At this time last year I saw a random video on YouTube .. talking about a virus .. knew right then things were going to get rough...
I put everything I was working with on hold.. all of the yarn items that I had spent months getting ready for holiday sales online and in town.. started to look into making face masks.. got my bearings and spent the next 10 months almost exclusively working on masks.. got a break when an order went awry and had to replace a crochet scarf and tiny thread bag.. oh and one order for two custom tiny thread bags..
going from working with yarn or beads 10 to 12 hours a day to working with fabric 16 to 20 hours a day was a shock to my whole system.. I kept telling myself I would be able to play with yarn again after masks were more widely available.. not that I don't love playing with fabric or really wanted to help any way I could... I just had so many yarn projects I wanted to do as well..
I am still making masks.. but started getting more requests for yarn items.. only thing to do divide my time between crafts.. which is much easier said than done.. I have very limited working space.. takes a fair amount of time to switch everything out.. so half of the week is play with fabric.. got a couple of landscape quilts that need to be done besides the masks, bags, pot holders and clothing items.. the other half of the week is all yarn time.. got a couple of free form hats that must be along with the shawls, fingerless gloves, scarves and bags.. at some point the beads are going to come back into play along with my looms..
Pulled out many of my finished items that had been waiting to be listed in my shop.. took hours but got some usable photos and they are now listed on Etsy.. two of the hardest parts for me.. photos and coming up with names for the items..
photos.... wind wasn't helping much but it was so bright the colors showed nicely..
names... yeah I came up with Red Scarf... LOL
Stay safe
