Making Time

diamond-afghan

Originally uploaded by feather.

I am determined to finish this afghan. I have 19 of 24 squares done. It was started for a friend’s wedding; needless to say she got something else.

Not sure why I didn’t like it. The pattern calls for a 4mm hook; the yarn calls for a 5mm hook. I split the difference and went for a 4.5. But the fabric is still too loose. I think I should have gone for a 4mm with this aran weight wool.

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Ooo… I’d actually like to go to this… WWKiP day…. World Wide Knit in Public Day.

However, I live in Sligo, not Dublin… and um.. I don’t knit. I try to knit! I really do. I could to a “knit looking” crochet stitch maybe? That could pass, right?

Knittingneels suggests making one up in your own locality if you don’t want to go to Dublin. I just don’t know if Sligo really has that critical mass. I’d be down in Shoots all by my elf with yarn in my hand, and Niall glaring at me.

I have been looking at lists of bloggers in Ireland; like this one at Globe Blogs: Ireland… I wish you could sub-search that just for “craft blogs”. Alas. I’m amassing quite a list of craft blogs in ireland though (at my delicious links).

All I want to say here is that an invitation from a publisher to create a book pretty much squelched by inspiration for crafting, and then of course blogging.

A writer friend of mine, more experienced with the publishing industry gave me some insight into how this all works. And this is my take on it:

Publishers are frantically trying to cash in on the independent creative energy that happens amongst bloggers. They see it as a chance to get ideas, and get people to create book for very low rates, under conditions that a professional writer or photographer would never stand for… and because they are dealing with enthusiastic amateurs, they have a seemingly endless pool of talent to use.

Anyway… I just wanted to make that statement, and not point any fingers. But let me tell you, if a “publisher” comes to you offering you to make a book, you’d better get a very good look at what they did before, and ask to talk to people who have done books with them before, and find out who the people on the team are. I would not do anything without meeting the management face to face.

I built a bridge and got over it.

I’ve still been crafting and making things… but just not blogging about it. Thought I’d like to start up again, since I got so much enjoyment out of it before.