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I baked bread for the first time in about 2 months!

[ID: 2 loaves of light brown bread, cross-hatched on top; one loaf has a slice cut from the end. End ID]

I also made brown sugar (note to self: the mixer blade works better than the whisk):

[ID: A steel metal mixer bowl containing brown sugar; some of the brown sugar is caught in the mixer's whisk. End ID]

I wasn't expecting to attend the Wednesday stitch-in, but GB decided he should take the kids to their doctor appointment. I didn't have the mental energy to figure out which WIP to do at stitch-in, so I darned a sock:

[ID: A close-up of a toe of a white sock, darned with light blue thread. End ID]

ladythmpr

Day 26

Another Wednesday, and some more work on the SaL cross stitch at the stitch-in

Day 27

I had a doc appointment to look at my knee, and it was an ORDEAL, and once I got home, I simply could not get motivated enough to work on any of my projects. :(

Day 28

More SaL cross stitch

Day 29

Even MORE SaL

Day 30

I altered F's Halloween costume: it was way too long, and showed a bit more of her than she liked, so I spent 3 HOURS doing alterations. I hate that kind of sewing. Shown is the bit I took in at a shoulder; I also had to put in a 4 inch hem on trailing hemline, and it was... frustrating.

Day 31

Does costume makeup count? I say it does! And I did F's Cruella makeup TWICE!

ladythmpr

Day 15

The post-vaccine uselessness largely passed by Saturday (except that my knee is still messed up), and I was able to get dinner in the slow cooker and attend my stitch-in, where I got a whole bunch of Xs in the same color put into the 2019 Mystery SaL

After the stitch-in, I sewed the nose and chin sections of a whole lot of face coverings, and then cut the sections off.

Day 16

I finished knitting the headband that I started on Monday...

I completed 2 face coverings!

I started yet another headband while watching a Legends of Tomorrow, just to have something to do with my hands where I didn't have to think too much...

ladythmpr

It's been a busy, painful week...

Day 10

The kids had the day off from school, so we went to visit my mom at the ceramic painting place. She had Day of the Dead skull plates for them to paint. I did the easiest painting on a tray ever, which was a marble paint. To do marble painting, you spread some shaving cream on aluminum foil, drop your paint on it, artistically, of course, then run the end of a paintbrush through the paint, horizontally and vertically, and then turn the whole thing over top of the tray. Lift off the foil and wait a few minutes, then rinse off the shaving cream and let dry. It's going to take me at least three times longer to conventionally paint the back. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures.

While my kids finished their painting, I loom-knitted 50 rows on a headband.

Day 11

I got the news that F was REALLY short on face coverings, so making more became a priority. I got a a bunch of sets of insides cut, as well as a lot of strips for earloops.

Day 12

I attended my usual Wednesday stitch-in and got quite a bit done on my 2019 Mystery SaL.

After the stitch-in, I cut a whackload of outsides for face coverings.

Day 13

Day 13 started out with getting my COVID-19 Bivalent vaccine booster AND my flu vaccine. Afterward, I did my monthly Costco run, and somehow, managed to stress my knee significantly. OW. Once I had lunch and got settled with a cold pack for my knee, I threaded my lot of cut out earloop strips through beads. (Looking at them today, I realise that some of them are too short, and will have to be redone, ooops.)

Day 14

I spent Day 14 in a dozy haze (pretty typical for me post-COVID vaccine, but at least I didn't have a fever this time!), and in a lot of knee pain (I'm on crutch again) so I didn't craft anything, because it would have come out wrong!

ladythmpr

I got another face covering finished!

And I finished F's ear warmer!

ladythmpr

Day 2

I'm making an ear warmer for F; I'm about 25 rows in.

I'm finally getting around to making some face coverings that I started weeks ago; today, I taped up the nose pieces and made 4 pairs of earloops, and I got a face covering sewed!

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...

antuhsa

I was on vacation for all of last week, so I didn't have time to post until now. I did get a lot done though!

Day 12
Unfortunately, I had to skip this day because I was travelling. I took much longer than I had expected to reach my destination, so by the time I finally got there, I didn't want to do anything anymore.

Day 13 - Cooking
I made borscht (Eastern European beetroot soup)! A Polish friend made it for me years ago and I loved it, but I somehow never got around to making it myself. I don't know if I made it in the 'proper' way, but it was very good nonetheless. I forgot to take pictures though, again. I keep eating my food before remembering to take out my camera :/

Day 14 - Cooking
I made banana chips. The friend who was on vacation with me brought a lot of bananas. I don't like them much, but I do like banana chips, so I tried to make it. I took two bananas, sliced them very thinly and put them in the over on a low temperature for a few hours. They were really nice and crispy at the end, but they didn't taste as well as I had hoped. I'll look up a recipe if I ever decide to do this again.

