Lost: One Plot...
...If found return to me at Cherry Heart.
You know I mentioned a while back that I had a certain little something up my sleeve that crocheters might enjoy? Well it turns out it might be quite a big something. Maybe even a huge, massive, bite-off-more-than I-can-chew, what-have-I-gotten-myself-into something actually.
You might have also noticed that there's a link up on my menu bar at the top there that says 'Crochet Corner' but doesn't actually go anywhere very exciting just yet?
Well the two things are connected. They are to do with a plan I've been hatching for a good few months now and is sort of top of my To-Do list for this year. For the last few years, I've set myself a little challenge for the year, a something to focus on and to motivate me. That's the idea anyway.
In 2011 I started this blog (properly - not much had happened before). In 2012 I worked on the Pretty Crafty Home Project, a few of you might even remember it if you were around way back then. In 2013 I wanted to try and get some of my patterns written up and published. So here we are in 2014 and this year my plan is to work on getting Cherry Heart's Crochet Corner up and running.
'Yes, yes, but what is it?' I hear you cry!
It started out with me wanting to do a few more crochet tutorials. Maybe a few simple ones to cover the basic stitches. Then I started thinking, if I had tutorials for quite a few stitches, that would be nice. It'd be handy too, for people to refer to when using my patterns.
Then I started thinking of topics I could cover to help beginner crocheters out. The different ways to join a new yarn colour perhaps and what to do with all those ends that are left hanging out of the back of your work. Then I thought of the questions people sometimes ask me, like how do I make my granny squares and how do I keep them nice and straight?
The more I thought about it, the more and more ideas I had and the more excited I got. My plans for a few tutorials seem to have turned into a scheme for a brand new spin-off site packed with crochet information, tips, techniques and patterns. Umm, I think I got a little carried away!
I've made a start though. I'm working on a Stitch Directory at the moment. A kind of reference guide to all the crochet stitches is the plan. A go to place for when you can't remember the difference between a bobble and a popcorn. It's going quite well but I'm starting to realise just how crazy this 'little' scheme of mine is and wondering why on earth it is I can't ever keep things on a small and manageable scale?
It's quite not ready to reveal to the world just yet and who knows if I've ever be able to fill it with half the things I want to. But, I've taken the first step.
So, apart from the fact I've obviously lost my mind, what do you think?
S x
You know I mentioned a while back that I had a certain little something up my sleeve that crocheters might enjoy? Well it turns out it might be quite a big something. Maybe even a huge, massive, bite-off-more-than I-can-chew, what-have-I-gotten-myself-into something actually.
You might have also noticed that there's a link up on my menu bar at the top there that says 'Crochet Corner' but doesn't actually go anywhere very exciting just yet?
Well the two things are connected. They are to do with a plan I've been hatching for a good few months now and is sort of top of my To-Do list for this year. For the last few years, I've set myself a little challenge for the year, a something to focus on and to motivate me. That's the idea anyway.
In 2011 I started this blog (properly - not much had happened before). In 2012 I worked on the Pretty Crafty Home Project, a few of you might even remember it if you were around way back then. In 2013 I wanted to try and get some of my patterns written up and published. So here we are in 2014 and this year my plan is to work on getting Cherry Heart's Crochet Corner up and running.
'Yes, yes, but what is it?' I hear you cry!
It started out with me wanting to do a few more crochet tutorials. Maybe a few simple ones to cover the basic stitches. Then I started thinking, if I had tutorials for quite a few stitches, that would be nice. It'd be handy too, for people to refer to when using my patterns.
Then I started thinking of topics I could cover to help beginner crocheters out. The different ways to join a new yarn colour perhaps and what to do with all those ends that are left hanging out of the back of your work. Then I thought of the questions people sometimes ask me, like how do I make my granny squares and how do I keep them nice and straight?
The more I thought about it, the more and more ideas I had and the more excited I got. My plans for a few tutorials seem to have turned into a scheme for a brand new spin-off site packed with crochet information, tips, techniques and patterns. Umm, I think I got a little carried away!
I've made a start though. I'm working on a Stitch Directory at the moment. A kind of reference guide to all the crochet stitches is the plan. A go to place for when you can't remember the difference between a bobble and a popcorn. It's going quite well but I'm starting to realise just how crazy this 'little' scheme of mine is and wondering why on earth it is I can't ever keep things on a small and manageable scale?
It's quite not ready to reveal to the world just yet and who knows if I've ever be able to fill it with half the things I want to. But, I've taken the first step.
So, apart from the fact I've obviously lost my mind, what do you think?
S x
♥