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.

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!

The real challenge is getting the pics posted.

I didn't get as much time as I hoped, so I did not finish on day 8.



Nor did I finish on day 9. I thought really hard about doing so, but it was already 22:30, which is 30 minutes past getting-ready-for-bed time, and I still had to make lunches. Today, for sure (I think)!

The part of a challenge that I suck at is the posting part. I was also down with a stomach bug or food poisoning, which didn't help.

Days 2-3

Managed some stitching on the stitchalong anyway, though not a whole lot.



Day 4

After a day chaperoning a trip with the whole second grade to our local science museum, and a birthday dinner celebration, I only had enough brain to work on the poppy latch hook I started back in March (the first picture is where I left it the last time I worked on it in September).


Day 5

I worked on the stitchalong on a commute to a party! (Hey, I went to a PARTY!)



I still need to catch up on reading and commenting.

Back in May 2016, I did a 30for30crafting challenge (craft 30 minutes a day for 30 days), and as part of that challenge (which I documented on Tumblr and in LJ's nacramamo), I designed (except for the flower; that was a kit) and hooked some latch hook decor for my kids.


I went so far as to buy some canvas frames to mount them on, and then they sat. I unearthed them in the newest Great Office Unfucking. In the last week of September, I even got the biggest ones glued onto their frames.



And then they sat again, because I've been focused on the Stitchalong. They've been underfoot waiting for a chance to be finished.... and today, I finished framing the ladybug! The canvas frames I found weren't quite the right size (too large), so I found some cloth to cover up the edges.



I'm going to try and finish the other two this weekend.