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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!

ladythmpr

This time period was stupidly busy because it was the Kids' birthday and the other driving parent was gone so I had to shuttle the other kid to activities.

Day 19

We celebrated the kids' birthday a bit early, since one of them would be away for the actual day. I made a double batch of oatmeal cookies as one kid's dessert:

I also made a double batch of chocolate chip cookie dough for the other kid, to be baked the next day:

[ID: Rolls of Chocolate Chip Cookie dough wrapped in parchment paper on a white plate in the freezer. End ID]

I fixed a kid's broken chain clasp:

[ID: 2 photos of a black chain, the first with a broken silver clasp and the second with a new, whole, silver clasp attached. End ID]

I think I also knitted about 5 rows on a baby hat, but forgot to take a photo.

Day 20

I washed 4 skeins of yarn:

[ID: 4 just-washed skeins of yarn of various colors draped over hangers and hung out to dry on a porch beam. End ID]

And made 4 1/2 center-pull yarn balls. The one skein of yarn that's tangled mess is the one that gave me so much trouble getting into a skein for washing.

[ID: 4 center-pull balls of yarn in various colors, and a half-ball wrapped on a cardboard nostepinne, on top of a tangled mess of pastel variegated yarn. End ID]

And I baked a couple of pans of chocolate chip cookies, of which I forgot to take a photo.

Day 21

This day was really quite busy, so all I had the energy to do was bake a couple of pans of chocolate chip cookies (of which I forgot to take a photo), and work on winding the current center-pull ball of yarn. Unfortunately, the yarn got caught on something, and broke, so I'll just wind a second ball of this yarn.

[ID: A center-pull ball of pastel variegated yarn on a cardboard nostepinne, with a tangled mess of the same pastel yarn to the right. End ID]

Day 22

I knitted the last 13 rows on the baby hat:

[ID: 25 rows of white/yellow/orange/pink/blue/purple variegated yarn knitted on a purple round loom. End ID]

And then finished the hat completely. I liked how the yellow bits of the yarn formed almost a lightning bolt. (I didn't plan that!)

[ID: A knitted baby hat made from white/yellow/orange/pink/blue/purple variegated yarn. The yellow and white bit of the yarn form a shape like a lightning bolt (not planned). End ID]

ladythmpr

Same old story... thankfully, I have an orthopedist appointment on Thursday!

Day 20

It was my kids' birthday! I made them nice birthday cards within my limited drawing capabilities, which they liked, but are a bit personal for me to post.

I made them simple, but decadent cupcakes with double buttercream frosting for their birthday dessert; the pic shows the ones that didn't get frosted but got put in the freezer for later.

Day 21

After a somewhat tiring previous day preparing a birthday feast, I opted for starting yet another low-spoon headband (but the last of this skein); I knitted about 54 rows.

Day 22

Day 22 was a bad day painwise; I did manage to finish off the headband I started on day 21, but neglected to take a picture, and now, it's mixed in with all the other headbands.

Day 23

Another not-great day and full of chores to boot. I saved my crafting streak by "finding" (it's been sitting on a chair in my dining room for months) K's dress that needed some mending - some shiny rhinestone cupchain at the neckline had some loose, and I fixed it, and also sewed up a seam elsewhere that had come undone.

Before:

After:

Day 24

I worked on the 2019 Mystery SaL, while trying to master the art of listening to audiobooks. After a bit of time, it seems that I can listen to audiobooks while crafting, as long as the work is not too complicated, because anything complicated makes it hard to listen. Now, I just have to remember to stop the book when crafting gets complicated. At least, the app I'm using has a 15 second rewind.

Day 25

More 2019 Mystery SaL while listening to a few chapters of an audiobook; I think it's getting a little easier.

ladythmpr

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.

Day 19

Day 20

Day 21

Day 22

ladythmpr

"Behind on posting" should be my middle name...

Day 20

My little girls turned 9! For their birthday celebration, they helped me make a yellow cake with pink frosting and a strawberry-blueberry cobbler. I forgot to take a picture before the desserts were both half-eaten.

I also sorted out that bag of estate sale embroidery fiber and got them sorted out by type, including mess...

Day 21

I sorted out the mess of tangled fibers on my desk, aided by a pair of sharp pointy scissors. (not shown)

I dusted off my sewing machine from a weeks-long hiatus, and sewed a couple of bags to hold humidity-lowering rice in our new beardie's enclosure and I also sewed some more mask pieces (not shown).

