So today is the last day of our lease. I turned in the house keys and got butters a harness and leash for our new lifestyle. At first he seemed to hate it but as soon as we started walking around he stopped putting up resistance
Tonight we will live in the mountains to get away from this 100 degree weather.
-arae
So there’s that whole #vanlife thing. And I’ve gotta admit it sounds super enticing. But I can’t afford a van. Sooooooo
*drumroll please*
We’re moving into our car.
I am beyond excited! It’s going to be Me, my boyfriend, our pitbull, our cat, and hopefully a kitten soon. Here’s a picture of the little girl well be adoping soon. I think she’s ready to come with us.
Anyhow! We’re super excited. My boyfriend built us a solar generator for our energy needs and a swamp cooler of sorts out of an old cooler.
Now I should probably be clear for those of you who might be worried about the whole car thing and how were going to fit situation. We have a hatchback and were both pretty short so we will be fine!
So the countdown begins.
In about 5 days our lease is up. Today my boyfriend quit his job and soon were going on a road trip to Oregon to watch the eclipse (In my opinion a great way to kick this off). Then we’ll be taking the a trip down the Pacific coast highway!
Bah! I’m so excited. I’ll be sure to update frequently!
I always thought that a granny square was just the one pattern. You know the one with all the holes. (Hahaha all patterns technically have holes) if you’re not new to crochet you’ll know I’m talking about.
Anyhow, when I found out there are hundreds of different types of crochet squares and everyone calls them granny squares I was like “whaaaaaat?”. But yeah, it’s a thing.
Anyhow the point of this post is to ask if anyone knows the real name of this square below.
I’m over here typing up my pattern and I realized. I don’t know what this square is called. Well ain’t that a peach.
-Arae.
I know (to whoever cares) I promised a crochet pattern this weekend. But as I was typing it up I kept thinking.. “am I telling them to get enough yarn”. Because here’s the thing, with all of these projects I’ve been making I have NO idea how much yarn they take since I’ve just been trying to use up my yarn stash.
I talked to one of my co-workers about it today and she thinks I should just upload it anyway. So to hell with exact numbers (until I figure them out)
I’ll upload my pattern! Just… uhm.. not right now.
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-Arae.
Well not hard, but tedious. I’m in the middle of working on writing out my first pattern. I started out really excited and now i just really want a nap (oh why did i decide to quit drinking coffee). Im listening to all of these tutorials for inspiration and its just suckin the fun outta me. They’re all so booorrrrriiiing. The audio is all off, the camera quality is blah. And they feel like my boring aunt.
I should make a crochet channel. And it will be.. hopefully… not boring. Teehee.
Well I’ve got to get back to work on that pattern. I think I’ll release the pattern for the baby blanket first since I feel like it is the easiest.
And Because I feel like it here’s a picture of me trying to crochet stitch swatches. Just because.
Is it just me, or does office life just suck the individuality out of you? That’s rhetorical. Of course it does! You can’t dress how you feel. Your hair has to be just right. Maybe on some level you can get away with a little bit of “you” pinned to your collar but not if you want to get that promotion.
And so the reason we stay in these soul sucking places is because we need to feed ourselves somehow right? Then doesn’t that make these places evil?
I dunno, I guess some food for thought.
-Arae.
So if you don’t know what WIP Wednesday is its a day for you share what project is currently on your hooks/needles. If you have been following me the past week you know I’m working on a diaper bag trying to use up any bit of yarn I have left. So I’m just going to bombard you with pictures of the blanket it will go with and the bag itself.
Queue wouldn’t it be nice
Mental Montage
And now to the diaper bag…
Hahaha and there yah have it.
I’ll publish my pattern this weekend it’s fairly simple and I think it’d be a great beginner project.
-Arae.
So as I’m progressing with this diaper bag I feel like I should absolutely make a pattern for it. I’m using pretty basic stitches but I’m wondering if anyone would even want it. There are so many patterns out there.
I think I will. Only problem is I’m of the “just wing it” variety of crafters. I’d have to type it an uaaahhhh so much work. But maybe it would be gratifying and give me some sort of sense of accomplishment.
I’ll do it!
And I’ll publish it ooooonnnnn…. Saturday? Seems like that would give me enough time. Hey maybe I’ll include the baby blanket pattern.
Note to self: Take better pictures of that baby blanket.
-Arae.
Crocheting at the office is the best thing ever. Maybe some would disagree and call it a distraction but those people have obviously never crocheted. Nothing helps you focus more then the repetitive task of “yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through two loops”. I have to listen to some really long calls sometimes and I gotta say, the crochet helps me focus.
All that to say, I’m making a diaper bag to go with the baby blanket I made a while back. (See pictures below)
Now the new question is when I’m done making it if I should sell it on etsy or gift it to a pregnant person.
-arae
So I have this dream of living in my car. But with the size of my yarn stash there’s no way that I could fit in my car with my boyfriend in tow. And the dilemma of a fibre artist is that you just can’t get rid of your stash. You have to utilize every last bit.
So here are some pictures of my stash as is!
(I actually have quite a bit more yarn but am too lazy to yank it all out of my craft “tool” box)
And I’m really excited. I’ve been crocheting non stop and am thinking I might open up an etsy shop with all the things I’ve been making.
I’ll be posting as frequently as I can with updates of the things I’m making. And hey maybe I’ll even make up some patterns to post!
Excited šµ
If you want to see more pictures of my projects I’ll probably post more frequently on Instagram.
@araeeee
-arae.
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