A little over a week ago, I signed on to take part in a stitch marker swap on Ravelry. Because I failed to read what the swap would entail, I was under the self-delusional impression that I would be buying a set of stitch markers and mailing them off to someone. It really pays to read the fine print. Or… the regular sized print in this case. Instead, the organizer of this fabulous swap assigned each of us six people to send a set of handmade stitch markers to. This is six sets of five markers. Thirty markers people.
I am not a crafty person. I don’t sew or quilt or make things for the home. Frankly it’s surprising that I knit. As I’m reading this e-mail that details how many markers we are to make and gives tutorial websites, I start to panic; I was seeing two things: time suck and dollar signs. I got very stressed out. I immediately e-mail the wonderful organizer back and ask to beg out. She kindly does not allow me to. She offers to mail me her pliers and even some of her left-over supplies (beads, wire, etc). She also tells me that she cranked hers out in an hour. I realize I am not going to get out of this and I feel like a loser for trying to anyway, so I take a deep breath and remember that my friend, Constantina, makes stitch makers and jewelry. I e-mail C to ask her if I could please borrow her pliers and she immediately responds with a “yes.”
I also remembered that I had bought some beads last year thinking that I was going to start knitting with beads so I go looking for those to see if there was anything that I could use. Long story short, $17 later, I end up making these:
I’m fairly happy with them. I hope my swap buddies like them.
And I received these, first of six sets:
So it didn’t cost a ton of money (thanks Constantina!) and it didn’t take much time. And it was fun. So, *it’s a win-win-win. *Snerk*
Your welcome! And thank you for the lovely set you made me.