Thanks for the joy

I've been meaning to come through to update my various listings, stores, and socials, but the longer I left it the sillier it felt. For some reason, today was the day.

As mentioned in previous blogs, my health is an ongoing focus for my attention. My chronic illness is continuing to be variable and trying to manage the many platforms for this wasn't feasible.

All my patterns will be available for free on Ravelry moving forward, the existing YouTube videos will remain up and available for the moment. Maybe one day I'll take them down, but the turtles continue to inspire people to try crochet so I'm happy for it to stay.

I have disabled the listings on Etsy, but as mentioned, they are available on my Ravelry instead.

Shiny Crochet on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/sarah-shiny-kelly

Shiny Crochet on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/shinycrochet

So what have I been up to and what does this mean going forward?

In the last few years since I last updated this, I have honestly barely crocheted. In part, I'd burned myself out on the hobby with trying to find a way to create tutorials, patterns, and content while also having limited energy. But I also think I sincerely lost a lot of interest in it once I didn't have a purpose for the things I was making.

Now I am feeling more free to dabble in other hobbies and crafts. I've been learning sewing in a proper way, dabbling in painting and miniature house crafts, and just allowing myself to find joy in the tasks I can do as my health allows.

I may one day come back to this platform, or come back to the idea of Shiny Crafting and making things that way, because I do truly love getting to share the things I make. It's just a lot of work to document and communicate while also creating, which needs energy and focus I don't have at the moment.

Wishing you all the best and happy crafting.

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