My grandmother, BooBoo, taught me to knit as a young girl. I first learned to knit dish rags. For years and years, I knit a gozillion dish rags. I graduated to baby blankets, and then one day decided I was going to knit a baby sweater. I bought a book and taught myself to knit a sweater. It may not have been perfect, but I was very excited with the finished product. I was in my mid twenties at the time and many of my friends began to have babies. I loved being able to make them a blanket, sweater or hat and hope that maybe that very blanket would become their special lovey. For some of them, I believe it has.
Now that I am in my mid-thirties, the baby gift quota isn’t quite as high, and I began to have a stockpile of sweaters and hats. Then it hit me one day. Why not try to sell them on Etsy, a website to buy and sell handmade items. So I opened up my very own store: Bean and Bug Babyknits. I have actually already sold three items! I love the idea of selling my creations and doing something that I love. I’m keeping it real, though, and don’t have any grand notions of this becoming a multi-million dollar business one day that even Trump would admire. I would just love to be able to pay for the cost of supplies. I like to use high quality yarns that aren’t exactly cheap and by selling a few things here and there, I can splurge on these nicer yarns without breaking the bank.
My newest project: hats – complicated hats. I bought a hat book and I have had fun learning new techniques to make some very cute baby hats. Here is my first one:
Almost makes me want to have another baby to wear this. Or better yet, I’ll just make it in bigger sizes!
Bean and Bug Babyknits
