October is National Craft-Making Month!

Day 29

I FINISHED stitching the little mouse ornament! I COMPLETED a cross stitch project! (While sick, even!) Where's my ticker-tape parade? :)

[ID: A completed cross stitch project; a gray mouse wearing a turquoise scarf; stitching the word JOY in red thread on white fabric; Holly leaves in dark green thread are stitched at the top and bottom of the mouse. End ID]

Now, it needs a little bath, and then to be formed into the ornament.

Day 30

I didn't really know what to do this day; I didn't really want to start another cross stitch ornament, nor did I want to knit a baby hat. I decided to darn the second sock of a pair of boot socks that were wearing thin. The raining season is coming, and to wear my boots, I need my boot socks!

[ID: A gray sock with the heel bottom darned in dark yarn. End ID]

I baked bread for the first time in about 2 months!



[ID: 2 loaves of light brown bread, cross-hatched on top; one loaf has a slice cut from the end. End ID]

I also made brown sugar (note to self: the mixer blade works better than the whisk):



[ID: A steel metal mixer bowl containing brown sugar; some of the brown sugar is caught in the mixer's whisk. End ID]

I wasn't expecting to attend the Wednesday stitch-in, but GB decided he should take the kids to their doctor appointment. I didn't have the mental energy to figure out which WIP to do at stitch-in, so I darned a sock:



[ID: A close-up of a toe of a white sock, darned with light blue thread. End ID]