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| Original 2010 pic, Puu |
I love to crochet. It's saved my nerves and gotten on them but I've created hundreds of things that bring enjoyment to people and though I've never made even a penny on this site, it's been worth the blogging. :)
Anyway, I received an email out of the blue the other day asking about my Yu Yu Hakusho inspired Puu! He was my second article on this blog. Wow, that was way back in the way back. I wasn't even sure I still had the pattern. I thought I'd seen it in my files but it's a text document and parts are missing because...well I was winging it. Five years ago I wasn't exactly sure how to read patterns much less to write one. I found the pattern and got to work. There's still a bunch to do and I'm fixing him here and there where I was clearly a noob in the craft department. The first one was a disaster. He was too big. The stitches were too large and holey and stuffing was awful. I don't think I ever took a picture of him but the kids still pull it out from under a bed every so often ... to play with the dog. No not really but I feel that way when I see it. They still adore it though.
Being that this is my 5 year project, when I have completed the pattern I am going to post it here for ... FREE. Yep. Free. I've never posted a free pattern. I think it's wonderful for those that post all of their stuff for free. For me it seems they must make good money at what they do or have a good stream of people clicking ads. I do not and it's why I stuck with selling on Etsy. I live in a small town where there are no yarn shops, no shops to sell my hats or projects in and no good way for me to start up a shop myself and have revenue. Back in the day Etsy was a wonderful way for crafters to sell their hand worked items. Now it's a flooded market. Five years ago I had seen knitted Princess Leia hats but they didn't look the way I saw them in my mind so I created new ones in crochet. I probably made $200 that Halloween. Since then there are tons of them on Etsy and to be seen you have to refresh your items daily to catch even one person's eye. Costing you and not always making a sale. IF someone happens upon your shop they favorite your things and never return to purchase. It's just the way it goes. Ravelry is better for the hand worked craft community, crochet, knit, etc but they don't have the easy layout of Etsy or Craftsy. Then there's Craftsy that tries to get you to purchase their tutorials all the time. It's not easy making handmade crafts.
Anyway, here's a reminder pic of Puu the Spirit Beast from Yu Yu Hakusho. :) He'll be out sometime this week so hang in there and enjoy some of my other posts while you're hanging about. :D
