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You really wouldn’t think that starting something as simple as a Chia plant would be difficult. They go something like this:
Soak the pot for an hour.
Soak the seeds for an hour.
Apply seeds to pot.
Put bag over pot for 3-4 days so the seeds start sprouting.
Take bag off and place in sunny warm spot.
Keep pot watered and turn as necessary.
If you do it right, you don’t get this!

Opps! Did I forget to water her?

You think this would be simple but its not. I won’t bore you with the details but this is our second attempt. I say we… but after the first attempt my son lost his interest. This was all me trying to make it work.
Seriously, growing a plant should be like the easiest crafty thing you can start with. You follow directions, put in some work and you watch your work grow into a plant/vegetable/fruit. You feel proud. Tell you what…. this my friends, is not easy!

Maya, Froggy’s Fiber Followings

I have a tendancy to jump in to crafty things with both feet… over the bridge… jumping in the water… no instructions… well, I think you get the point. So a long story short I tried my hand at “nuno felting“. Notice the quotes… that’s because it so wasn’t nuno felting. Here is the outcome of my fateful first attempt.

Notice the piece of white  sticking out along the bottom? That was my attempt to use muslin as the fabric to which the fiber should adhere. Adhere it did not! In fact, I managed to salvage this scarf by gently prying the fiber apart and sliding it out the bottom. Then I felted the scarf again so that there wasn’t a gaping whole through the middle.

So, uh… next time I shall look before I leap. Maybe.

Maya, Froggy’s Fiber Followings

When I first learned to knit I was told that I should work on things that were square.  Square? Square is boring. Square is scarves, over and over again, I thought. I told myself, “hope I don’t have to do that for too long.”  As it turns out, I didn’t. I am a very ambitious crafter. I made a scarf. Great! This was easy. Then I decided I needed to learn to make socks. Wonderful! Then I randomly knit a hat using my limited stitch knowledge and Google to learn to decrease. Score! So making a baby blanket couldn’t be that difficult could it?

Yes, Yes it could. While at work one day I had a co-worker call up to ask if I still spun yarn or knit or crocheted or something. She had a friend who need a baby blanket for a pregnant sister. I asked all the questions I could think to ask and came up with a plan. However, after going to the yarn store and making the purchase, knitting the blanket for like 3 weeks non-stop (between wrist problems) and blocking and bagging, I bought the blanket into work. As it turns out, it was rejected. The lady was very nice but she said it wasn’t what she was looking for and she still paid for the cost of the yarn.

This was the first time I had ever really faced rejection in my tiny crafting world. I was shocked and somewhat angry because I felt like she didn’t provide enough guidance in the process. A couple of months later, I am very glad she didn’t take the blanket. Since I blocked the blanket it looked really nice. However, it was 100% nylon and requires consistent stitches to make a nice square long term and let me tell you, blocking does not work. So this was such a great experience on so many levels. Guess I will get back to working on my squares now!