Updates and Suggestions

Well, my Wedding Snood is finished, I just need to put a bow on in and take some pictures. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out...I hope the other etsyknitters team members like it. In case you don't know, the etsyknitters team is doing a wedding challenge this month. For more info about it, go to www.etsyknitters.blogspot.com.



Looking for suggestions:

I made this tank top a week or two ago, and I can't decide the best way to market it. At first I called it "Purple Fishnet Tank Top", which I thought was very self explanitory, but then I worried that people might not want a tank top that was fishnet, so then I've been calling it "Purple Beach Cover-Up" since that is how I would probably wear it.

What do you guys think? Would you think of it as a beach cover up or a fishnet tank top or even something completely different? Let me know, I'm really interested in hearing your suggestions.

In other news:

Dentist appt was fine...minimum pain and a clean bill of health.

New look!

If you've been here before, you might have noticed that my blog looks slightly different than it did before. I used the banner sketch from the previous post and made myself a new banner. I like how it turned out, but I wish I could move it to the right to go over my posts and not the sidebar. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this, please let me know.

I also redid the banner for my shop. Take a gander at it and let me know what you think. It's quite different from the last one.


In other news:
I'm making an evening stole out of some sparkly recycled yarn. I would have been finished yesterday, but I decided that it would look so much better with a beaded fringe, so I'm holding off on posting it and am going to get some beads and fringe it up!

Today I'm going to make a shawl out of the same yarn. I'm really hoping I have enough left to make it...if not, I'll use my fancy shmancy yarn ball winder (that I talked about here) and I'll wind it back up!

A day of knitting...and a question?

First things first...my little doggie, "Bess" made it into a treasury as did the sweater I knit that she's wearing. As proud as I am of my work, no matter what I do she's going to outshine anything that she's wearing...Or maybe I'm just a proud mama.

In Knitting News:
Today is the last day I've given myself to finish the sweater I'm working on...starting tomorrow, I'm getting cracking on my custom orders, so whatever's not finished will just have to wait until the knitting frenzy is over. The orders are for someone's wedding, so I really want to have them mailed out with plenty of time to spare in case there are mail delays or something.

Question time:
I see a lot of different items up on etsy that say recycled or upcycled...is there a difference? I'm in the process of making a sweater from recycled yarn and I'd love to know everyone's thoughts on this.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for "Tuesday's Tips for Etsy"!