Last Month

May was a semi-productive month for me, and also a time of finding out just how much I can screw up a project (a lot, if you're wondering.) I also had to give up and shut down my social media account because of an issue that remains toxic to me, and I really loved interacting with other creative folks via that account, so that hurt quite a bit. I'd blame that issue for all the things I messed up, but honestly, it was just my fault.

I made this cute lemon yellow amigurumi bear while trying out Hobbii's Honey Bunny Shine yarn for the first time, ran out of the yarn and had to improvise to finish the toy.

I crocheted this throw, which was too small because I misread the pattern.

I patched a hole in one of my thrifted Vera Bradley purses. This I did not mess up. :)

I crocheted an amigurumi giraffe for my grand niece, who collects them.

Actually I crocheted two giraffes, but the first one passed away from either bubonic plague, or my own ineptitude. :)

I crocheted a toiletries basket out of thrifted bulky flecked yarn. I did not have enough yarn to finish the pattern, so I had to tweak it.

I made a granny square while solving the identity of a thrifted mystery ball of yarn.

I crocheted a child's winter hat, complete with pom pom, from a thrifted Keppi kit.

I (gingerly!) put together the May Tote for my calendar project from very fragile old crazy quilt fragments, which I hand quilted to the foundation bag and beaded a little. In the process I discovered I should never, ever try to quilt, embroider or bead 100 year old quilt fragments.

I altered a thrifted pair of Capris to make them into shorts for a summer outfit I thrifted. This worked perfectly, and here's a pic of me wearing them.

I made another winter hat, adult size this time, from a thrifted skein of Caron Cupcakes.

It was a tough month for my ego, but I learned a lot -- and isn't that the point? Stay tuned to the blog to see what I get up to in June.