The Search for the (Perfect) Ten

July 11--Share 5 or 10 of your favorite blogs or websites.

Since becoming a blogger myself, it has been my pleasure to be introduced to so many other bloggers. The Summer Blog Challenge has been the primary source of my new blogs, as has Pinterest and Facebook.

I can't tell you how I fell into this group of charming young moms that make up most of the Summer Blog Challenge. Just by chance I read someone who mentioned someone, and the next thing I knew, I was on Going Green With the Grizls , the orginator of this blog challenge. Over 140 bloggers signed up for the challenge. Names like mum, mom, mommy, baby, diaper, frugal, green, and giveaways pepper the list. Through this medium, they have formed a small world, a community, a village in which to raise a child.

I started my blog though to promote my Etsy business. Naturally, I searched for crafting and crocheting blogs. Anything that had to do with yarn and selling, I gravitated towards it. Handmadeology, which calls itself the Science of Handmade, is one of the first I found. I also stumbled across Regretsy (Where DYI Meets WTF) which I read for lessons in what not to do and to get a chuckle at someone else's expense.

From Regretsy. Why a proofreader is helpful. (The error has since been corrected on the seller's site.)

A Rose By Any Other Name...

...Would be just 2kute. A crafter with various loves, she has focused on her crochet and even in designing her own patterns. Let her tell  you her story.

Cozy Corner Crochets: What are the names and addresses of your Pages, Blogs, and/or Shops

Rose Kute: 2kutekreations, also known as 2kute

http://www.etsy.com/shop/2kute

https://www.facebook.com/2kutekreations2

CCC: What is your primary craft

RK: Crochet

CCC: What materials do you work with

RK: I work with organic natural fibers such as cotton, wool, bamboo. I do also work with acrylic.

CCC: How did you get started and where do you see yourself headed

RK: Back in 2004 I was bedridden due to chronic illnesses and a stroke. I was bored out of my mind, unable to do much of anything. I started to watch the HGTV channel---at the time they showed Carol Duvall show. She got me inspired. I started making cards, then decided to teach myself to crochet. In 2008 my children talked me into opening an online shop.

I want to expand, have more ready to ship items. I am an one woman business so there’s only so much I can do. I hope I can do some craft fairs when I move to NC.