First Submission is done!

Oh goodness–

My first submission for Interweave Crochet is complete. I’m hoping it’s enough of a swatch. I used an entire skein of Vickie Howell’s Love in “Harold and Maude” for the piece. In podcast episode 11, I mentioned that I started crocheting a design submission with the wool/yak blend that a friend sent me. It started bugging me that I didn’t have a name for the yarn, and I was really worried about using such a lightweight yarn. SO, just as I completed tacking it all together, I passed my closet where the huge yarn rack is, and a lightbulb went off.

A while back, Vickie Howell offered yarn and other goodies to people who helped promote her podcast/site. I was one of the many who received yarn, and what I received was the yarn I used for this submission. I remembered the delicious muted tones of “Harold and Maude” and how much I loved squishing the skein in the palms of my hands, and rubbing it against my cheek (seriously, this yarn is my favorite, I think–the drape, the sheen, the feel, yum). I pulled it out of the stash and immediately set to work on re-making the swatch for the design. I had JUST enough yarn to work the swatch up, and ooooh man, I wish I could show you.

One person outside of my house has seen it, and that’s only because I needed help coming up with a name. So, thank you, darling Melanie. You are fantastic, and the best name-giver ever.

Now that this one is done, I have to complete the other ideas I have.

And, just so you know, any design that’s not accepted, I will eventually offer for sale up on the site. I don’t know if there’s a timeframe that you have to wait after submission and rejection, though I doubt there is, but I’ll look into it before I move forward.

That’s assuming my design(s) are rejected.

Oh dear. I only have 13-14 days before it’s/they’re due. I need to get crackin’!