Monday 10/28: Wish I Was Styx

When I was a kid, one of my favorite songs was 'Too Much Time on My Hands' by the Styx.  This is still a song I like, but I wish it applied to me at times.  As is, I don't have enough time on my hands.  With midterms finally over, I feel behind.  This is wonderfully evident in the lack of any work I've done on my rainbow panel since my last post.  I'm  beginning to believe my goal of completing it by December is wishful thinking.  I've decided to pause from the rainbow panel for a time, and begin working on the pillow that will be for sale on my Etsy shop.

The pattern I've made is of Twilight Sparkle's cutie mark from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  I haven't decided if I will need to outline the design once it's done or not.  So far, this has been one of the more challenging patterns I've created, which surprised me.  The patter is based on straight lines, yet when I made a pillow from Princess Luna's cutie mark which dealt with circles it was much easier.  Eventually, I want to have patterns for all of the main cast, and even some of the background cast.  Starting out with a challenge will make the others easier in the long run I suppose.

Based on the time it took me to make the last pillow, I should have it completed by the end of November.  This of course depends on how many mistakes I make along the way and if the initial final product looks good enough to sell.  It's rare that a prototype is looks perfect.

Monday 10/7: Rainbow Connection

I've decided that my next project shall in fact be a pillow.  I am currently working on the pattern and will start it as soon as a) the pattern is created and b) I complete the first panel of the blanket I'm working on.  This picture is a little out-dated, seeing as I've been working on it since the picture was taken.  It is now about twice as long.  I have noticed a slight problem with the pattern.  At the beginning of the panel, some of the stripes aren't as thick as the others.  This alone isn't the issue, but overtime these thinner stripes have about disappeared.  Personally, I think that it looks a lot better with the thicker stripes.

Later down the line this might be a big problem.  Since this blanket will be done in panels, I need to make sure that the thinner stripes in the beginning match up.  I don't think that it overall looks bad, if anything, it gives the blanket a little bit of character.  I don't want to have to take everything out just to fix a mistake at the very beginning.  To be honest, I don't know if I can make some of the stripes thicker in the beginning without adding stitches to the base chain.  I guess we'll just wait and see.

Is anyone else working on anything at the moment? Blanket or not?

The scarf is still for sale at my Etsy shop here: Mystic Yarn Creations