October is National Craft-Making Month!

I measured a hem for K's cape, and then stitched the hem (no photo).

Then, I knitted one last baby hat from the current skein, and only had a tiny bit left over.

[ID: A knitted baby hat in pastel variegated yarn, with the very last bit of the skein to the right. End ID]

I knitted a baby hat during church-via-video (the household, and especially the usual driver, is still sick, though I appear to be better).

[ID: A knitted baby hat in two colors of variegated yarn. End ID]

When that hat was finished, I didn't have enough of the purpley variegated to use in another hat. The pastel variegated yarn cake had come un-caked (larger cakes sometimes do fall apart) and since I was going to be pulling yarn from both ends for the next hat, I had to re-cake the yarn.

[ID: The first photo is pastel variegated yarn cake that has fallen apart and become a tangled mess; the second photo is a re-formed pastel variegated yarn cake. End ID]

Later in the evening, I knitted another baby hat, using the pastel variegated yarn, because I needed to do something with my hands while binging more Camp Cretaceous.

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

Day 15

This was a travel day. I had a seat mate on this flight, so I knitted. One hat finished, and about a half of another (not pictured)


[ID: A knitted baby hat, in two colorways of variegated yarn. End ID]

I got home early enough to attend Wednesday stitch-in, so I did, stitching coral thread into the mouse ears on the current cross stitch, where I didn't have to frog anything, because I didn't have to count!

[ID:A cross stitch project in progress, showing the outline of a gray mouse wearing a turquoise scarf; the inside of the ears now have coral stitches. End ID]

And then, I used the last bit of stitch-in to finish the (second) hat that I'd started on the plane.

[ID: A knitted baby hat, in two colorways of variegated yarn. End ID]

Day 16
I was playing chores catchup, while trying to recover from my trip, so I didn't get much done. But I did get many of the facial features on the mouse stitched in, and some detail in the torso area.

[ID: A cross stitch project in progress, showing the outline of a gray mouse wearing a turquoise scarf; some of the facial features are now stitched, in pink and navy blue thread. End ID]

Day 17

This was a VERY busy day, and I was only able to craft a little bit in the evening. I got most of the holly stitched on the current cross stitch piece. I ran out of green thread about 6 stitches short of finishing, and for the life of me I can NOT find the rest of the green thread. So I stopped. The chart has the DMC color number, and I probably have it in my stash, but I was really too tired to go find it.

[ID: A cross stitch project in progress, showing a gray mouse wearing a turquoise scarf; Holly leaves in dark green thread are stitched at the top and bottom of the mouse. End ID]

I started late again today, as I was out all afternoon; I went to a bead shop among other places, but left buying only two strands of beads that were on sale! Since I was a bit low on energy, knitting is easiest. So, I completed the hat that I started yesterday. The purple came out much more strongly in this hat!


[ID: A knitted baby hat, in two colorways of variegated yarn. End ID]

I knitted another baby hat (you're probably going to see a lot of these). I'm knitting with 2 different skeins of variegated #3 yarn. The hats are coming out a bit more muted than I expected and less stripey; I guess there's a lot less purple in the purple variegated yarn than I thought.


[ID: A stripey knitted baby hat. End ID]

I picked up a few winter holiday cross stitch kits at my local reuse store recently, so that I might try a little stitching on my upcoming trip. I haven't been able to do cross stitch for a while, but my recent success at needlepoint gives me hope. I had my regular stitch-in today, so I got one kit set up and started, so I didn't have to begin in an airport:



[ID: The beginnings of a cross stitch project, with a small section done in turquoise thread. End ID]

I had to take a short break to pick up a kid from school, and when I got back, I decided to loom knit a little butterfly with some of the tail end of that bright pink variegated yarn:



[ID: A loom-knitted butterfly, made with hot pink yarn, variegated with yellow, blue, and purple. End ID]

It looks a little wonky to me; I suspect tension issues are involved.