Messy Bun/Ponytail Hat

So, you know that new hat that everyone has been posting about?  This hat allows you to put your hair in a pony tail or a messy bun and not have it detour you from wearing a hat because the hat wouldn't fit on your head right. 

Available:
Hot Rose (first picture)

Pictures are of ones that I have made.

If you would like a different color, please PM and we can talk about what you would like :)

Prices are as follows, prices firm.  Pick up in Nampa only:
$18 for 1
$30 for 2
$42 for 3

If needed shipped, $3.50 for the first hat, $1.50 for each hat thereafter.

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Been awhile

I completed my 3rd of 4 bazaars this year, and I couldn't be any more happy.  I was able to sell 4 hats and 2 more that were commissioned.  This bazaar was the only one I was able to make my table fee back and a little more.  This next bazaar is going to be huge, 110 different vendors.  This is the one I really hope I will be able to make my table fee back on, because it was a $50 fee to be able to sell at the location.

Here's to hoping I get more commissions and sales.

*fingers crossed*

Fingerless Gloves

Decided that my Laced Up Beanie needed something to go with it, so I've created a Laced Up Fingerless Gloves pattern that I will be writing up and having it tested before its release.  I had my hubby pick the contrasting color for the 2nd color, which turned out really nicely.

Gypsy Corset

I have to say, the pattern I used to make this corset was pretty easy to follow, with one minor issue.  I ended up not having enough ribbon, so had to substitute the front with a thinner ribbon, though I did double up on it, and did the big ribbon bow on top.  It turned out pretty well.  Can't wait to see people's reactions on Friday and Saturday.

If you are interested in doing this pattern http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gypsy-bodice

BOHO Style Belt

Took a headband pattern and extended it to try making a wide belt.  Just need to work on the ties.

http://www.whistleandivy.com/2014/04/does-anyone-feel-like-year-is-getting.html

Bracelet Cuffs

Saw a picture of done crochet bracelets and tried making my own.  They didn't turn out half bad.  I have made to colors, both in RHBU, Stained Glass and Candied.  The next color to do is Dragonfly.  I also accompanied them with wooden buttons, and a couple with some clay buttons I purchased from someone I know in one of my Facebook crochet groups.

A "Hippy" Belt

I saw someone on one of my favorite crochet groups on Facebook, do a white hip belt.  She then dyed it red, and pieced it with a blank bikini that her husband got her.  It looked really nice.  Where I have nowhere the body to wear that kind of thing, I decided I wanted to try something like that.  I have blue.  I know she did half a mandala, but since I don't know how to do that, I made up my own pattern, and as she did, I added fringe.

Wouldn't you know it, it didn't turn out half bad.  :)

Need the help

I usually don't like posting these things, but this is my GoFundMe page.  We are trying to get enough money to move out of our apartment.  This is due to the landlord and his way of "fixing" issues around our apartment and the people he picks to move above us.  Then the people above us have no concept of being nice.

My husband and my goal is to get about $1500 for a down payment on a house of our own, so we don't have to put up with a landlord or tenants that are above us.  It would be all us.

Thanks for reading.

gofundme.com/wvj8rc2a

Copyrighted Materials??

So, I recently learned a little bit more on what copyright infringement is.  Basically, it means that if I wrote a pattern, made the pattern public, and someone purchases it, I cannot stop them from selling the item in which they made (by following my instructions).  It is only infringement if they sell my pattern or used any of my pictures as their own.

This is a great article I read, that was easy to read.  They used a recipe as an example to break it down, to make it a little more understandable.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2014/10/08/copyright-in-knitting-and-crocheting/

There are more and more people I see giving wrong advise to those who are asking questions about "copyright infringement" on their patterns.  All I can suggest us, instead of taking advice from people, do your own research.

Read through http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ it will help you understand the laws and regulations.  Understand that, just because you say that "no one can make and sell items" that they made from your pattern, doesn't mean you can stop them from doing so.  You can take someone to court over it, but would you really want to?  You would be going through a lengthy process and quite possibly lose because you didn't pay to get the pattern actually copyrighted.

Oh yeah, didn't you know, there is a fee to get your pattern copyrighted.  So, it is kind of useless to tell people that your work is copyrighted unless you can produce documentation that you've gotten your pattern copyrighted.  Chapter 4, of the second link provided, will cover what you have to do.

I really like this article too http://crochet-with-cris.blogspot.com/2012/03/violations.html?m=1 She really talks about what I am saying and a little more.

I, for one, am flattered if someone wants to purchase my pattern and make money off selling items they make from my pattern.  It is the ultimate complement.  But I would hate to see someone using my pattern and saying it is their own (with my wording and pictures).

My set-up

As of the 16th of April, this is my continuously changing look to my table.  With every week, I am finding different ways to improve my display.

Next week may be entirely different, I do not know yet.