[Kaderin Triste]

Tam: of course you can nab photos to share!

Now is just the anxiety of waiting, but I'm trying to remain stoic about it and remind myself that I've done all I can and what happens, happens whether I get the job or not.

Also trying to deal with some shoulder/neck pain, which at first I wasn't sure what had happened, but I think it was a combination of several things over the weekend: general stress and tension, measuring out over $1200 of fabric on Friday, event cleanup (pulling table linens & chair covers, folding down tables, stacking chairs, etc) on Fri night, and then folding chair sashings for storage on Saturday. It really only impacted my right side, which I thought was odd at first, but it is the side I get the worst tension issues on anyway and is the side that the fabric measuring would have used the most as I rolled the bolts out and back up. Am trying to not overuse that arm/shoulder, but now work wants me to fold chair covers tonight which won't help any xP

Also not helping probably: playing animal crossing and working on a new dragon baby using one of the new O'Go yarns (because they have 5 colors per ring and I like doing 5 colors per dragon a lot so figured I could maybe do some fun coordinated dragons with those). I have back, 2 arms, most of 1 leg, and about 1/3 of the belly done so far. XD

Den: That is a lot of keychains. And not a whole lot of time. Hopefully they're a pretty quick and easy project?

[Tam I am]

Den, I just finished helping my employer with an event here. She has another one coming up in a month or two. Not many, compared to how many festivals and events this city usually has, but it's a start.

Thanks, Kaderin! Also, owwww! *sympathy* Coordinated dragon babies sound cute. Did you know there's glow in the dark yarn now?

*cuddling a vintage teddy bear named Buttercup*

[Kaderin Triste]

It feels a little better today than yesterday so it's slowly healing, but probably will be a week or two to fully return to normal.

Yes! I want to buy some to see how soft it would be because I don't like using anything too rough, especially for plushies.
I also saw that there's another brand out now that has uv color change yarn like the stuff I just bought only the new one is a cotton yarn instead of wool. And I felt it a few weeks ago and it's really soft and I want to buy a ton of it, but don't have a lot of money to spend on yarn right now (and also need to use more of what I have anyway). Lol

[Den]

Originally Posted by Kaderin Triste

Den: That is a lot of keychains. And not a whole lot of time. Hopefully they're a pretty quick and easy project?

Yeah, two of the patterns are one-piece patterns. the one takes a little longer than just cut out and put an eyelet in, but it's still about a 5-10 minute task. the third pattern takes longer because multiple pieces, and it has to be sewn together.

[Tam I am]

Cotton yarn makes lovely plushies. I've been using dishcloth yarn.

[Kaderin Triste]

I don't generally use cotton yarns as when they get older, they have a tendency to get brittle/more prone to breakage. I had an older cotton dishcloth yarn break on me twice while in the middle of making a simple dishcloth. So I quit using that type of yarn. Forever.
I want the uv color change ones really bad though. I could do cute summer clothes/accessories and possibly a full sized plushie as I recall the price of the yarn being much more affordable than the wool ones I bought (though those were also discontinued which didn't help). Hopefully it'll be available for a while. If everything goes my way though, I can possibly buy some next month.

And that reminds me, I need to find some fleece and see about lining my hats with it though I'm not sure how to go about sewing the fleece to the looser knit stitches and I suspect I'd have to hand-stitch it so the machine doesn't snag the yarn. A neighbor requested a fleece-lined hat.

[Tam I am]

*now giving worried looks to the babies I made with cotton yarn*

[Kaderin Triste]

I'm sure they'll be fine.
As long as they're not played with super hard, I doubt they'd actually break.

My comment on cotton yarns was more regarding to working with it when it's older and more fragile rather than items made with it when it's still fresh as the cotton will be used to the shape it's in as it gets older.
Whereas trying to stretch older cotton into stitches and shapes will likely snap it as it doesn't have the flexibility anymore.
And that's probably more likely to be an issue with loom knitting where the yarn has to stretch a certain distance between pegs tbh rather than needle knitting or crochet.

[Tam I am]

Ahhh, yeah. It doesn't need to stretch much when being crochet.

Since Sunday evening I've started and finished three amigrumi that people asked me to make, including a morel mushroom. And since yesterday I've nearly finished the big mushi with legs that I started during the Fringe Festival last week. The big mushi is for adoption, and the shape of it is so satisfying. I hope to someday make one for myself from the same cotton yarn I made little Tessie from. I've got other projects that have to be finished first before I can start that one, though, including a rib knit doll scarf for one of the big girls.

My friend's pastor brought me a box of my friend's stuff that his roommate packed up for me. His three teddy bears, a painting, an old fashioned photo, some posters, and the green button down shirts that Arnold was so fun to hug when he wore. I cried, because seeing those shirts, which were some of his favourites, just brought it home again that he's gone.

[Kaderin Triste]

Not to completely change the subject but also my brain can only handle this one bit of information right now....

I'm gonna be a library clerk!!!! 8D
I sign the official documents on Monday, have a little training week after next, and officially start on the 13th!

[Den]

Conga Rats, Kaderin!

[Tam I am]

Grats! Woot!

Similar news, I guess? My boss is looking into her supplies for beads and eyes, and has given me permission to use the Square machine for selling mushies, after which she'll give me the cash. She's wanting to help me get my "business" going.

[KittyBeary]

I found a cute simple pattern for tiny toad plushies and now I wanna make some uwu

Congrats Kaderin!

[Tam I am]

What kind of toad?

[Kaderin Triste]

Thanks everyone!

Hey, Tam! That's awesome! Supportive bosses are the best!

Ooooh toad plushies! Do it! Make a toad army!

[Den]

I found a frog/toad pattern on facebook that looks super easy and cute...