Surprise Sales

I sold a couple of bowls last week which was a nice surprise. I haven't really been pushing mysef too hard when it comes to Etsy over the past month or so, mainly because i've been concentrating on doing my own thing and knitting and dyeing for my own pleasure which has been very rewarding. The biggest surprise was perhaps that i got a sale on Misi, a UK equivelant of Etsy. I have never had a sale on that site so i was quite excited and inspired to offer more on there in the future.

Felted Pebble Bowl (Sold on Misi)

Felted Peace Bowl (Sold on Etsy)

I have some new ideas for my bowls and some new yarns to try in the next coming weeks. I need to fill my shops up with other cute things and i have some (what i think are) cracking ideas for niche products too.

By the way, OH HI! new followers and commenters! I noticed i have gathered a few over the past two weeks. Thanks for joining me! May my inane ramblings never scare you away.

SALE in my etsy shop!

Doing a little bit of market scanning on etsy has left me realising just how competitive the felted bowls market has become. It seems like every man and his dog is crocheting bowls these days (and at prices i can't compete with), so i'm selling up and i'm going to concentrate on more arty projects. It's been a long time coming since i'm getting much more proficient at my needlecraft.

So! To celebrate this epiphany of creativity and to try and give myself a clean slate for after the wedding, i'm having a sale in my shop. 25% to 50% off all bowls. Enjoy!

www.etsy.com/show/woolboutique

Huge Felted Bowl

Remember the massive felted bowl i was on about in http://woolboutique.blogspot.com/2009/11/mahooooosive-bowl.html this post?

Well i finally finished it on Sunday and got it listed and sent to it's prospective new owner. I wasn't sure whether she would go for it, as it shrank way more than i expected. I'd made it over-sized by 2 inches in every direction, but the bottom shrank more than the sides and i ended up with something i wasn't sure whether i liked proportionately. I thought maybe the sides were too high and the diameter was too small.

Anyway, thankfully my etsy buyer liked it and agreed to buy it. I am so proud of my first sale but i think i need to be more accurate in pricing my work for sure. I only just covered materials with this sale and after a week of relentless crochet, that seems a shame.

I'm so proud of how it turned out i think i am going to make more...

Mahooooosive Bowl

I've listed a few felted bowls in the past couple of days on my etsy shop and after i listed a lovely sage green bowl, i got my first convo enquiring about a custom item. I was over the moon.

There is a slight problem though. the custom order in question is for a 13 INCH felted bowl. Bearing in mind i haven't made one larger than a 6 inch diameter yet, this is no mean feat. I'm about half way through. I put the fruit bowl full of tiny satsumas and a 12" metal ruler in the picture so hopefully it shows some kind of scale.

This thing is massive so far as i'm allowing for shrinkage. I'm not even sure it'll work (which i've already mentioned to the prospective seller). I've got a can of spray starch handy for stiffening even more should it need it. God knows how i'm going to block this thing.

Anyway, i'm not pinning hopes on it working, or even managing to sell it afterwards, but it's a cool experiment! Hopefully i'll have it finished for the weekend.

Other things in the pipeline - napkin rings and festive ornaments. Yep, it's that time of year!