Hot Mess

Folks, I have been a hot mess lately. I just cannot get it together! When I try to focus on my crafts, I make the silliest mistakes. A few weeks ago at my knitting group, I was complaining about how I didn't think the hat I was knitting was turning out quite right. The hat pattern included sequins. I have never really done a knitting project with sequins or beads. It was easy enough but still didn't seem quite right. Finally, at the end of the evening as I was complaining about my hat yet again, Stephanie finally asked the question "Is it supposed to be knit in the round? All of a sudden it hit me! I was taking a pattern intended to be knit on straight needles and was knitting it on circular needles yet still following the pattern exactly as it was written, not accounting for this change. The original hat pattern called for stockinette stitch (knit one row, purl one row) I was doing this on circular needles which is not necessary! When knitting on circular needles, you just continuously knit (not purl) to create stockinette stitch. DUH! I pulled everything out immediately and started over. I am still not in love with the hat. I think I bought the wrong kind of sequins. The picture in the pattern was a bit fuzzy and the directions didn't specify so I bought sequins with the hole in the center. I think the pattern may actually require sequins that are more like discs with the hole at the top. I'll complete this hat with the sequins I have and see what I think. I may need to make another one with sequin discs. You can never use too many sequins!

In other blunders, I pulled out my card making stuff this past weekend to make a birthday card for JJ's mom. I was working away having a grand ol' time stamping, punching and cutting. I completed the front of the card and opened it up to stamp a sentiment on the inside of the card only to discover I had glued everything on UPSIDE DOWN. Oy ve! Thankfully it was an easy fix. I just cut the card front off and glued it onto another folded card. It didn't look bad either. Whew!

I think this may be a sign I am trying to get too many crafts in with too little time. One of these days I hope to turn my hobby into a full time job. I am not 100% positive how I am going to accomplish this but I do have some ideas. That's a post for another time. Until then, I'll just keep on keepin' on and hope for the best. Have a great weekend everyone!!!!