Here I was browsing the web, looking at different yarns when I saw this beautiful yarn called Air Shine. I ordered the green and waited..... and waited...
4 weeks later.....
My yarn came, I ogled over the way it looked and felt, but didn't know what to make with it. A few months pass and still no idea what to use my Air Shine for, then Petra Breakstone decided she was having another "anything Petra KAL".
I thought to myself 🤔🤔🤔, Rayne, wouldn't that look elegant in the Air Shine.
@petrabreakstone's Rayne
I cast on and within 3 days completed my shawl and my oh my, it looked absolutely beautiful. It was that beautiful that it was claimed before it was completed. I didn't get a chance to really photograph the finished product.
The night I finish my shawl
pics not doing it justice.
a closeup
The happy Customer. She contributed the photos.
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Have you ever wondered why something keeps affixed to your imagination or dreams? I have.
I've dreamt many years ago of owning my own Beauty Salon which was operated as a classy beauty salon, with an actual start and end time. This last bit (opening hours) was very important, as at that time I was working in a hair salon that did not have an end time. I would go to work by 9am and in comes someone after 3 pm requesting to get their hair braided small (if you have ever gotten your hair braided with extensions you know it takes time). Once my boss accepts this client it means I could be at work until after midnight and still have to be back at work by 9 am the next morning. That was exhausting and to say the least, I wasn't getting a lot of pay.
Fast forward a couple of years I got certified in general Cosmetology but right after completing tragedy struck and I was forced to seek employment fast as the sole breadwinner at the time died and my baby was just about to turn 2 years old. While working at my new job I continued to do natural hairstyles (my specialty). This was my second job, my weekend job, but a little over a year I had to change department and this caused me to lose clients as I started working on weekends. I stayed in that job changing departments and moving up the ranks until 2017 when I got laid off. This is when my dream of becoming my own boss came to life, though not as a salon owner.
I've always been creative at heart, whether it's creating beautiful hairstyles, crocheting/knitting, or embroidering... So it came as no surprise when I registered the business name Khenzuri's Treasures. I was really pumped up about sewing my seeds and getting my name out there. But it's not that easy.
My daughter's first day of school hairstyle
A simple twist with beads
I did my own hair as well
crochet braids
crochet then twist out
I've had good days and some not-so-good days but that doesn't stop me from believing that I will succeed. I know I will not just own a successful business where I crochet and knit other people's designs... But I will become a designer as well...
How are you so confident you will become a designer?
I am sure because no matter what pattern I am making my mind is racing 100 miles a sec with new ideas of what to make or how to change the current pattern I am working on. I have designed things in the past it's just not written for others to remake and that is what I am working on.
For instance, I made a dress from a scarf I test knitted. While I was knitting the scarf, the idea came to turn it into a crop halter top. However, after starting the new project that idea shifted and became a dress. Can I tell you how this dress stayed on my mannequin for almost a year before the final touches were added? Take a look and tell me what you think. Did I do well?
My design, it was birthed from a scarf I test knitted for Petra Breakstone.
The issue I have now as to why I am not actively pursuing this part of my dream is designing takes time and I am a bit stretched at the moment but the stars are being aligned as we speak so it's just a matter of time.
And you know as long as there is life a dream can still become a reality. Come along with me on my journey. Until next time.
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