October is National Craft-Making Month!

Day 26

It was a long day with my mom in the ER (she's mostly OK, but having new and intense arthritic pain that caused falls), so for something easy, I started a new baby hat that evening and knitted 10 rows.


[ID: A purple knitting loom with 10 rows of knitted pink yarn. End ID]

Day 27

Another longish day (one of my kids got confirmed, so it was hours without my feet up, then an afternoon of chores); I finished the hat I started on Saturday. Thankfully, that was the end of that yarn cake (I was getting tired of the pink), so when I knit the next hat, I'll find another color.


[ID: A pink knitted baby hat. End ID]

Day 28

Today was pretty much a rest day, except for some emergency laundry for the kid who is going to be at a competition for the rest of the week. I wanted to do something OTHER than a hat, so I visited my favorite loom knitting site looking for something quick and easy, and found this pattern. Mine is a little wonky looking, and there's lots I can do different to make it look better (starting with the yarn), but it's not bad for the first one.


[ID: A small knitted butterfly, knitted with variegated blue yarn. End ID]

Day 24

I was very tired after having done a school tour; I finally got 15 rows on a new baby hat knitted while watching the new season of Jurassic Park: Chaos Theory


[ID: A purple knitting loom with 15 rows of knitted pink yarn. End ID]

Day 25

I spent a decent chunk of time crafting order in my upstairs crafting area by clearing, organizing, finding storage for (and cleaning said storage), moving to other rooms, and rearranging the crafting things around my living room chair, and also sweeping the area THREE times. It had gotten TOO chaotic, and I decided that I didn't really need to have my yarn stash living upstairs. I was able to use a large basket no longer being used as a clothes hamper to hold all of my current crafting projects!

Before:

[ID: A messy part of my living room where I keep some crafting projects, you can barely see a wooden table and the arm of a black chair. End ID]

After:

[ID: A tidied and organized part of my living room where I keep crafting things: A wooden table the top cleared off and a shelf below to keep my knitting bowls, a black chair, and a blue basket with my current crafting projects. End ID]

AND I finished the baby hat I started on day 24!


[ID: A knitted pink baby hat. End ID]

We're finally nearing the end of the month of birthdays in my house, and this one's a doozy, because there are two birthdays on the same day. My twins opted to celebrate on different days, so it did spread the work out a tiny bit.

Day 19

I baked cupcakes for K, for their birthday dessert.


[ID: A large batch of unfrosted vanilla cupcakes in a deep metal bowl. End ID]

Day 20

I made strawberry frosting, with real strawberries, for K's cupcakes. Here are the frosted cupcakes (I did not apply the frosting. :)

[ID: 13 cupcakes with pink frosting. End ID]

I baked Bread for K's birthday dinner (which was lobster bisque and grilled cheese sandwiches on "soured" dough bread).


[ID: A short loaf of bread. End ID]

Day 21

I baked a strawberry cobbler for F's birthday; I didn't take the cobbler out of the oven, so I only got a pictures of what was left:


[ID: A clear plastic bowl containing a small amount of strawberry cobbler. End ID]

And I also knitted 8 rows on a new baby hat


[ID: A purple knitting loom with 8 rows of pink knitting. End ID]

Day 22

This was a big rest day for me as I spent so many hours on my feet the previous two days. I played a lot of video games, and I knitted 7 rows on the baby hat.


[ID: A purple knitting loom with 15 rows of pink knitting. End ID]

I think I am all caught up now!

Day 17

I didn't find time for crafting until we got to our screen break time in the evening, and I was pretty brain and spoon fried. So I pulled out my current latch hook project and put 2+ rows into it:

The first photo shows where I started, and the second shows where I finished. Taken mostly because when I finished last night, it didn't seem like I had done anything, but the photo SHOWS the progress.


[ID: two photos of a latchhook rug canvas partially filled in with dark pink, white, and green yarn; the second photo shows a few more rows done than the first photo. End ID]

Day 18

I had a whole bunch of little things needing repair pile up, and I decided today would be a good day for repairs.

First, some earrings - one earring needed a new earwire, and the second earring (Bajoran style) needed a dangly reattached.



[ID: Two photos of 3 dangly earrings, in mostly silver and purples; the first before the repair, and the second after the repair. End ID]

Then, I had a stuff-it bag with a rip, and K's apron, where one of the ties had come off. I sewed the rip in the bag, which took THREE tries, because the nylon fabric is cheap, and then sewed the apron tie back on. I also caught another apron tie that was coming loose, and sewed that as well.



[ID: Two photos of bright red and multicolored fabric items; the first before the repair, and the second after the repair. End ID]

During our family screen break time, after I had done a bunch of chores, I finished wrapping the last four faux grape stems with floral tape:


[ID: Four faux red and rust colored grape leaf clusters; their stems wrapped in brown floral tape. End ID]

I might get the stems put in at stitch-in tomorrow.

Today at my regular stitch-in, instead of stitching, I started putting together the wreath! Here's how it looks so far:


[ID: A wreath formed by small rusty water cans, with yellow, orange, red and purple faux floral elements attached. End ID]

Oh, and of course I didn't get a photo in the right orientation (and I'm too done to take another), so picture the wreath about an eighth of a turn to the right.

Consensus was it needed a little something to fill it out (I agreed), so I started wrapping some grape-leaf stems in floral tape; I got two done before the end of the stitch-in.


[ID: two faux grape leaf clusters, one green and the other rust colored; their stems wrapped in brown floral tape. End ID]

My hands hurt enough though, that I'll switch to something different tomorrow.

Day 12

I went out for a bit yesterday, and it wore me out more than I thought it would. I got a whole hat knitted while I was out, and started another during our family night, finishing 8 rows.


[ID: A purple knitting loom with 8 rows of pink knitting on it; in the center of the loom is a pink knitted baby hat. End ID]

Day 13

Still tired from yesterday, and I had a bunch of things that needed doing around the house, so I punted my plan for prepping florals and knitted another baby hat instead.


[ID: A pink knitted baby hat. End ID]

Day 8 was a busy and tiring day, and all I managed was 5 rows on a new baby hat.


[ID: A purple round knitting loom knitted with 5 rows of pink yarn. End ID]

Day 9 was also a grumpy and listless day; I did attend my online stitch-in outside, where I got some fresh, somewhat brisk air, and wound and tied 6 skeins of yarn for washing.


[ID: 6 skeins of yarn of various colors and weights tied up for washing. End ID]

A little is better than nothing...