My etsy shop is not doing as well as I’d hoped. I wondered if maybe I was a little disingenuous with my shop name: kzoomoo’s knittin kittens, seeing as how I didn’t have one knit item in the shop.

It’s not like I don’t knit. I just got into a crocheting binge, and explored it to its natural conclusion. I haven’t listed all the crocheted items I created for the shop; I’d hoped to move those I did list, first.

But it was nagging me that I hadn’t knit anything for the shop. I’m sure there’s some mystical social media explanation for poor sales, but, hey! Knitting! Such a cozy activity for this time of year.

No matter that I still didn’t feel like putting up the crochet hook just yet.

I started with what I had in my hand. There was some leftover yarn from my mother. It’s the kind of three color blend that I would never pick out myself. I much prefer solid colors. There was also some leftover pink eyelash yarn from Yanni’s crafting days.

So I tested the knitting water with a scarf combining these two yarns. I chose the basket-weave stitch, because I prefer to knit in texture than just plain stockinette .

I liked the project enough to invest in more yarn after my existing stores started to dwindle. I couldn’t find an exact color match, though–a danger of using old yarn.

But the colors are close, certainly complimentary. I don’t know if I’ll sell the scarf. But it was a fun dive back into knitting.

Meanwhile, I started a hat for….one of my girls. I knew Chanya needed a hat, but it turned out, Joy really wanted one. So I used the same yarn and stitch to create a Joy-sized hat. It’s been a minute since I knit a hat, and I couldn’t find the round needles, so I wasn’t sure how the hat would turn out.

I finished Joy’s hat today. She loves it, so that’s important. I have yarn leftover, so I’ve started a hat for Chanya, too, this time in a different stitch. More on her hat later. Here’s Joy modeling the hat and scarf:

Can you even see a pattern in the stiches? Or is that multi-colored yarn too distracting? I don’t know. Maybe I should have put ‘crochet’ in the title of my etsy shop?