I'm Feasting!

Things are looking up for me in the crafting department.  Since I joined the MaweluckyLove Group on Ravelry and decided to do a personal project, that is.  When I had only Babette's shawl on my needles-or off, if Ryan had gotten hold of it-I felt like I was adrift.  I kept going over and over in my head all of the things that I wanted to make to put in my Etsy store, but I still felt bored.  I joined the Nightsongs KAL and that, coupled with the lack of available money,  made me look at other groups (Spin or Dye Swapping, We Love to Barter, Handmade Barter) for something to do.  I got my something to do, all right!  Making crochet bowls for a mesh bag led to another job-making a string bag for a custom project bag that matches the mesh bag.  Which led to making a pair of lined mittens.  

*note* both the string bag and the mittens are WIPs at the moment.

I swapped a skein-and-two-thirds of brushstrokes cotton yarn for two quart-sized bags of lavender.

I am swapping fat quarters of my dyed muslin for spinning fiber.

I have done another spinning job for one of my ongoing Etsy customers, with another one planned, just waiting for fiber~AND I get to knit that one up for her!

I also have a swap going with a new Craftster buddy~she's making me bloomers while I make her knee socks!  Yay! 

On a side note, let me say that two successive pregnancies have left my body LOOKING "middle-aged" if not actually "pudding-ish".  I am seriously dissatisfied with pants that aren't sweats or p.j.s and am not quite ready to retire into my grandmother's housedresses or a muumuu.  I have a sudden, unexpected LUST for bloomers and country dresses and corset-ish spring smocky, wrappy, apron-y stuff!   You can see examples of my new addictions here.  

So yeah.  Feast or Famine.  Feasting, for sure!