Infrequent Posting.

Currently, I don't have much time. I have just finished one of my modules which had three projects one after another and then a presentation. It was on python, which is a programming language. And now I need to catch up on my other module for the exam that is in a little over a week. As well as starting to sort things out for my home university.... I also need to pack, which I started today. Probably a mistake, as I now have to at least finish was I was doing.

First, I am still working on my insomnia piece. I haven't had time to sit and glue everything and to make the hands that I am currently making it as they take a good while. Hopefully I will be able to get some in tonight or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. Though at the latest it will be a little over a week and then I'll do my second update.

I think I have mentioned it. I am working on two knitting patterns, one is on hiatus until I am back in the UK as I realised I don't have to correct sized needles to finish it off but it is the first sample piece for the fashion line I am working one, which I hope to finish having all of the drawings done this summer and at least this piece completely finished (I want to try different techniques and styles... You'll see). The other is a little bit more complex. It is a jumper. And I am working on that completely from scratch. Once I am done though I plan on making the pattern available. It might be for free or I might charge a small fee. (Seriously, the max I would charge right now is £1.99 but I will see how the pattern goes and then the write up and formatting). I have nearly finished the front of my jumper, I think, however I think I want to change it, so I may or may not do a post once I have done that. I feel I should as it is taking up a lot of my time.

And the last thing I am going to mention. I have said before that I want to create my own business, it would involve cute homemade items that have some form of function around the home. The name has been strong in my mind for about a year, as with the font I want to use. However the spelling is causing me issues.. BUT the logo.. It is driving me insane! I cannot simplify what I want in my head to a logo without me feeling like it is missing something. Nevertheless, I think I might have done it today! I need to draw up a few sketches and talk to some people just for feedback. I am super excited though! I have pushed my idea even further! And now I am just looking for the correct resources so I can practice over summer as I design & finalise the patterns for the first batch.

I have also spent some of my day writing notes about what I need for the business, i.e. promos & business cards. I am aware I need to budget and go through a trailing period where I get some feed back from a few people. And then I'm ready for action! Well, I need to market myself, I think when I know I am getting ready to set up the official store I will start networking online. I don't want to start too soon and for it to all just fall through. I don't want it to feel like a broken promise!

I think there was something else about the business I wanted to mention but it seems to have completely slipped my mind.. OH! I also have a tag line.. But I need to see how relevant it is.

Anyway that is all.  My need for sleep is on the rise again...

Can't Stop Knitting

I don't know how many of you are similar to me when it comes to creating. I will get urges to create late at night, or so early in the morning when I am forced to do something else after little sleep. I think it must have something to do with my sleep cycle :p

So anyway! I have a spent a large proportion of my evening knitting because python decided to get error messages *boo* and I felt a little sleepy all evening. And I am currently working on my first proper design from scratch, it is for the fashion line I am creating. Watch this space.

But my knitting was pretty casual. Nothing too strenuous, literally k1p1 in the round. No biggie. So I was watching various tv shows online before I remembered. It is my birthday next month and I want a sewing machine. So I started looking at different sewing machines and thought I would see if I could find the one from The Great British Sewing Bee... I may have found it. I am not sure. But I will have a look again tomorrow. And then I remember one of the girls who i follow on youtube has a video about her sewing machine, thus, following this train of thought, I ended up on youtube. However before I made it to her channel I was distracted by a video.

This video was by the lovely Tiny Owl Knits. She is my knitting inspiration and for that I kinda love her. I have been knitting and been passionate about it before I knew about her, but there is something about her spirit that is just captivating... I don't know. But everything I end up watching her videos, I just want to watch them all, knit all her things and create. She also reminds me how more in tune with nature I would like to become. That will be a habit I will try and get into over the next week so I can try to embrace it a lot more fully in May.

Some of you may how who she is just by her most famous pattern, The Beekeeper's Quilt? This is something I have been meaning to make, but I only want to knit it with really nice yarn, i.e. no 100% acrylic blends. The dream to become a knitting snob and only mostly use fancy yarns... But when I found this video I was just mesmerised by her and her joy towards knitting. Her excitement is what you want to see from someone who is creating! I remember my ex came over while I was watching her videos, he didn't quite get her, but he knew it was clear that something about her was inspiring me.. I cannot remember the term he used, but knitting inspiration, knitting guru... You get the jist?

the beekeeper's quilt from tinyowlknits on Vimeo.

Nevertheless, The Beekeeper's Quilt is beautiful and I very much intend to start it once I am back in the UK as travelling with all those hexipuffs would probably be a little bit of a nightmare, but it will be good to have a background project constantly on the go for awhile!

I am not sure I even.. OH YES! Basically my point of writing this! I feel like I am in the zone. I am over half way of the first section of my knitting and want to see how far I can get if I keep going this evening. Though, it is pretty late... And I should go to class tomorrow!

I will do some more posts about knitting soon! But all my finish projects reside in the UK right now, to which I am not! I will probably talk some more about Tiny Owl Knits...





p.s. If you ever read this, you being creator of Tiny Owl, I guess this is like the Helena Bonham Carter moment, awkward fangirling but coming from the best place! Haha >_<