October is National Craft-Making Month!

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]

Yesterday ended with my office being a mess. so, today was more sorting. I went through my charts/pattern/instructions, decided on categories, and sorted them into an accordion file that was not being used well for, well, filing. I found a bunch of trim and got it all put into zip bags. I did the same with some polymer clay and accessories (though I think I will probably eventually store them in DMC boxes).

It eventually got too hot in the office (we had a heat advisory today) so I took a long break. But, before dinner, I sorted out all the modern DMC floss that was at the bottom of the yarn box, recorded it in the spreadsheet, and put it away!



I still have the stuff in the bag to go through; it's a mix of pearl cotton and tapestry yarn and what is probably old-enough-to-be-considered-antique DMC floss. I've done a little research, and the really old thread might not be worth stitching with.

After all that, I repaired the second kid headset.