I got some work done on my SaL when I finally was able to attend my weekly Stitch-In.

Day 22

Crazy day. Towards the end of the day, I redid one kid's headphone covers, because she said that she couldn't hear through the foam. Hopefully, third time is the charm...

ladythmpr

The twins' birthday was this past weekend along with their school's Fall Fest, and I was too busy and too tired to post.

Day 18

I washed all the fabric for K's costume to be...

...and made two dozen allergen-free cupcakes for the Fall Fest (not pictured)

Day 19

I did some stitching at the Fall Fest...

...And made some very quick earrings for my kids' morning birthday present (like stockings at Christmas, K said)...

...And baked a double batch of brownies (for Coffee Hour at church on Sunday), a single batch of brownies for F's cake, and a double-layer yellow cake for K's cake (not pictured).

Day 20

I frosted F's cake...

...and then I frosted K's cake...

...For my kids' birthday present from my Mom, we went to a ceramic painting place, and the kids painted "sugar" skulls, and I put another layer of paint on the black lines of my bowl...

...And then when I collapsed after dinner, I put a few more stitches into the #MadXStitchalong...

Day 21

I took the kids to the park after school and went to work some on the Stitchalong, and discovered that I'd put in an extra 2 rows WAY UP THERE, and had to frog a bunch, and then just could not face any more...

calzephyr

I'm still knitting! I hope to post a couple of pictures soon. One ball of yarn is used up and I'm halfway through another. I didn't realize until I counted on a calendar that I spent a solid three weeks being sick, so I tried to do as little as possible this weekend.

I watched:

Real Detective

Forensic Files

Nailed It

Mean Girls

Riverdale

Clueless

ladythmpr

Day 20

Between it being my kids' birthday, and the 6th day of terrible post root canal pain, and the emergency dentist visit it entailed (apparently, I am rare and unfortunate, and not worthy of more pain meds that will work for me), I did not get any crafting done.

Day 21

I decided to really distract myself today with various video things, and a new mystery Steotchalong that actually started a week ago. I'm also a pushover for Tumblr encouragement and a glutton for punishment. And maybe I wanted to get away from confetti for a while. Anyway, I picked out my colors and got about half of the week 1 chart done (and week 2 was released yesterday).

calzephyr

Hopefully yesterday makes up for the rest of the week that I wasn't crafting. October is unusually sunny and warm lately and I think the weather is confusing everyone. We had a freak dump of snow the other week and no one quite knows what to do! We just come home from work and flop on the couch with our phones. It was exhausting.

Yesterday Mom and I went to a bi-annual fibre festival called The Fibre Shindig. I have been wanting to go for years, but, as you can imagine, it's a pretty dangerous place. I don't need more yarn. However, TECHNICALLY I didn't buy new yarn. I just bought the supplies to make yarn ;-) I bought a drop spindle, merino wool roving and a cute bag.

Today I sat down to try out the drop spindle. The last time I did it was briefly as part of a textiles class in art college. It was relaxing and I did drop it a few times, hehe. The vendor who sold me the wool roving said that it was a gateway to buying a spinning wheel *gulp*

ladythmpr

3 days of week 7 of the Mystery Stitchalong and a foray into baking...

Day 19

Day 20 - My twins birthday! We had the family birthday celebration, and I spent the morning baking their cakes and a double batch of brownies for their School Fall Fest. I forgot to take a picture of the pristine cakes; this picture is after 10 people attacked them.

Day 21

Day 22

I didn't get much done today because I've come down with a nasty cold.

zabe

I worked on 99 every day and got a third of the way through plus a little more.

I worked on my bracelet on days 17 and 18. I found a clasp that I liked, looked at random sites for attaching clasps to bracelets, and used a method that I found for one end. I then realized that it was going to be way too long with that clasp and would fall off of my wrist, so I don't know if I'm going to remove rows or find another clasp or remove the clasp and call it a bookmark instead.

calzephyr

I had a nice surprise this week - a big order of Instagram cards came through my Etsy shop, so I was busy making them. The listing is for three random cards, but in this case the customer wanted to choose and I was totally fine with it. I had half of their picks already in stock, but I had to run out and order more prints.

Last year I ended up designing some cardmaking rulers and had them laser cut. They are 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1" widths. It makes it totally easy to slap a photo on a card and not worry about it being crooked!

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