Plugging Away at My List

Sorry for the radio silence!  I have been busy clicking away at the needles - not the keyboard.  I am happy to say that I have been attending to my goals, shockingly!  Perhaps the biggest news is that I have made something absolutely lovely that I believe could be one of my first two products that I could sell.  It is a gorgeous felted baby bonnet with sweet round shaping such as to cup a baby's head lovingly.  Plus, it goes great with the felted baby booties I already make -- to form a set.  Together, they are truly beautiful and seem like they could become heirlooms.  Pictures don't do them justice, but I will try to post a few!

On other fronts, I have been practicing my continental knitting -- just the knit stitch for now and only until my hand gets stiff.  I can see that it will be infinitely faster, once I get the hang of it!  Also, I have been researching designs for a felted baby boy hat.  This has involved experimenting with designs for regular knitted hats  - translating them for felting and then seeing how well they felt.  I think I have one that will work after I have made some additional adjustments.  Maybe I will post some pics of my prototype another day.  I haven't done any needle felting yet, but I have made a couple of swatches (future coasters) that I will be able to practice on.  We had our first (very small) knitting group on Sunday (but I really HAVE to get an advertisement in some newsletters).  Finally, I have been investigating options for selling my creations.  It is complicated a bit by the fact that I don't have access to sending business items through the US mail.  So, while I have looked into Etsy (a lovely website for buying and selling handmade items), I would have to mail things internationally - and charge a higher shipping rate accordingly.  Not impossible, but worth thinking about twice.  I have asked at one shop locally, but they claim to only sell items made by their employees.  I plan to take a sample by anyway!