My Newest Knitting Project

I was getting bored knitting blue over and over in my sweater so started a scarf project as well. I usually have 2 or more projects going at a time. I am in love with this yarn!

Vintage Womans Sweater from Paton's Knitting Book #665

This pattern is from the Paton's Knitting Book No. 665. It is the Rhoda pattern in the book(let).

Adventure into Acrylic Pour Painting

I have found a new craft to try. It is called Acrylic Pour Painting. I have tried to do this twice already. The first one was okay but did not produce cells (Example of cells in acrylic pour painting, the website is Crossings based in Minnesota). The second one I did, did not produce cells either but I accidentally messed it up by trying to move the painting when it was not done drying.

The first pour painting, the top one is after I finished pouring and the bottom is the dried finished version.

This would have been the second pour painting, had I not ruined it by trying to move the painting.

I will be selling pour paintings very soon on my Etsy store. I will post on my Blue Firefly Crafts Facebook Business Page when I will be selling these types of paintings.

Today's Knitting Pattern

Today's knitting pattern is a 1940's Lady's Cardigan from England. It would cost a woman 3 coupons to get the yarn to make her cardigan. I always wonder what color the yarn is that they used when the picture is in b/w. So enjoy and have a happy crafting day!!

Here is a vintage Knitting Booklet By Paton's.

About Dacia

I always hate doing about me's lol I feel stupid or I am being pretentious. So here goes...
I have been doing crafts since I was in the Girl Scouts. Which was a million years ago or at least that is how it feels. The Girl Scouts taught me a lot one is I love crafts and the other is I am not a camper unless it involves a cabin with plumbing. My mom and Grandma's taught me as well.

Crafts I know how to do:
Cross Stitch (30+ years)
Quilting
Knitting (my Mimi tried to teach me but it was not until a few years ago I figured it out my way.)
Crochet (uhm not good at all lol)
Sewing
Soap Making
Natural Beauty Products like oils and lotions
Weaving
Some Wood Working
Redoing Furniture
Papercrafts
Cards
Cricut is a wonderful machine for cutting my fabric on and also for cutting out pieces for cards or flowers.

Crafts I want to learn:
Upholstery
Making Doll Houses
Making Miniatures
Making Doll Furniture
Weaving on a Huge Loom
Stain Glass
I also want to own an old house and redo it into a home.


Non Crafty Things About Me:
I love my menagerie as I call my 6 cats, 1 dog and 1 human son. All of the animals have been rescues and 5 of the cats were hand raised 1 from a new born (literally a few hours old when Doozie my dog found her).

TV: True crime, mysteries and British tv as well.
Read: Cozy mysteries, some romance, history, craft, cooking and baking.
Music: Depends on my mood.
Sports: Hockey and Soccer/Football
Games: Pokemon, Sims 4, Stardew Valley, Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas



I am hoping to have a website soon to sell my crafts.

About Jessica, Updated May 1, 2019

Hello all! I hope everyone is having a great day so far. Let me start of by telling you about the crafts I have learned, the ones I want to learn and a little bit about me.

Here are some of the crafts that I have learned over the years:

• Crochet (20+ years off and on)
• Knitting (not very good at it yet)
• Ceramics (throwing on the pottery wheel, but haven’t done it in a while)
• Soap Making (beginner)
• Cross Stitch (beginner)
• Quilting (beginner)
• Silhouettes (it really helps with having a Cricut machine, since I can’t cut in a straight line to save my life…lol)
• Weaving on a Loom (beginner) 
• Acrylic Pour Painting (just started)

Her are some of the crafts I would love to learn:

• Yarn Punching
• Dollhouse Making
• Dollhouse Furniture Making
• Glass Blowing or any type of glass sculpture making.
• Fairy Gardens
• Candle Making
• Making Clothes
• Making Tote Bags of All Kinds
• Jewelry Making
• Anything Resin
• Macrame 

The non-craft side of me likes:

• Baseball (Houston Astros, Round Rock Express, and Corpus Christi Hooks)
• Music (Almost anything, depending on my mood)
• Ice Hockey
• Traveling
• Cirque Du Soleil
• My cats
• HGTV (Certain Shows)

I have my own Etsy Shop and I am selling on Mercari as well.

Blue Firefly Crafts Etsy Shop 

Mercari Page

Feel free to take a look around and add it to your favs. It is okay if you do neither, as I never want someone to do what they do not want to do...unless it is one of my future kids...lol 😉

I hope you enjoy this site as much as we love crafting.

Sending nothing but the best to all of you!

-Jessica