About me:

I’m Teresa.  Nice to meet you.

Apart from the crafts – I’m a fierce lover of music (most kinds), writing, my friends, my family (usually), and sunflower seeds.  I live in the midwest, where we have use for scarves and other things made of wool, though I grew up in San Diego.

I’m 27 as of this writing, and my five year plan involves vague things like getting a passport stamp or five, finishing a novel, and making lots of things.  Unstructured, perhaps, but I’ve learned that the best laid plans are useless, generally, unless you’re so unwavering in your plans that you become a pain in the rear end about it.  So right now, I’m going for “happy” and “content” and working on making everything else fall in line.

About my crafts:

There was never a time in my life when I didn’t create things – as far back as I can remember I drew, wrote, painted, molded, sewed – I always had a craft project going.  Sometimes they’d work out – more often than not, they didn’t.  I meant well, though, and went from one failed and/or uncompleted project to the next with little to no loss in enthusiasm.

Eventually, as I got older, I got better at a few crafts.  I taught myself counted cross-stitch in high school, and started a great many projects with enthusiasm (completion was less of a given).  About five years later, a friend tried to teach me how to knit.  I think it was several years before she recovered, so bad was her headache at my apparent lack of understanding.  A few years after that – about seven years ago – I decided I was going to learn how to knit if it killed me.  So I bought a book, some needles, and some cheapie yarn.  It took me 20 minutes to figure out a slip-knot, and then I was off.  I would still say that, despite the amount of time I’ve been knitting, I’m not an exceptionally advanced knitter.  I can knit and purl and make cables and yarn overs, but I’ve never completed anything bigger than a small bag (though, I must admit, it was a nice bag).  Sweaters and the like are probably a bit beyond me right now, and to be honest, the idea of knitting socks makes me want to scream. I know most knitters love them, but I don’t get the allure at all.

In the last few years or so, I’ve started experimenting with designing things, be it cross-stitch, knitting, or something else entirely.  I found my rate of completion was much better when I came up with the design myself, and it also helped if I had a specific goal in mind.  I’m sure I’ll discuss my projects as I go, and why I make the things I do.

About this site:

Web design is just another type of craft, really.  There’s more technology behind it, sure, but the desire for something pretty and hopefully functional is still there.  And, as with many crafts, if you can’t get both – pretty wins.

I called the site “Dangerously Crafty” because in some ways, I am.  I don’t really use needles on people (well, not usually, anyway) but I can get myself in trouble with crafts.  I’ve punctured my skin quite a few times with the blunted needles that are commonly used for cross-stitch.  If you think stabbing yourself with a sharp needle is bad, try doing it with a blunt needle.  Yay for bruised puncture wounds!

I also tend to let – sometimes – my crafts overtake my free time.  Dishes have gone unwashed, long showers have become “get in, get clean, get out,” and e-mails to my friends haven’t been returned.  I find crafts soothing, and I’ve often surprised people with how someone who is normally so bubbly and enthusiastic (read: ADHD) can sit for hours knitting or cross-stitching.

I also have two cats, Ani and Neesa, who normally let me knit in peace, but sometimes, the yarn becomes a toy and I become the thing keeping them from the toy.  Then, I bleed.

Lastly, I just really liked the name.  Yay for craft sites that don’t make people think of little old ladies!