October is National Craft-Making Month!

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.

OMG, I move in FIVE DAYS! And my Babies turned 10 this week!

Day 16
I had a dental anesthetic hangover following the day of my dental work and anesthetic fog, so no crafting.

Day 17-18
I was forgetful, so this pic is a to-fer.



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Day 22

More #MadXStitchalong!

Day 16



Day 17



There's some noticeable progress happening!

Still in the midst of post root canal pain. Went to the dentist AGAIN on Thursday. They put in some topical antibiotic, and gave me a rinse. And I've been hitting the major pain killers when I don't have to drive or be alone with the kids. I've still been in level 5-8 pain despite everything, and if it's still this bad tomorrow, I'm calling them again.

Day 18

And the above is the reason I did very little on the kiwi, and then had to frog it twice before I got it right.



Day 19

Tomorrow is my littles' *SEVENTH* birthday! And as I do every year, I baked them cakes from scratch. K chose a blueberry cake with blue colored vanilla frosting, and F chose a pineapple cake with lemon frosting. (their Daddy GB made the frosting, bless him!) I'll probably do some more decorating on the cake tomorrow, but that will have to do for tonight.

Day 15: As expected, I was in too much pain and under influence of enough drugs that I was in no shape to work on anything.

Day 16: As unexpected, I wasn't as recovered as I would have liked, and I had just enough spoons to get done all the things that I HAD to do.

Day 17: Still in a lot of pain and on more drugs than I would like, but I got some confetti stitched on the kiwi.



The next color I do will have lots of large blocks to stitch...

Day 16 - I looked through the week 7 packet of the Mystery Stitchalong to decide on how to finish the project. There are 16(!)charted finishes, plus 3 different bottom borders, plus a charted alphabet if you wanted to design your own finish. The finishes are all related to one fandom or another. I have at least *some* passing acquaintance with about six or so of the fandoms; most of the others I might have heard of in passing or I had to look up. Only two I thought I was enough of a fan of to choose, and one of those, I Just Couldn't. I'm probably going to bounce around it in to keep you all in some suspense, unless you cheat and look it up. :)

Day 17 - I actually started stitching week 7 of the Mystery Stitchalong, but got so few stitches in that I didn't take a picture.

Day 18 - Hey, I actually made some progress on the Stitchalong!