WIP Wednesday: Gettin’ Crafty!

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Since my writing progress has mostly been outlining, editing, and publishing, I don’t have much in the way of word counts. I’ve been working on another one of my goals: Stashbusting.

I’m still working on that really big blanket for my bed (which is why I don’t care if that stain is on it) and a scarf to put up in my shop. I plan to put a fluffy, gray border on that once it’s long enough. It’s easy to do while I’m waiting for Draft2Digital to finish uploading all my stuff to publish, or in between the people going in and out of my house for the repairs. The rest of this week is back to writing since I’m completely caught up with publishing the stories I have finished. It may look like I’m spreading myself thin with doing all these income-producing activities all at once: The blog, needlework, and writing… And you are correct. I am exhausted, but I am desperate. Paying for all this has drained away my savings, and I’m too proud to borrow money. So, I’m busting my ass to make the money myself. I have a bunch of overtime coming up at work, my knee is feeling better, so I can do things on the desk bike, and I outlined a bunch more prompts to work on. I can’t count on my home insurance company not to screw me over. I’ll sleep when I’m out of debt.

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Side Biz Status Update!

One of my yearly/life goals is stash busting and I’ve made some decent progress in that regard. These two items have been added to my shop! I have a lot more to go but I’m making some decent headway. My last round of decluttering unearthed even more damn yarn but I am not deterred. I will make things out of all the yarn I’ve bought and do my best to sell them. I know they’re some very simple designs but, I’m going for speed. And I have some interesting yarn types that I’m not sure what to do with. What comes out of it will be interesting.

As for my writing, here are the current word counts for my WIPs:

  • First Brood 4 Emma: 16,823 words
  • Dewey: 9,210 words

I’m making okay progress on these but I’m gonna spend some time outlining the rest of the plot for these two. I always start out thinking I totally can wing it for the rest of the manuscript but nah. If I want both of these done before the end of the year, I’m gonna have to be more organized. I’d like to continue my Fruit of the Dead series and that will ABSOLUTELY need a proper outline to make sure the episodes make sense. My goal is to have a wide variety of genres for people to read. And to get out of debt by finally making these things profitable.

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Shop Update!

I finally got these scarves photographed and measured for my shop! If you’re interested, please click here. I will be adding more as I finish the projects.

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Today’s Workout: Stages

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Like a lot of people, I’m cycling through the various mourning for recent events but what I seem to be feeling the most is anger. I’m channeling that into getting fit, getting strong, working harder, and getting armed. Running and cycling will help me with endurance and I have resistance bands to get stronger.

I honestly wasn’t very hungry given… EVERYTHING. But thinking about food, I’m going to make more time for gardening to save money so maybe the bok choy you see me eating I would have grown myself! Who knows? I should totally grow white onion since I use it so often but we shall see. I am doing a lot of overtime in the winter and if my sales get better, I won’t have to take so much and have more time to grow food. I have been working on decluttering my yarn:

These scarves will be in the shop soon and I have larger projects in the works. Things that are a little more complicated and take more time. But, there is more to come!

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Finished Blanket!

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I finally got this up into the shop! This is made from acrylic yarn and is 29in. x 32in. If you’re interested, this is the link. I have a scarf finished, too. I just need to weave in the ends and photograph it.

Things aren’t going to be all pink but someone did give me a ton of pink yarn so I’m stash-busting. After the scarves, I’m thinking maybe some hats? We’ll see how far I get with what I have on hand. I’m trying not to buy any yarn until I’ve used up what I have. More neck warmers will be on the way and maybe some hand/wrist warmers as well. My goal is to get this shop full before the holidays. I like to do needlework to give my brain a rest from writing in-between stories.

I am giving myself days off to rest my hands. The last think I need is to end up with tendonitis again.

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Shop Update!

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There’s a new scarf up in my store! The denim color is a wool blend and the border is acrylic yarn so just in case, this should be handwashed and laid flat to dry. 

I also have this scarf:

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Which I have posted on eBay! This one is just acrylic so it’s best washed gentle and laid out to dry. 

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New Shop Stock!

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This new neck warmer is up for sale in my shop! It’s thinner than the others in case you don’t want as much coverage. It’s a wool blend and should be hand washed and laid flat to dry.

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New Shop Item!

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I have a new item up in the shop! A nice crochet scarf made with this multi-colored acrylic yarn. You can find it here!

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New Item!

This neck warmer is 12.5 inches tall and 23 inches around. It’s up in my shop now.

And, since I have no eloquent words as for the state of things these days, 50% of all my sales will go to help Black Lives Matter organizations. More stock is on the way.

New Shop Stock!

I’ve made these neck warmers for friends as gifts and since they loved them so much, I’m adding them to my shop! They’re about 12.5 inches long with a 23 inch circumference and made with acrylic yarn. I only have black right now but more colors are coming!

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