I've been robbing Peter to pay Paul as the saying goes. At least with my time lately. When I made my schedule for each of the projects in my new book I assigned each week a different design. I actually was hoping that I could have each project and all it's trimmings completed by the end of each week. The completed process consists of designing, selecting yarns, crocheting, writing directions, taking all the process photographs and then formatting the pattern. I wanted to have each design 'in the bag' by the end of the week. For the first two weeks I was able to accomplish this. YAY! And then the third week came....
I moved my workspace to my dining room table so I could be closer to my mom, whom I take care of full time. The table now looks like a conglomeration of a needleworker and an office worker, containing pens, pencils, graph paper, rulers, scissors, yummy yarn, crochet hooks, tapestry needles, camera, computer and writing paper. Because I am a neat freak, every morning I have to organize the creative mess to become some semblance of order before I begin each day. But needless to say, we have not been eating any meals at our dining room table for a few weeks!
Since the third week, I have started working on multiple projects at once. The need for that came when sometimes I was waylaid by waiting for yarn to arrive......start another project....Other times I had to re-work a design before I could continue..Start another project...once I had to wait on measurements from a family member...start another project.....
My calendar does not look as neat as when I first started, but I am still convinced that I can stay on target with all I have to accomplish. I guess I just have to continue to rob Peter to pay Paul!
Oh, and here is a sneak peak of one of my complete projects; sorry it is just the yarn ends!
Second Contest Winner
Congratulation to Cher, of Oklahoma, who was randomly chosen as the WINNER of our second First Friday Freebie contest!
Thank you so very much to all who commented and participated.
Stay tuned for our next First Friday Freebie contest on September 4, 2009!
Thank you so very much to all who commented and participated.
Stay tuned for our next First Friday Freebie contest on September 4, 2009!

AUGUST First Friday Freebie
I can hardly believe that our second First Friday Freebie contest is already here! For this month's contest prize, we are giving away my four most popular patterns at Cute Crochet.
To be eligible to win, visit Cute Crochet at www.cutecrochet.com and pick out YOUR favorite pattern there. Leave a comment at the end of this post and let me know which pattern you chose as your favorite and why.
Please be sure to leave an email address so we can get in touch with you if you are the winner! If you do not wish to leave your email address in the comments section, post your comment and then send your email address to: contest@cutecrochet.com
A winner will be chosen at random on August 21, 2009.
To be eligible to win, visit Cute Crochet at www.cutecrochet.com and pick out YOUR favorite pattern there. Leave a comment at the end of this post and let me know which pattern you chose as your favorite and why.
Please be sure to leave an email address so we can get in touch with you if you are the winner! If you do not wish to leave your email address in the comments section, post your comment and then send your email address to: contest@cutecrochet.com
A winner will be chosen at random on August 21, 2009.

Wonderful New Crochet Venture
There is a lot going on in my crochet design studio lately. I am very pleased to announce that a recent crochet book proposal has been accepted by the publisher I submitted to! It is very exciting but unfortunately I can't tell you too much about it yet. Even though I can't let you know what the crochet book is about, I can assure you that it is one that will appeal to ALL crocheters and is even appropriate for beginners! As it gets closer to the time of submission and publication, I hope to be able to talk about some of the work I have been doing, as well as perhaps post some sneak previews! Time will tell. In the meantime, the first thing I am trying to do is map out my workload over the next 6 months, so I will be sure to get everything done in time.
Inspired by Robyn Chachula's
post about time management regarding her crochet designs, I have begun breaking the projects required into days and weeks on my calendar. I am planning a project a week in order to be completed on time. It can be rather daunting to think about all that I have to do, but breaking it all down into manageable tasks makes it seem so much more do-able!
Stay tuned for more in the future on my new venture!

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