I've got a fantastic mama, Lissi D., a WAHM herself, and her husband working on the website, http://www.daharadreaming.com/ (of course!), so that I can begin selling the amazing goods that I and other mamas have created. I mainly work in jewelry, sterling silver and gold filled (THE next best thing to a gold product), as well as knitting, dyeing yarns, and sewing. I like to keep busy and I like to share in the income contribution so I combined my love of the creative (see above) and my modest business sense, and I'm following it where it leads!
In the meantime, while I wait for the website to come along, I will begin chronicalling the frenetic quantity of projects I am currently working on. It's what I do. When the site is up and running and selling the goods of other mamas, they too will be doing their own blog as they so choose - both for DaharaDreaming and for themselves.
Currently in the works:
(1) Sewing with a purpose
My challenge to myself to cut and sew 50+ items for myself, my daughter, my spouse, and whatever else has been requested. Since I hate pinning and cutting, I decided to do ALL of that first. It has been a first rate pain in the ass. But I look fondly at the pile growing before me and know that soon I will be using my lovely serger and sewing machine, and it keeps me going. I am currently about to begin cutting peice #41 - YES folks, only 10 more to go and out comes the machines. Thanks goes to my friend Rachel B. who gave a name to my mad method, one I will repeat, but in slightly smaller quantities.
(2) For Dyeing
My first "official" foray into the dyeing world. This is complicated - these projects are for my grandparents. Matching hats and scarves. One of which will be mailed to them for Grandparents Day (Sept. 9), the matching component for Christmas. What I did was take 3 skeins of Worsted Weight Superwash from Knitpicks, unwind them, and then wind them into one VERY LARGE skein so that I could dye with greater gradation control. I have done this three, count them, THREE times. It is very time consuming with no swift, but grants a decent amount of exercise. I have also done it a fourth time with 3 skeins of Knitpicks' Bulky Weight. I love fondling such a large quantity! Photos of the dying will be posted as soon as I get my bottom to the thrift store for some very large pots.
My first "official" foray into the dyeing world. This is complicated - these projects are for my grandparents. Matching hats and scarves. One of which will be mailed to them for Grandparents Day (Sept. 9), the matching component for Christmas. What I did was take 3 skeins of Worsted Weight Superwash from Knitpicks, unwind them, and then wind them into one VERY LARGE skein so that I could dye with greater gradation control. I have done this three, count them, THREE times. It is very time consuming with no swift, but grants a decent amount of exercise. I have also done it a fourth time with 3 skeins of Knitpicks' Bulky Weight. I love fondling such a large quantity! Photos of the dying will be posted as soon as I get my bottom to the thrift store for some very large pots.
(3) Knitting
3.a -- A tank top from Knitty.com, "Soliel". My lovely friend Janessa did hers in a gorgeous dark lilac cotton, and it was very flattering, so here I go. I am lengthening it a few inches so that should it fit, it will look more appropriate proportionately. Done in Navy with Plymouth Yarn's Dreambaby D.K, 50% acrylic, 50% microfiber. Very soft. The yarn was extraordinarily cheap, having purchased it at a yarn shop that was closing. Also, since this was my first foray into an actual item of clothing, I feel assured that if it doesn't fit, I won't care much. At which point I will then I happily sell it with some gorgeous beading around the hemline.
3.a -- A tank top from Knitty.com, "Soliel". My lovely friend Janessa did hers in a gorgeous dark lilac cotton, and it was very flattering, so here I go. I am lengthening it a few inches so that should it fit, it will look more appropriate proportionately. Done in Navy with Plymouth Yarn's Dreambaby D.K, 50% acrylic, 50% microfiber. Very soft. The yarn was extraordinarily cheap, having purchased it at a yarn shop that was closing. Also, since this was my first foray into an actual item of clothing, I feel assured that if it doesn't fit, I won't care much. At which point I will then I happily sell it with some gorgeous beading around the hemline.
3.b -- A pair of socks for my brother. He was in the Air Force Reserves, so I am knitting him a pair of very warm house socks in Peace Fleece Blue, Peace Fleece Red, and Knitpicks Wool of the Andes (WOA) in Cloud. There will be a somewhat matching set for his lovely wife, and their son. Cheesy, eh! I got the yarn at coop prices and most pleased with it, having never used Peace Fleece before.
3.c -- "Nebula Spiral" wrapo for me in a gorgeous Pure Wool extra super bulky weight yarn that I ended up having no use for, as I sincerely understeimated the extent of "bulky". It will be so very warm, and I think it will be nice. This too I was able to purchase at coop prices, so am pleased that it will find some use, and be quite beautiful in the process.
That's all I have now. I'll be doing some new jewelry pieces in about 2 weeks and will post on that as well. I'm trying some new exciting things. Insomnia doth have its benefits.
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Go Jen! That is a seriously mondo skein :D I can't wait to see the end result!
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