Knitting Dragonflies

Patch First Shop Patch Vintage Shop – This is the shop that really caught my eye. Interesting vintage wear at good prices. SALE Vintage Blue Flora Linen Blouse $32.00 Vintage Pink Kimono Batwing Blouse $8.00 From her Bio My name is Patch, I'm Thai and live in Udon Thani, North Eastern of Thailand. Crystal Beaded Jewelry is my passion. At first I like to buy every kind of jewelry - not expensive one - to match my cloths but sometimes I couldn't find what I want. Then I started to make my own jewelry. All of items in my shop I design from what I like which is another passion of mine Wedding Stuffs... I think about what I will wear when I go to wedding events or sometimes I look at the wedding gowns and think about what will match to those gowns.. As I made them like I will wear them myself, I choose the best quality materials as I can find.. I can guarantee you that you will receive the best quality of jewelry from my shop.. For Vintage items, they are from my mom...

Do what you love, love what you do… I have an Etsy shop and have tried to sell several different items in it. Maybe it was the items, my lack of enthusiasm, the economy or another variable, it never really took off.   Quite by accident, I started dyeing my hand spun fiber. One night on Plurk I posted some of my fiber and a woman went wild over it, and insisted I could sell it. I was just having some fun though, and ignored her. Then another woman contacts me and wants me to make her some hand dyed yarn. so I do and sell it to her. After that I start getting all kinds of requests!! My knitting is on the back burner right now, and my husband is extremely tolerant, with dyeing and yarn all over the kitchen. Dinner? What you want to eat?   Moral to the story, life is short, thanks to all of the knitters and dyers online that have helped me on my way! Dream as if you'll live forever.  Live as if you'll die today.  ~ James Dean   Now I...

I find it valuable to keep a knitting journal, usually it is a large spiral bound book. I mean to keep all of my knitting info, swatches, yarn samples etc. in it, but it is large and I am always behind. Dragonfly soars , fellow knitting blogger, gave me the idea of keeping a small journal for each project. This is a perfect solution for myself. Small, portable, and pretty I can write all of my info into it! Start for just for socks! I have been working on 2 at a time socks and am using a small journal to note my ideas, problems, and progress. It’s great. With that being said here is an Etsy seller that makes some cute little journals and scrapbooks. She also makes custom scrapbooks. Memories for Life Scrapbooks  Edi also blogs here . Some of my favorites are: the Love album $20.00 the Summer book $20.00 Bird Notebook $6.00 The Butterfly note book $5.00 Sweet little books to place your thoughts, photos, or even your to do list. Take a look…

It's Etsy Wed!! I love Etsy! I love to look and shop there. It is nice to buy gifts there, you can get one of a kind things! Whether looking for original gifts, or something for yourself. I am constantly amazed at the creativity that I can find there. You are supporting individuals, not the mass chains of stores and catalogs. With that said, my first Etsy pic is knitter, Knitted Gems is her store. She also has a blog http://knittedgems.blogspot.com/ . Please check her out! What brought me to her shop was this item: A hand knitted alpaca beaded shawl for Barbie, now my theory that Barbie has everything is really true!! Then I look further and see she has all kinds unique knitting patterns. The thing I really love about her patterns are that they are all something I would actually knit and either use or gift to someone. From decorative pillows and vase cosies to scarfs, and hats, among other items. This shawl is lovely, it looks complicated, but is not. She furnishes PDF document wit...