Fall Apparel for Those Who Love Fall!

As an introduction maybe I will give you a little about me:
Knitting has been a hobby of mine since I was a young girl. My grandma was very old fashioned and decided to teach my sisters and I everything she knew about knitting. I must admit that during high school I felt to be "too cool" to knit, but I eventually took up the lost art again when in college (thanks to Agnes and the Knitting Club!!)

While I have tried my hand at knitting all sorts of articles of clothing and outerwear (I have yet to try knitting a sweater, too much work) such as scarves, hats, socks, gloves, and baby booties the only article I have seemed to have perfected is the knitted hat. I must admit that I have probably 10 to 15 completed hats in various colors and sizes in my many storage boxes of belongings.

Only recently, with my monetary drought brought on by the fact that I now pay rent (who knew living at home could be so incredibly cheap!?), have I decided to dig up these lost wonders and take advantage of the time and money I spent on them! Some I have saved to give as presents (expect a knitted hat from me at Christmas...) and others I have selected to be my guinea pigs to sell online.

Here is my first such experiment: I shall call it Striped Hat with Flowers!

Now my request of you, my patient readers. Would it possible to sell such an article? Right now my only suggestion has been to sell these via Etsy but I don't want to rush into anything and would like some feedback from the general publish first. Also, how do I price something like that? Making it is fairly simple for me, and the most expensive part is usually the yarn (I think this particular cashmere blend was about $10 a skein).

Your comments and suggestions are welcome! Please help me out here, I am swimming in new waters...

My Heart Sings!

The very concept of owning a sewing machine is fascinating to me. All through my childhood I was plagued with the curiosities of making my own clothes. Knowing nothing about sewing machines my interest slowly faded and I began to develop the very expensive and stereotypical past time of clothes (and SHOES!) shopping.

For the past few years I have been indulging my interests (see the art projects below...) and therefore have been wanting, ever so desperately, my very own sewing machine. To my good fortune, I was recently out taking a Sunday stroll through local garage sales, and I found this beauty!! For $20 this Singer sewing machine circa 1980 was mine, ALL MINE!

Now with my excitement bubbling over I came home only to discover that I have absolutely NO IDEA how to use a sewing machine. And let me tell you, you can't just step on the pedal and hope that it sews whatever piece of fabric you might have stuck under its ever so sharp needle...


















So here my sewing machine sits...on my art table. The needle gleams in the sunshine...taunting me because I want to use it so bad but, to be honest, it scares the heeby jeebies out of me!

In order to begin my sewing tutorial, I have started watching Project Runway with an intense passion to learn. Now I know that this is no way to teach myself how to sew...but it is so inspiring that after each episode I take one new step closer to actually using my sewing machine.

See that purple thread? That was my most recent step. Baby steps people, baby steps. Maybe this week I can move on to using a bobbin (after first figuring out what exactly a bobbin is?)