Snozz Logs: gscraft

I say it every time I come back to this blog, I really need to get better with it. Instead of trying to make it something, I want it to just be for me. Somewhere where I can dump all of the projects I work on, express my frustrations, or celebrate my triumphs. Basically, my own bubble where I can talk to myself! Should a human or other choose to respond, YAY! Tell me what I'm doing wrong or celebrate my victories. Not interested? Hey, thanks for looking!

What have I been up to? After a long, long hiatus, I have finally started knitting again. What has started this up? My boyfriend of three years has banned me from purchasing anymore yarn until I use the copious amounts of yarn that is currently overflowing my 16 cube IKEA organizer. I'm sure any knitter reading this just scoffed loudly. Trust me, I did, too. I respect the man, though. He doesn't ask for much and let's me make all decisions with full control of money. Naturally when he asked this one favor, I have agreed. Aside from requested commissions that require me to purchase specific yarn, I have significantly cut my spending on yarn. I am weak to Wal-Mart Mandala sales! I skillfully hide all of that. He has yet to find it. If he has, he hasn't said a word.

I have been knitting ... SWEATERS ... ! Of the baby sort, and so far only one. After the terrible fail of my first sweater, I cowered away from the thought that I will ever be able to make a sweater. I still cannot figure out why I am so scared of sweaters, I knit socks, cables, intricate lace patterns for shawls. Sweaters should be a cinch. My biggest fear with a sweater is that I will end up with one obnoxiously long sleeve and one super small sleeve. I know, silly, but that has kept me from knitting sweaters.

Pattern: The Gift on Ravelry Yarn: Done Roving Frolicking Feet DK in Rugosa Ridge

My conquest, this beauty. Okay, not an absolute beauty. I had exactly 1 skein of the yarn, 350 yards of it. The pattern called for 360 for even the smallest size. I decided to play a game of yarn chicken. In doing so, I knitted to tight on some parts, and I still can't seem to grasp the sleeve gaps when attaching. Buttons where very foreign to me and probably spent more time than I should.

All in all, I was very proud of the outcome. I wish I knew a baby that fits 0-3 months to wear this.

Inspiration: This Youtube Video

My latest crafty feat! The Rainbow Pull Apart Cupcake Cake. My Girl Scouts End of the Year Party was today, and 7 of our girls were bridging. A rainbow is a symbol for a Girl Scout bridging and what better way than cupcakes shaped into a rainbow and frosted.

My advice for next time or anyone attempting to do this (it really is easy):

Less than 1/4C per: I went with what I typically pour into a wrapper, 1/4C, this definitely proved to be too much. It is extremely important that the cupcakes are level to the wrapper AFTER baking so the assembly is more asymmetrical. I had several bits of frosting cave in because there was nothing to frost.

Smaller piping tip: I usually decorate cupcakes with the largest flower tip that I have. I didn't take into consideration that several colors would be decorating each cupcake, which meant lots of frosting. I should have went with a smaller tip for a more even frosting to color spread. Some of those cupcakes had no cake at all it was so doused in frosting.

As of now, I am working on another sweater and watching lots of Netflix (All of the DCU shows have their new seasons).

For now, enjoy the new logo of mine! I am looking into a new layout, but for now, this one works!

Also, if you are playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Add me! 3619 3012 9294

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It has been a while ... a year a while. I should get better with this. I will not make any promises, but the potential seems to be there. My main issue seems to be documenting my work. I would much rather continue working through, than stopping to take a picture and continue.

With my 2017 goal (early resolution) being to knit, bead, and create enough products to hit every local craft fair imaginable come the 2017 Christmas season, I need motivation. What better way of motivation than this blog. It'll be like my food journal for crafts.

I've also gotten myself super organized for this Girl Scout year and I want to document that, as well.

My Girl Scout troop this year holds 29 girls. We are a multi-level and the only troop in my Service Unit that seems to want girls. We are Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors and I am heading up the Daisies this year. I've mapped out meeting plans for various Daisy Petals as well as various fun patches, drives, etc.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MY GOOGLE DRIVE OF MEETING PLANS

This Google Drive Folder is a work in progress, so keep checking back. You are free to use whatever meeting plans you want, tweak and edit various pages as you please. If you are having trouble navigating Google Drives, feel free to send an email, and I will be more than happy to forward you other versions (I have it available on One Drive, as well for the Microsoft Users).

On to the fantastic title of this post ... leg warmers! The amazingly awesome fad in the 80's that everyone loved and to some are still quite the thing. To my awesome nine year old, they are a thing. At her request, so she could continue to wear dresses and shorts throughout the year (my child is extremely hot blooded), she asked that I make her leg warmers.

I had several pair already in my queue on Ravelry, but the one I absolutely adored without question were Mosey by Susan Power.

I used the Michael's exclusive "Caron Cakes" yarn in Rainbow Sprinkles. You can probably make two (sans the i-cord and pompom) with one skein, but I purchased two, because I already had an idea of what I wanted to do with them and I definitely wanted to match (I'm usually the type that just doesn't care if it matches or not).

Despite how absolutely amazing they came out, they were both made incorrectly. There are two charts to follow, one chart is two rows shorter than the other. I was so focused on the chart that had the two extra rows, I was losing count of the other and repeating rows to the shorter chart. I didn't fully realize it until I had finished the first one. There was no way in heck I was ripping all that work back. Not only did my mini me see it, but I was satisfied with the turn out. I managed to do the same for the second one.

The biggest pain in the butt, had to be making the pompoms all the same size. I have the pompom makers, but naturally I wasn't counting or paying attention to how much I was wrapping them, so two of the four I had to trim down excessively.

Overall, I love the pattern, I'm already addicted to Caron Cakes and will be buying up several skeins more with all the coupons I get in the mail from Michael's.

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