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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Design Week Day 6: Destined for my shop

It's Day 6 of crochet design week and I have one sample hat done.
Newborn size elephant hat
  I have a goal of opening an etsy shop by end of May and these Elephant hats are destined to be one of my first patterns.  Eventually I would like to release it as a pdf pattern but it will probably be a few months before I am ready to do that.

To get this hat ready for my shop I need to:
Figure out how to fix the jogging stripe in the trunk
Make up samples in the other sizes
Try some different eye styles
Get outside and take a bunch of good pics  ( preferably with models)

I have really enjoyed this week.  It has been challenging, interesting, fun.  I have met a bunch of great people who love the same things  I do, and I have learned a lot.  Working on this elephant from start to ( not quite) finish in just one week has been a crazy process but I think it's been really good learning process for me.
Come and visit FreshStitches to see what all the other designers are done.
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9 comments:

  1. VictoriaMarch 17, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    Oh my goodness, your hat is adorable :)

    The stripey trunk looks great :) one of the other designers (ohdeerlette: ohdeerlette.blogspot.ca/) did stripes too and had an effective technique for masking the jog that you get with colour changes in the round. :)

    I have the same goal as you - Etsy! Good luck! :) I've bookmarked you, so I'll be sure to visit your blog again in the future

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  2. StaceyMarch 17, 2012 at 3:34 PM

    Love it!
    Best of luck with your shop!
    I find the etsy discussion forums VERY helpful in terms of getting help setting up a shop. I learn new things there every week :)

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  3. Marie/Underground CrafterMarch 17, 2012 at 7:20 PM

    Awesome! This will be very cute when worn.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 17, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    Amy, congratulations for your blog. It looks very interesting and I like the fact that you have different things going on. Good show, wish you the best of luck with it.

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  5. QuaternityMarch 17, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    The hat is so cute. I just love the trunk! Good luck with your Etsy store.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    Too cute, I especially like the ears! Best of luck with the shop, if all your items are that sweet, you will have no trouble establishing yourself!

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  7. ReneeMarch 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    Aw, that is so cute! Well done, I love the stripes and the ears, very nice touch :D

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  8. AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    Fabulous! Love the stripes--so cute!

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  9. The Byrd's NestMarch 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM

    I love the stripes on the trunk. Great hat!

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