West Mitten Crafts is now on Twitch!

Do you ever wish you could take part in our crafting adventures?  We're pleased to announce that you can find me streaming some of my crafting activities on Twitch.  I have been recording from 6-7 a.m. Eastern, and plan to continue this schedule Monday-Friday each week, with the possibility of some weekend recordings too.  Stop by while I'm recording and send a message in chat that I can respond to, or if you're like most people that would rather be sleeping, watch one of the videos I already recorded, they're available to watch for two weeks.

Shop Update

We're running another sale in our Etsy shop!  Today through Labor Day (8/29/18-9/3/18) you can get any of our available items 20% off, no coupon code required.

Sewing

I finished my first Relaxed Raglan pattern from Patterns for Pirates.  This was made in size medium out of some Purple Black Heather Brushed Jersey Sweatshirt Fleece Knit Fabric from Girl Charlee Fabrics.  This sweater fits great, but I prefer smaller necklines, so my next two versions will utilize some of the alternate pieces that Patterns for Pirates offers to switch it up.

In order to make the next two versions, I cut out the pattern pieces for the Patterns for Pirates Relaxed Raglan Add On.  I also cut out the Colette Patterns Sorbetto pattern as well.

I also made my second Squishy Project Bag by Erica Arndt from Confessions of a Homeschooler, and the whole process was streamed on Twitch.  It took three morning craft sessions to finish this project, which included a bit of ripping out stitches because I thought my way was better than the way its recommended.  Some day I'll learn.  I did make the strap two inches longer to make it easier to fit over my hand, but otherwise made the pattern as written.  I expect that I'll make more of these in the future.

Knitting

I have been working on my Two-at-a-time socks and Lee's One Ball Knit Scarfie.  The socks are my standard sock pattern out of Shalimar Yarns Zoe Sock in the Juniper Berry colorway, and they have about one inch of ribbing at this point.  It does seem like they are taking forever, but I've only picked them up a few times and the progress is being shared over the two socks, so technically I have two inches of sock done.

The scarf is getting long (its 4' long so far), but I'm planning on knitting until I run out of yarn, so I'm guessing its about halfway there.  It is being knit out of Lion Brand Scarfie in the Cranberry/Black colorway.