Tag: youtube

January 2025 Wrap-up

Leave a comment

Hello again!

I’ve decided that I’m going to use this platform as my newsletter of sorts. It didn’t really make sense to cross post everything from Ko-Fi, especially because I often forget to come back and post them in any sort of timely manner. Plus, I am planning to do a lot of things this year and I feel like taking the time to go back through everything I’ve done in the month will help me stay on track with a few of those plans.

What do I mean? Well, let’s start with the first project I’ve already gotten started on: How many things can I make to donate to Knit the Rainbow in November? I’ve explained the whole project, along with a roundup of the finished items in this Ko-Fi post, but basically I’m focusing on one pattern a month and seeing how many of that item I can make. January saw the creation of 27 “Crafting Change Wristers” by Melanie Shovelski.

A white square with rainbow colored semicircles in all four corners, trimmed out photos of blue, pink, and rainbow colored wrist warmers, and a rounded gray rectangle at the top with the words “January Charity Roundup” in black letters.

I’ve also started uploading to YouTube shorts, and am planning to start adding one full video per month. Here’s my favorite short of the month:

I also want to be better about adding finished items to my Ko-Fi shop (like the dinos featured in that short above), but I’m not sure if I want to just add as I go or do larger “drops” and gather everything for the end of the month. But as of right now there are finished items and patterns available, including some free knit, crochet, and cross stitch patterns, and more to be added in the coming weeks (like some cute little crocheted capybaras and tapirs).

That’s it for this month! If you want to get this delivered to your inbox, sign up in the sidebar. I promise these will only be once a month, so it won’t clog your inbox. If you want to follow me elsewhere, I’m most often on Bluesky, plus Ko-Fi and YouTube.

You Can Do Anything With The Internet

2 Comments

Lately we have been watching a lot of YouTube videos involving surprise eggs, PlayDoh, and food. We inevitably ended up on videos of people making those Japanese candy kits, which prompted a, “I wanna try that!” from the little one. So yesterday I went to the mall in search of some.

I started at the Tokyo Lifestyle store, where I tried to find the kit that looked the easiest to do, considering I was making it with a three-year-old, and none of us can read Japanese. I decided on the pudding, and also the chocolate and Oreo Pocky (the bottom row). Then I decided to try the Lolli and Pops store downstairs, since they have a pretty good international selection. I was also on the lookout for some cinnamon jelly beans and potentially some surprise eggs. They didn’t have only the cinnamon jelly beans and only had the Kinder Joys, not the plain chocolate eggs. But they did have gummies, another different flavor of Pocky, and my Pandas (which were also at the other store, but I was trying to be good). And, of course, I got taken in by the caramels hanging near the register.

Anyway, enough about the way too much candy I ended up buying. On to our adventures trying to make this kit. As you can see, the whole box is written in Japanese. My first thought was to re-download the Google translate app and just take pictures of each step. That turned out to be less than helpful. It translated well, but as often happens with straight translation, it wasn’t very understandable. After looking all over for pre-translated instructions, I finally just found this video on YouTube.

It took a lot of pausing and rewinding, but we managed to pull it together. It didn’t look quite like the picture, but it tasted really good. And isn’t that what making candy is all about?