Addicting Little Knit

I am completely in love with this awesome pattern for handwarmers.  One skein of cotton yarn, one set of size 6 double points, and I am in heaven. 

 

 

I love it.  I can not seem to stop knitting them.

I like the Sugar and Cream or Peaches and Creme yarns.  The cotton is nice and the colors are awesome.  I highly recommend this pattern.

I'm off to knit more.  (What am I going to do with all of them, lol?)

~Birdie

Tough Choices

As some of you may know, I have an Etsy shop.

Or rather, I had an Etsy shop.

See, my whole dream was not to make things for other people.  It's to open a yarn shop.  A nice place with shelves of yarn and tables for crafting.  Comfy couches maybe.  Nice windows wide with light.  And an area for consignment, where people like me can sell their items.  Cause it's hard to find that anywhere. There will be classes and knit alongs and crochet alongs. 

It's been my dream for a long time.

My mom and I were talking about it today.  Etsy and farmer's markets and craft shows are all good, but they aren't what I want.  I've been fooling myself and in the process, taking away from my real dream.

So I made some tough choices today. 

They really weren't that tough, though.

I closed my Etsy shop.  I enrolled at the community college I graduated from last year.

My plan is to take business classes and maybe get a certificate.  Then hopefully in the next year or two I'll be able to get a business loan and get things cooking. 

I need this.  I need this to happen.  I need to have this purpose.

I'll keep you posted.

And don't worry.  There will be knitting still. :)

Here's to chasing dreams.

~Birdie