Yarn Vultures....

 
Hello!
So I have a mini rant to type up here. It's about yarn, as you know from my last post I have recently picked up crochetting and knitting. (Pictures will be posted soon I promise).
It's about yarn, or really the price of it. It's insane!

Take, for instance, Lion Brand Hometown USA yarn, I am not bashing Lion Brand they have very wonderful acrylic yarn it's wonderful and so is their wool yarn, but the price for one skein is outrageous!
Let me tell you how,

So I am making this project for my friend, crocheting a plushie Om Nom for her cause she loves the little guy, perfect gift right? Right. Until I run out of yarn. The type of yarn mentioned above, in Mongentry Lime.

I had seen this yarn at Wal-Mart before so I thought, Okay I'll just pick some up there no big deal. 
It has turned out to be a bigger deal then I thought! Do you know how hard it is to find the exact shade? Yes I know the dye lot I know the brand and the color name even the class of yarn it is.

But no one in my area carries it.

Not even Walmart they carry a darker green as annoying as that is. I know your thinking. 'Just use a different brand!' But no because this is a chunky yawn a very thick bulky yarn that I really like. And even if I did find another brand the shades and texture wouldn't be the same!

Finally after months of searching my mom and I went to Tyler, I went into Handcock Fabrics to see if they carried yarn and they did in the very back right hand corner, low and behold there was the brand that I needed to finish my poor little one legged Om Nom. There were three skeins left in the basket I was about to grab one too I only had twenty dollars to spend though, thus my problem.

It was eleven to fifteen dollars, now I don't know if that is the company or just the brand but that is to darn much! Even for a Jumbo skein which this was not it was a simple average skein!
I swear it's like they know you just need this one little skein to finish the project not even the whole thing! (I may have needed a fourth of it! If that!) And they prey on it that wanting to finish the product! The yarn vultures.

So alas....he is still a one legged Om Nom but he will be finished! Oh yes I will finish him! Never fear!

Big News!

Big news everyone! I know I haven't been keeping you very updated on my craft stuff but let's just say I am a very dedicated crocheter :)

Soon I will be opening a Etsy shop! Selling Amigurmi it is a Greek style of crocheting that I have picked up on lately but also I'm going to start making hats and such :) Expanding you know?

I started crocheting when I was about six and I put it down for nine years because I thought all you could do was scarves and blankets (That's what my family did with it anyway) but now I am crocheting faster then ever :)

Anyway I will post pictures of my latest project and a link to my etsy shop too.

Also I am making a website mascot. Betsy Bee :)

Pictures will be posted soon :)

Eleven things about me!

First of all thanks Kait for nominating me! :)

Now as for the Rules, here they are:

1. Post the award on your blog

2. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to their blog

3. Write 11 random facts about yourself

4. Nominate 5-11 bloggers you feel deserve this award and have less then 1,000 followers

5. Answer the 11 questions posted b your presenter and ask your Nominees to answer  11 questions.

Lets see......I love music I am really obsessed with it :)

I love animals :) horses and wolves. I have loved horses since I was a baby and wolves are my spirit guide.

I love knitting and crafting :)

The weirdest thing that happened to me is I picked up a bird in the pet store and it wouldn't get off my shoulder....it tried to bite my sister.....

I love big bang theory.

I love mythology

I love fairytales

I have a sticky brain which means I remember random facts.

My favorite comedian is Bill Cosby :)

Turbo from Wreck it Ralph freaks me out.

Ceefax

Sabrina Giles

Victoria W.

Amy

Kait!!!

Questions.......

1. What disney character are you?

2. Favorite genre (Music books and movies)?

3. What band do you want to see in concert?

4 If you could do anything in the world (Supernatural or non) what in the world would you do? :)

5 Weirdest thing to happen to you what age.

6 what literary character would you be?

7 What is your favorite quote? We all have one no matter how cheesy we think it is!

8 If you could have anything in the world what would it be?

9 If you could swap lives for a day who would you swap with?

10 are you a follower and/or love Christ? :)

11 If you were in a tv show what would it be?

Now fly! Fly my pretties to your computers!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are my answers! Thanks for the nomination Kait :D

1. If you had three wishes from a Genie what would you ask for? (And the three rules apply: you cannot make anyone fall in love with you, You can't bring someone back from the dead, and you can't kill anyone) Cure for diabetes (And other in curable things) A telleporter, and a southern style mansion for me Kait and Julia to live in :)

2.  What's your favorite time of the day and why?
Night time because I am more awake and at peace :)

3. Favorite childhood memory?
My favorite child hood memory would be the first time I swam in the pool without floaties and found out I could stay under water for three minutes!

4, Which do you like better, heat or cold?
Cold because I am a naturally hot natured person and I hate sweating.

5. If you could any one superpower what would it be?
If it had to be anything I would want power over earth or water because I am a grounded and calm person but more water because I practically live in it from late spring to early fall.

6. which do like more paperback books or Ebooks?
Paper back reading Ebooks hurts my eyes.

7. Out of the three which piece of technology which one do you think you could live without, TV, smartphone, or computer?
TV Phone I need for emergancies and computer is were all my magic happens :)

8. Why did you start your blog?
Well I am very into crafting right now and I wanted to share what I could do :)

9. If you inherited 20 acres of land and a million dollars what would you do with it? Build a house, a barn, get horses, alpacas, angora goats, angora rabbits, chickens and cows along with a garden.
Publish my own novel.

10. What's your goal in life?
To write and be a writer along with an established crafter

11. Do you love/follow Christ?
yes I do and I am not ashamed of that fact :) He loves me and I love and follow Him.

Hello there

Oh my gosh, Oh my Gosh, Oh my gosh! I am soooo excited for this new blog! I have become very very crafty lately.
I crochet, I do two types of origami (Traditional and 3D), I am learning to draw Manga, I want to paint (Water color's mainly), spults with pollymer clay, paper quilling, and needle felting!
I am even more crafty now that my sister is pregnant! With my niece!