It’s another Show and Tell Saturday…but its Sunday. Yay for a shakeup! Ternie and I are being spoiled. We had a chance for a second date in the past month yesterday and what overly exhausted parents are going to pass that up? Not this couple. So that’s why no post yesterday.
If you remember my post from last week, I decided to start working on Christmas projects. In my mind the most difficult was a crochet hook case for my mother-in-law. I made myself a test case first so I decided to knock hers out of the way since it was fresh in my mind. I used my Dollar Tree yarn in Bernat Giggles Periwinkle Purple (affiliate link: If yarn purchased through this link I will be compensated a small amount for no additional charge to you). I’m glad I decided to do a test case because I was able to work out the kinks and my mother-in-law’s case turned out much better.
Yesterday when we picked up Turtle and Burger from the in-laws, Ternie’s mom gave me two rolls of mason line (one white and one black) because “they would make great shopping bags.” I took that as both a challenge and request so last night I sat down to see what I could come up with. So far I’m just going in circles which would be the bottom. I’m kinda thinking alternating black and white chevrons (ripples) similar to Burger’s afghan.
Lastly, I’ve been meaning to post this next part for over a month but I kept forgetting. We don’t go to Target very often but this is what I walked by last time we were there:
The company is named So Dorable. I couldn’t find a website but I did see they are also sold in Sears and Bed, Bath & Beyond which makes me think the items are massed produced somehow and not handmade. The items were cute but weren’t anything that any crocheter couldn’t make. With that being said, I’m glad crochet items are getting more exposure. Has anyone else noticed crochet items in their local stores? Any thoughts or opinions on what mass produced items could mean for those of us small businesses selling handmade items?
Very nice!
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Thank you
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Hey girl- fyi I don’t know if the yarn text is suppose to be a active link or not? If so- I can’t seem to access it! Anyways how did you go about getting a compensation for online purchase’s? I am very interested in how you came about that! Anyways I love your post! Your hook case looks awesome!
#muchlove girl!
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Yep, its supposed to be an active link. I’ll see if I can figure out what I did wrong. Thanks for letting me know. As for the compensation, I signed up for Amazon Affiliates Program. Its only when items are purchased through a link so I haven’t been compensated anything yet. I always forget to put the link in lol. I’m not even sure how much they pay actually but I noticed other blogs in similar programs always have a disclosure about it so thought maybe that’s what we’re supposed to do.
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Ohh I will have to look into that!
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quick question- when signing up for the affiliates program how did you chose your ID?
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It seems like it gave me options and I chose one of the less odd ones. I think its turtleburg-20? For some reason they were really weird.
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ok I didn’t know how to pick it! I didn’t get the combination methods they gave!
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and for tax information?
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I don’t remember anything about taxes so I’ll go back and look
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It says I already completed the tax interview so I’m not sure what info it needed. I’m guessing I just followed prompts to answer questions.
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so is there a link/button where I can add it to my blog?
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I’m not sure about that. As far as I know and do is look up a yarn or item and if they have it they create a link for you and copy it to make a hyper link in your post.
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I found the buttons but not a way install them
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