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I’m super excited to announce that Purl You Crazy was accepted into Handmade Detroit’s 8th annual VMKT. 🧡
Only 35 vendors were accepted out of 257 applications. 😲 So I am feeling incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to join this small show at the Majestic Theater.
I will have lots of new items for this love themed show. 😍 I hope that my squishy knit/crochet items help bring a smile to your face for Valentine’s Day.
See you all there! 😘
Theresa
Wow. The last few months have been a rollercoaster! I’ve had a lot of personal life changes and a ton of maker shows. So, I prioritized making things and getting to shows over updating the web site. 😓 Sorry friends! However, I was able to successfully navigate the holiday craft season. Yay!
I’ve just wrapped up my holiday shows and I’m now on to finishing up custom orders and preparing myself for a nice, deep holiday slumber. 💤
💜 Theresa
Super excited to announce a few of my upcoming shows. Come see me! 💕 Winter is coming. Make sure you get your holiday gifts early.
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Just wrapped up two hot and sticky days at Detroit Maker Faire!
Reusable water balloons were a big, big, BIG success. Yay! I loved watching people test out the water balloons (of course, I had a bowl full of water with balloons in it to try out. I expected all the kids to throw them at each other…. but actually, adults tended to throw them at each other more than the kids. 🤣
Guess who was accepted into the Detroit Handmade show for a second year?! That’s right – Purl You Crazy! Jen and I will be back and even more excited than ever. This is one of our favorite shows to attend and to vend. If you’ve never been to the Detroit Urban Craft Fair… GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER! You need to go. It’s an amazing show at the Masonic Temple in Detroit full of straight up bad ass makers and artists. ❤
I will be participating in Handmade Toledo‘s Maker’s Mart on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Handmade Toledo, 1717 Adams Street in Toledo. See you there!
I love a challenge, so when I was approached about creating a lightweight version of the very cozy WOOL sweater cowl, the District 12, I thought sure! I can do that. Why not?
So I grabbed my trusty pattern that I purchased several years ago. There are no instructions on how to alter the pattern AND my pattern is so old that I can no longer find it online. So I was on my own if I wanted to adjust it. It seemed like it might be easy to adjust the size by simply using a different type of yarn and adding a few stitches to adjust for the gauge.
I got about half way through my pattern and it looked like everything was going my way. The herringbone stitch was turning out beautifully, the customer loved the grey hues of the yarn, the yarn was soft and breathable. It was looking good and I was pretty damn proud of myself.
BUT THEN… I got into the home stretch and realized my beautiful masterpiece that I was so proud of was turning out a larger than I anticipated. No problem. I’ll just decrease more often, right?
WRONG.
The cowl still seemed to turn out rather large, I thought. I don’t want this cowl to hang off the customer – all frumpy like. I want it to sit nicely on her, just like the original. Maybe I’m just being too hard on myself? Maybe this lightweight version is going to be perfect for her. Maybe the largeness will make it more cozy. What do you think? Does it look frumpy or perfect?
Either way, it was a good lesson in making alterations to projects.
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Weeee! I am so excited!!!! I FINALLY had the chance to try my hand at laser cutting and engraving. This week, I took my fiancé on a date night to Factory Two, the maker space in Flint and it was the best date night idea I’ve had in a long time.
Before heading to the maker space, we stopped for tacos – our go to meal for date nights. Mmm tacos. After our bellies were full of deliciousness, we headed over to Factory Two. There we learned how to use inkscape (the program we would use to draw our projects), saw a few of our friends, learned how to run the laser cutting/engraving machine AND got a tour of the wood shop in the maker space.
The beautifully designed keychain above is what I made. I can’t wait to perfect my art and make a million more of them to hand out to people at market. 😉
People may think that Flint is a struggling community without a lot of resources – and they would be right. But we are also a struggling community with a STRONG arts/maker community. I’m so happy to be a part of that community and I can’t wait to see what everyone does next.
Makers Gonna Make
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The Etsy shop had been updated with all of our in stock finished items. I am always thrilled to do customizations and commissions (they challenge me and are really fun to see realized), but for those of you who know and love what we already have in stock, Etsy is the way to go.
