Soulful Stitchery Is Now On YouTube

I already have my blog and Etsy store, so why not start a YouTube channel?

I just created it a couple of days ago, so I still need to get it off the ground.  Click on my little banner that I grabbed from Etsy, and it'll take you straight to the channel.

Or if you want to bypass all that, here's the link below:

Soulful Stitchery on YouTube

Seems like I'm making short and sweet posts these days, but I will be churning out some content.  😉

Wanting To Make An Outfit Part 1: The Idea

 Man, how I really need to get back to blogging...  But enough about my outermost thoughts.

As a crocheter, I've never actually sat down and made clothes for myself.  I mean, I've made my own accessories and have stitched up clothes for other people, but I've never made an outfit for myself.  Time constraints, obligations and other things have kept me from getting to it.

For example, I wanted to design a hooded vest and skirt set.  For reference, I have the book Crochet Squared by Marsha Polk to use as a guide for making the vest (I always liked "tweaking" different patterns).  The skirt I'd make off the dome.  I wanted to sport a monochrome color scheme, so I opted for two pounds of grey yarn (glad I had those Joann coupons on deck) with some black mixed in.

For now, I'll start off with the vest since it'll be quicker.  Can't wait to see how that turns out...

Yep, to be continued until the next time I dust off this blog...  (Smile)

For My Mellow Folk & Fellow Pokémon Lovers

It's been a cool minute since I've put something different on Etsy.  I've mostly been filling custom orders and doing a lot of writing lately.  But, let me go ahead and insert this photo here...

The "Shiny Stoutland" Drawstring Tam

I crocheted this after playing a quick game of Pokémon Café ReMix on my phone and encountered a shiny Stoutland. The only sucky part is that I didn't get to recruit that big ol' floof as a staff member for my bistro. But, I loved that earthy color scheme he was sporting, so I had to make this hat.

(Edit: I did recruit that big ol' floof a while back and got him up to maximum level 😊)

And here's what he looks like...

Courtesy of Serebii.net

I'll be honest, I didn't realize until after I listed it on Etsy that I was missing a color.  Well, I'll just make another hat with the forgotten color since I need to go on this yarn run anyway.

Oh yeah...Gotta Catch 'Em All!

Okay, No More Long Hiatuses

I need to start utilizing this blog a lot more this time.  Let's just say that some things happened in life, and time just flew by.  But trust and believe, this blog is not going anywhere.

And can you believe that the 9th anniversary passed since I started?  I've most certainly been slacking.  All that aside, I plan to bring you guys more from the world of crochet.

Y'all be good now 😘

Patchwork Tams Are Like Making Beats

You've ever listened to a hip hop beat before and just admired the craftsmanship of it?  Do you sometimes wonder who the producer is behind it?  That's how I feel about patchwork tams.

I read on another crocheter's blog about how she never wastes an ounce of yarn, so she makes these beautiful patchwork tams instead.  She's even inspired me to do it...to an extent (any tangled yarn automatically gets dumped).

In the title of this post, I mentioned that patchwork tams are like making beats in the studio.  Each strand of scrap yarn is like a dope break beat just waiting to be sampled.  But of course, you need to create a beat to tie it all in.  For a crocheter, you need a main strand of yarn to connect all the other strands together, sort of like flipping your samples.  I guess you can say that buying your yarn is like sample clearance; once you've paid for your rights to that yarn, you can do whatever you want with it.  Some examples of the proverbial beats that have been produced...

This tam was actually inspired by a hip hop track called Loop Digga

Just added this one to my Etsy store

The funny thing is, I've never made beats in the studio before, even though I'm big on hip hop music and play the piano and flute.  Though, it would be fun to do (😊).  Guess I'll just have to stick with doing patchwork tams until I get the right equipment and software.  I honestly want to be like a J Dilla (RIP), Premo, Madlib, or Pete Rock of the crochet world.

Knocking Off The Cobwebs...

Oh dear...looks like I let my blog get old and rickety.  Well, a little WD-40 will fix that...sike!  I just need to get back into the swing of things and stop taking these big hiatuses all the time.  Anyway, like that singing group The Notations, I'm still here.  And I'm still crocheting my butt off.  😊

Dusting Off My Blog

Now I have to get rid of these damn spider webs nesting in these posts...long as there are no moths, then I'm straight (moths scare the ever-loving [bleep] out of me).  But yeah, I'm back!  😉😉😉

Just put up some new stuff on Etsy and my Green Life Center store, so go on ahead and take a look.  And I also want to show some stuff that I've been too lazy to post.  Now go on over to that little area on your right (----> that way) and drop by my shops!

Y'all come back now, y'hear?