Whatta Doll

These images are in reverse, but they tell the story of a kit.

When we first started, Krafti-kit I was really looking hard for cloth doll kits. For a child, I assumed. Then we came across these wee dolls from Dorothy Christian. It was only after I made my first one, that I went: WOW. This is fun. This is the kind of fun I haven't had in a really long time. These babies are for me.

Little pieces of cloth, little shiny bits. LOTS of little shiny bits. They are somehow the Talisman for the missing whimsy in our lives, I think. I used to have a friend who said, when in doubt, make a cake. Like, when all is going south, remember, you know this: I can bake a cake.

That's entirely how I feel about these little dolls. Laura has to keep me away from the inventory but I got this one in blue to make, just for this post. Happy! Each kit is different in fabric but we've grouped them in colorings. The surprise is a good thing. Trust me. They're all great.

Oh, and what do you do with them when you're done? Place them somewhere to remind you to smile!

Rockin the Blockin

This is the "fulled" Nordic Shawl/Scarf that we are featuring in our store right now. I wish I had taken a "before" picture, because it was a long roll of a stockinette scarf, a bit on the rough side.
I put it in a gentle cycle wash with other stuff and it came out soft and relatively flat! I decided to give it a quick blocking and in my apartment that only took a couple of hours. Voila!
Didn't Emily do a lovely job with her mattress stitch seaming?

Are We Secure?

You betcha!
Our store site had some security warnings going on that were just a mini programming glitch. All taken care of! All along with have been Verisign approved and all your transactions are completely secure.
New stuff in the store, daily. Many if not most, limited edition.
C'mon over!

Mail Day!

It always gets exciting when the kits come in the mail. And for me, I love it when the crafty materials for our own kits come in the mail. Play time!
I know that Laura keeps asking herself, "where am I going to put all this stuff?"
Whereas I never ask that question. If you've seen my apartment that is really just a huge fiber studio, you'd understand.

The sewing machine now lives on the kitchen table; the ikea lounger is in the craft book nook with a magnifying lamp; Every surface is covered with fiber...something.

The design/biz balance is something all creative professionals go through. I love being able to "flit" between the two.Even though sometimes it feels like the balance between doing business and designing kits is quite a stretch, I know I'm in good company.

WE ARE LIVE!

Finally, and moments just after I posted that message about technical difficulties, we are up.
I hope that those of you who have your kits up for sale are happy with what you see. We are and we're looking forward to getting those that are still in test mode up and selling.
Thanks, Folks!

If You're Wondering...

...yes, we had the site up briefly and then realized that there were some technical issues that had to be resolved for folks to actually purchase our lovely kits!

So, thanks for your patience. We think this should be resolved in the hours to come, but just wanted to give you all a little back-story here.

Email and Stuff

Folks, as we have migrated over to our new hosting service for the store, we had an email disconnect for a couple of days.
Please accept our apologies and it's all working the way it did before.
Info@krafti-kit.com is the way to reach us.

Thanks for your patience.