October is National Craft-Making Month!

Day 27

I had a headache all day with a bit of a scratchy throat; looks like the cold I thought I was over, wasn't. All I got done was 16 rows on a baby hat.

[ID: 16 rows of pastel variegated yarn on a purple knitting loom. End ID]

Day 28

A very low energy day, because yeah, I really wasn't over that cold, ugh. One of the kids needed a jabot for a costume, and instead of talking to me to see what we could fashion with the TONS of supplies we already have (TBF, everyone involved was at least a little under the weather and not thinking well) they bought a POS shirt/jabot combo that cost way too much at S***T H*******N and was non-returnable. I spent far too much time separating the jabot from the shirt, and then pinned everything back together to be sewn up by NOT ME.

[ID: A white jabot,pinned for restitching. End ID]

And a bit later and a bit calmer, I finished the baby hat that I started yesterday.

[ID: A knitted baby hat in pastel variegated yarn. End ID]

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]

It's been a really sucky week. But I did something crafty every day, even if I didn't create.


Day 26

I worked some more on moving stuff around and putting things away.

Day 27

I worked some more at getting things reorganized and put away, and I even took a picture!

Where I started on Monday:


Where I ended on Tuesday:



I also did some latch hooking (first pic is what I had done previously)



Day 28

I tackled the first batch of jewelry supplies! This is my last online order, so it's been sitting in that box for MONTHS. (Last summer, I put a moratorium on bringing in any more crafting supplies (with an exception or two) until I could find all the things I already had.) I got about half the box put away into storage boxes.



I also had a stitch-in, where I got only a little bit of cross stitching on my SaL done, because there was a guest speaker, and she had pretty things to show!




Day 29

I finished getting all the beads from the box I started on 10/28 put away into storage boxes!



And then, I got all the storage boxes put away onto the shelves!



Day 30

Day 30 was a day of prodding kids a lot and just feeling entirely unmotivated. Things got a better once we got around to pumpkin carving, so after dinner, I settled in with TrollHunters and my latch hook. Unfortunately, after I had put in about another half-dozen columns, I discovered that I had put in the wrong color of pink, so I spent more than 30 minutes frogging. Frogging latch hook is a lot more difficult than frogging cross stitch!

Day 28: the day of the big twins' birthday party. My lack of RSVPs fortunately was reflected in the attendance; I don't know what I would have done cake wise if 40 more people showed up. As it was, I frosted 3 cakes, which was the extent of my crafting for the day (no pictures).

Day 29: I did find some time to work on the Steotchalong:



Note that the one on the bottom right I started to put in wrong...

Day 30: I needed to get caught up with a bunch of household things that got dumped when I was in so much pain (yes, it's *finally* better!), so the only crafty thing I got done was figuring out how to make the heads of the costumes that my mom made for my kids stand up straighter (and it's still not quite solved, as seen in the pic).



Day 31: After dealing with kids' school things all day, I admitted that I was utterly exhausted, and sent the kids out with their dads for trick-or-treating. I spent that blissfully quiet hour actually finishing week two of the Steotchalong!

My twins had their birthday party on 29 October, so I spent most of the time leading up to it cleaning and otherwise preparing (I had a big church celebration too), and in the remaining days of October, we were getting ready for Halloween. But here's what I did do.

Day 27

I baked and crumb-coated a cake (but forgot to take a pic) and gathered some herbs from my garden to dry (I suppose that is herb-crafting?).



Day 28

I crossed stitched just a little bit on the bus home from a marriage celebration.



Day 29

Finished frosting the cake (yellow chocolate chip with vanilla frosting and blueberries on top), I baked a pineapple-cherry cobbler, and a pan of brownies.



Days 30-31

Cross stitched a bit more on the Mystery Stitchalong. But alas, I did not finish. I'll keep plugging along.