Stella, overlord and boss.
Just a bit of useless information you probably don’t want to know!
Things have been a bit quiet of late as far as launching patterns, but rest assured as I have 3 in testing right now! So in the meantime a random blog post about nothing important seemed in order!
I crochet!
Yes, of course you probably knew that! Did you know it is mainly my youngest childs fault! He does a rather dangerous sport as a profession and I found myself needing something to distract me during those times when he is competing.
I can’t count!
Well in reality I can count but with three patterns in testing at present, you could ask my very patient pattern testers to take a secret poll as to whether or not they thought I could count, and I am pretty sure what the results would be.
I am not the boss of my crochet business!
My crochet business is really run by the overlord that presides within my house. Oops I mean her house! Her name is Stella and she is the brains of the business. She spends hours literally pawing over the designs to ensure they are perfect! She is a real tyrant! (See picture and you can judge).
I don’t like green!
If you didn’t know that one then you must not have read any of my prior blog posts. Green only exists to make Purple look really great. Ask any Jacaranda tree and they will tell you it’s true!
I don’t do video tutorials of my crochet!
No one wants to suffer me for an hour or two or three whilst trying to crochet one of my patterns. For one I refuse to do my nails all pretty for a video and I would most likely swear way too often!
I am a part time model! Insert hysterical laughter here!
I do, in fact, grudgingly model some of my shawls. The reason for this is that it is easier to do this than try to organise someone to do so.
My husband is a great support in taking the time to try and get just one decent photograph of a new shawl. In many of the pictures it can be 35 celcius where I live and so my mood is often not all that spectacular when out in the sub-tropical weather wearing a shawl etc. And trust me, I have no skills at modelling what so ever!
Many of my designs feature dragonflies!
This just makes sense to me. Dragonflies are amazing and I love to bring them to life in my designs. The feedback I get on launching a dragonfly make tells me to keep doing them.
I once had a whole ball of yarn unravel on a plane during take off.
Yes it’s true. The ball had fallen off my lap and worked its way towards the tail of the plane many rows back. On discovering it was missing I looked down and realised my problem. I turned to look down the aisle and saw the male flight attendant still seated centre of the aisle for take off. He had an armful of yarn he had gathered up. Oh the embarrasment of watching him slowly work his way back up the aisle, winding that ball of yarn as he went.
I don’t do crochet requests or orders .
Nope, never, no way, not gonna happen! I crochet and design what I like. Begging won’t help! A huge bribe may sway me a bit, but I am not interested in making things to order.
I tend to work in ordered chaos.
It’s true.! If you think designers have it all together and it is all sunshine and roses when producing a design, think again. This designer usually has hooks and yarn in a tangle and a very needy cocker spaniel on her lap. I manage to lose my crochet hook, tapestry needle, ipad and pretty much everything all the time.
I have dozens of designs graphed out and ready to make.
Ideas pop into my head at the strangest times and I find myself drawing and graphing. Some of these things I even have the yarn all ready to go. I just need more time.
I enjoy writing blog posts about nothing much at all.
I do. But you are reading it! Life is at times tough enough, stressful enough and not everything (in my opinion) needs to be serious. There is enough of that each day as it is!
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The next pattern launch will be in 12 days times!
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