Pepperberry Crochet

Busy Weekend

I was busy this weekend, but in a good way.

On Saturday, I headed over to my LYS, Seed Stitch Fine Yarn, to pick up some new yarn. I freely admit that I don't go there nearly frequently enough (sadly, my hours and their hours don't match up well) and once there was reminded again of *why* I enjoy buying yarn there. I picked up three skeins of Savanna yarns alpaca/linen/wool blend. Not only is it amazingly soft, but the colors have this great muted look to them. They remind me of my Luray teacups. The funny part was that they were having a sale and I didn't end up getting any sale yarn.

Even though I've had the photos on my computer for a while and been ready to work on it, it's taken me a couple of weeks to get around to doing up the Leggy Octopus Pattern, but that's complete now, too. That was a fun pattern to work on, and to make. I really like the look of the stuffed legs. I've also settled on a pattern template that I'm happy with. Now I just need to go back and convert the old patterns to the new template. It's a graphic design decision, more than anything else.

Along with everything else, I'm in the process of tuning up my email templates and etsy templates, so it's given me plenty to do this weekend. I finished one other pattern, which I'll be releasing later this week.

Slugs

Giant Slug Invasion

Here's some photos of the giant slug I was working on. I suppose it's not really so giant--only fifteen inches front to back (not counting the head). I'm debating with myself whether to go ahead and make one with better yarn and a smaller hook, or to try to make a REALLY big slug, like, 3 feet or so. Both seem tempting...

Also, I made cuttings from one of my geraniums, and to my great delight, they are taking.