The Jenn

No time to work on the pattern lately.

argh.

But I did finish one more purse!

Here it is:

The Jenn

Named for another one of my nieces, who now owns it.

Yes, I have a lot of nieces!

Once the pattern is available for purchase in my Etsy shops, Patterns And Such and ennadoolf, I'll be sure to let you all know!

Teams on Tuesday - (the unofficial) Etsy Business Blog

Cool new blog alert!

(The Unofficial) Etsy Business Blog


...and if you are looking for one place that has everything you ever needed to know about Etsy, this is it.



Once you're at her blog, click on About to learn who Justine is and why she created this wonderful resource.

Be sure to check it out!

Thanks Justine!

Amazing New Stuff!

Amazing New Stuff!

Need to get ready for the cold weather?

What about a grey scarf?

Do you spell it grey or gray?



And this violet scarf looks like it has bits of candy embedded in it!

It will be added to my shop shortly!

The bright colours will surely brighten up the dreary winter days ahead.




And speaking of brightening up the winter ~ what about simply adding bright new dishcloths to your kitchen!

These are being added to my shop and I do have several of each colour available.

And remember, you can find me on facebook too!

They're here!

These lovely lotions arrived this week!

It was a blog giveaway from Darcy's Knotty Knitter!

and I won!

and they are "a delicious mini-sampler set of the four newest Happy Hands Hand Cremes for fall, enclosed in a festive bright orange organza bag" especially for knitters from Local Gringos on Etsy!

I can't wait to try them all!

Thank you to both Darcy's Knotty Knitter and Local Gringos

Lest We Forget

Teams on Tuesday - Knit a Poem Finished!

The poem is completed!

The poem is In My Craft or Sullen Art by Dylan Thomas

I'm late reporting it - Click Here to read about the project at the Poetry Society's website.

and Click Here to read the poem.

KAL - Knit-a-long

I am taking part in a KAL (knit-a-long).

I've wanted to learn fair isle knitting for a while and had decided, that with all my other projects on the go, this would be my new year's resolution for 2010. To learn fair isle knitting.

And then along came this KAL.

So, I am learning now.

So these are my colours - pulled from my stash.

And I've cast on and knit the ribbing so far, as well as a few rows. I'm at the point where I'm supposed to add the first colour.

So now I will pause! I've never done this before, and the KAL hasn't officially started yet while everyone is choosing their colours. But I wanted to get this far, so that if I got busy I'd at least have this much done and could learn how to do the next part.

I'll keep you updated!

I'll also be updating my progress on facebook - at my business page for ennadoolf.etsy.com - become a fan and watch me learn!

The Trish

The pattern is done, but when I converted it to a pdf it was over 10Mb in size!

... because the photos were too big.

So I got it down to 3Mb but that can still be reduced, so the pattern is back in revisions to reduce it.

In the meantime, here is ...

the Trish

Named for another one of my nieces, who now owns it.

It's one of a kind (OOAK).

Once the pattern is available for purchase in my Etsy shops, Patterns And Such and ennadoolf, I'll be sure to let you all know!

Teams on Tuesday - Forest City Crafters - Gillianbeads

I met Gillian of Gillianbeads this past Saturday when we both took part in the craft show held at Chateau Gardens.

Our tables weren't close to each other so we didn't have too much time to chat but we sure hope we'll have more opportunities in the future, now that we have an Etsy team for London Etsy shop owners ~ the Forest City Crafters.

Be sure to visit Gillian's shop on etsy for handmade lampwork glass beads and artisan jewelry.

...and doesn't she have the nicest wine bottle stoppers?

I love them!

Barbie Turns 50 ! !

Did you know that Barbie is 50 this year?

I didn't realize it until I was walking down the street on my lunch hour and saw Barbies in a ceramics studio!

Yes, Jonathons had Barbie ~ wearing designer Bob Mackie dresses ~ on display.

I actually stopped in my tracks. lol

Then I went inside to see why these beautiful designer Barbies were in the window.

And it turns out the Barbies were part of a local collector's private collection and she was selling some of them and a portion of the sales was to go to a charity.

So of course I bought a ticket to the opening of the show! And here are some of the Barbies that were there.

The 2 I might have been interested in purchasing - Barbie as Sandy in Grease (in black 'leather') and one of the Harley Davidson Barbies - were unfortunately not part of this collection.

...that's okay, it means I can keep dreaming of finding them for a very reasonable bargain-basement price!