a spring/fall light cover up, but it's taking much longer than anticipated because of the small thread, but I think it will turn out just fine. It's to the size I'm either going to stop and make three more squares of the same size, or going to keep going with just the one square, I'm not sure yet.
If my camera cord to hook up to the computer wasn't missing since we moved I would be putting a picture here....but maybe I can use Roommate's computer sometime to do that. But she's out this weekend, so no way to do so. Maybe next week sometime.
I'm also working on a fan stitch scarf pattern also...I think it'll look pretty good. And like I said, I'll take pictures soon, hopefully.
But I've been keeping track of the time I spend on each craft, in order to price the product better on etsy, at least that's the advice I've been given about how to calculate what the product is worth.