January 2012

Time to test the Faerie Coat!!

I am looking for test knitters for the Faerie coat in child sizes 3/4 (21~23″ chest), 7~9 (25~28″ chest) and 10~12 (28~30″ chest). For all the details, hop on over to this post. *ETA ~ This test is now over and done. You can find the pattern here. ©Copyright 2012 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my videos, patterns, charts, photos and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this … Read more

28 years, or yesterday

I’ve been spending too much time on Etsy. It has me thinking a lot about Vada ~ my grandmother, not my daughter. I saw a pair of earrings that she could have made tonight. Before I knew it, tears were falling. Sometimes it seems like just yesterday when she passed, not 28 years ago. I was so young, but so in love with her. There are just times in my life when her absence is so much more present. Times … Read more

Crochet the Week Away

That’s what I have done, in an attempt to get a few non~pattern items into my Etsy shop.

I am hopeful that once I get a decent inventory I will be able to contribute to our down payment fund. I haven’t done much for advertising yet, I will think more on that once I have more to sell. I don’t really want to spend money on the advertising, so I am going to have to get creative. I’ve been enjoying crocheting the days away. Though the motivation to get it done is a bit stressful. I put a small inventory for sale at InsaniTea, also.

I do plan on getting back to the patterns on Wednesday. The pattern I am working on right now is the faerie coat, and it should take a good week to finish making Vada’s and editing the pattern as I go. Then I still need to have it tested in the other sizes, which should take about a month (ugg). At least once it is being tested I can go onto making my next pattern.

Oh No!!

I have used all my picture storage!! 1023MB (1024MB = 1GB) of pictures on this blog. Wow, that’s a lot. I just paid $5.00 (per year) to get an additional 20GB per year. So that should last for a few years ;^) Anyway, it may take up to 24 hours for the storage to show, so I guess I’ll try back later to post the snaps I wanted to share. ©Copyright 2012 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my … Read more

Announcing!!!

My Etsy shop opening!! I hope to add more patterns soon. Maybe even some non~pattern creations, too! ©Copyright 2012 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my videos, patterns, charts, photos and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. If you want to share on your own blog / website, then you may use the first photo in this post … Read more

Testing, testing, 123

I have decided to focus!! I have so many knit and crochet designs floating around in my head, and I do have the skill to turn those designs into patterns. Every once and a while I write one up and put it up here and/or on Ravelry. Considering our current issues with coming up with over 10 grand for a down payment on a house, it seemed as though this might be the time to buckle down. Ravelry offers a great opportunity for me to find many talented yarnie folk who will test a pattern instead of paying money for one. I have started testing through my Yarrrn Club group over there. So far I have only started testing one, kind of as a testing test ;^) *ETA, I am now running my tests in a secret group on Facebook.