Creative Hookery

  How many of you that knitt or crochet or do both, didn't buy yarn just because the color was amazing, or there where on sale at the yarnstore, or for some projects you never started or finished?   Why I ask is because I do it too.😆   So what we can do with all that stash? What can we do when we "hamster buy" yarn?        One thing that helped me to slow down this "hamster buy" is when I see the yarn I start writing down the projects that come in my mind. I start focusing on new projects so I forget about the online sale and get a yarn that I have in my near and start making that project, to see if it comes out woow or will I frog it. 😆👌     Another thing that helped me stop buying unnecessary yarn, cause the sales keep coming, is to stop boxing the yarn.      If you have all your yarn in boxes you won't be able to see what you have, so in many cases you will buy because you don't know what you have.   ...

Hello my dear, I love reading and because many ask me you with 2 twin toddlers and a baby where do you find time to knitt, read, clean, crochet, cook and all the other things that a mother does. Let's start with the beginning and slowly. I have a routine. My routine includes time for me. How do I manage to have time for me ? I'll tell you a secret, I put the kids early to sleep.  Around 18 o'clock or 6 pm I start with the boys the cleaning. We put away all the toys, and while they put away the toys I am cleaning with the vacuum cleaner. Yes my children didn't always picked up the toys, but I made it as a routine, and at a point when I was always telling it's cleaning time it's cleaning time they started putting away their toys. Then we go to bed we tell a story, I usually invent one with animals and with things that I want them to change in their behavior. And around 6.30 p.m. the boys are going to sleep, and I'm putting the baby to sleep to.  From 7 p.m. st...

My children love JJ from Cocomelon, they even learned English by watching and singing with JJ and his family.   If you don't know I am Romanian living in Germany, so  now my 3 years old children speak 3 languages. So when a friend of mine made a doll that was looking like JJ I asked her how did she do it. She told me how she came up with the JJ doll. I added some modifications and made my own JJ too. I filled the doll with some bells and put in the hands some plastic bag and sew it up and gave it to my little baby. THe short story of making this doll, is that I have to make 2 more  rattle dolls for the 3 years old kids too.  Because it wasn't my idea I will talk with my friend Ana and ask her permission to post the dolls pattern. Till then I will show you the pictures of the finished JJ in this post. Have a lovely day 🙏😊👌

This post is exactly like the title says, in the middle of the night written.  Today on the second day of January I discovered Reddit Today or better said yesterday on the second day of 2023 I sat on reddit, and commented and posted, and got banned for spamming 😑, and posted  posts that were appreciated and commented, made some  failures too, posted not begginer friendly posts.  I am so excited about this, I  Look exactly like my 3 years old boys when they receive something that they wanted for a long time ( long time for small children usually means like 5 minutes more or less). I am so happy that now I can help other that want to learn to knitt and crochet. It's  such an empowering feeling, knowing  that you can help others. Thank you my dear reader, I am grateful that you made time to read this midnight post. Many kisses from your one and only Katy.