Last night my husband and I drove back from a weekend away at my grandparents’ cottage in Michigan. We had a relaxing time. Terry read down at the beach and I stayed up in the cottage knitting and watching cooking shows. Which is my idea of a rockin’ good time 
You asked a couple of good questions after my last post and I will try to answer them here. I still do plan to publish patterns in my etsy shop. It just won’t be my primary focus. And where have the tutorials gone? I have taken them down for the time being. I plan to polish them up with better photos and more precise instructions and offer them in my etsy shop for a small fee. This will help defray my studio costs which will make it possible for me to continue making art.
Many of you have asked if/when I am doing another book. So I just wanted to say that I don’t have any plans for one. Recently, I have been contemplating where I want to go with my work, what I want to focus on going forward. My gut feeling, which I listen too most of the time, is that making finished art pieces is more important to me than anything else. The sense of satisfaction I get when making amigurumis for the pure love of it is fantastic.
As I have mentioned before I would also like to illustrate protraits of my dollies and well. One of my favorite parts of making amigurumi is giving them unique personalities and I think painting their portraits would take this idea even further. Some of you know that I have made a few false starts in this area. So I fully expect it will take me a year or so to be comfortable working in paint again. Maybe I should take some illustration classes…..