Day 15 - Sewing
I repaired the lining in my winter coat. The stitching had come undone around the armscyes, making the coat less waterproof in that area, so it was high time to repair it.

Day 16 - Sewing
Repairing the lining in my coat was so relaxing, that I finally felt ready to tackle a sewing project I've been wanting to finish for months: a sleeping mask. It's an easy project and I had the fabric already cut out and everything, but I always found excuses not to work on it. One of my main goals for NaCraMaMo was to finally finish this and I'm super happy to say that I did it! On day 16, I just sat on the sofa with my sewing supplies, calmly handsewing while my friend was watching a movie. It was the most relaxing thing to do and I enjoyed it tremendously. I was almost sorry to see it finished and wished I had taken supplies for more sewing projects with me.

The mask. The flowery cotton was left over from another project and the black cotton on the back comes from a shirt that was falling apart.

Day 17 - Sewing
I remembered I had some bias binding with me and decided to sew that onto the edges of my sleeping mask, because I wanted to do more sewing. Once again, I had the most relaxing evening and wished I had more sewing projects to work on.

I'm very happy that the mask is finished though! I wear sleeping masks all the time because I wake up immediately if there's even the smallest ray of light in my room. My previous sleeping mask was falling apart and smelling badly, however, so I'm glad I can finally replace it.

Day 18 - Bookbinding
I had also taken a lot of bookbinding supplies with me on vacation, and with all the sewing done, I had the time to work on that. Because of my inability to say no to fun creative projects, I suddenly have 8 bookbinding projects right now, so it was high time to get started. I folded the pages for three books and put them in the press to ge the air out, so I could continue with them the next day.

Day 19 - Bookbinding
The three bookblocks came out of the press looking nice and neat, so I made templates for where I wanted the sewing holes to be and pricked them.

Dag 20 - Bookbinding
I sewed one of the three bookblocks. I'll do the other two later this week. I don't need to go beyond the sewing stage for these books yet, so once I've sewn them, I can focus on the other 5 books I have to make. It's a bit overwhelming to have this many bookbinding projects at the same time, but also very exciting. Luckily I have this week off from work as well, so I hope I'll be able to get a lot of work done!

(Sorry for the lack of pictures this week btw. It's just that photos of folded sheets of paper aren't that interesting, so I'll post more bookbinding pics next week, when I've made more progress with my projects)

antuhsa

Day 7: Cooking
I made something I've wanted to make for a very long time: traditional pudding. I've been fascinated by the 18th century practice of boiling puddings in a pudding cloth since I first heard of it, so it was high up on my bucket list to try it. The problem is that for most of these puddings you need suet, which, as a vegetarian, I don't really want to use, so I've been on the lookout for a suet-free recipe. Eventually I found a traditional pudding from my country, called Jan in de zak (in English: John in the bag or batter pudding), which didn't require suet, so I decided to make it. It's surprisingly easy. You need to make pancake batter, pour it in a pudding cloth/ tea towel that's dusted with flour, tie the tea towel off, and toss the whole thing in a pot filled with boiling water for a few hours. That's it. You usually serve it with some kind of sauce, like syrup or melted butter. Overall, it's an easy and cheap dish, only a little time-consuming.

Pouring the batter in the tea towel

A slice of the pudding

The only problem I encountered was that my pot wasn't big enough, so not all of the pudding was covered by the boiling water, which resulted in parts of it remaining undercooked. Nevertheless, the taste was quite good. I'm glad I finally gave it a try and will probably make it again once I have a bigger pot.

Day 8: Cooking
My bookbinding classes start late in the afternoon and end late in the evening, so dinner is an issue. I've now started experimenting with food that tastes good both warm and cold, so I can have it the day before class, put the leftovers in the fridge, and then have those in class the next day. On day 8, I had some leftovers from a Moroccan lentil stew and decided to bake that into a cake so I could easily take it to class. This recipe was my own and is one of the most random things I've ever cooked. I basically took the stew, added eggs, milk and flour to it until it started to look like cake batter, and baked that in the oven. The result was ok. The consistency of the cake was good, but some of the flavours of the stew got lost in the baking process. I'm not sure how to avoid that next time, but I'll figure it out. I think it was a good way of turning leftovers into a proper meal that you can eat cold the next day, but I'll need to experiment with it some more.

Completely forgot to take pictures of the cake...

Day 9: Bookbinding
Bookbinding class day! I cut the boards to size and glued them onto the bookblocks. I also glued book cloth on the spine of one of them.

Day 10: Sewing
Last winter, two buttons fell off my winter coat. It was almost spring by that time, so I just ignored it. However, with autumn in full swing, it was high time I sewed them back on. It ony took 15 minutes maybe, but I still feel very accomplished that I finally got it done!

Day 11: Bookbinding
I glued book cloth on the spine of the second book, yay! The books are currently drying in my press. We have a few weeks off from class now, so I have enough time to finish them. Somewhere in the next two weeks, I'll need to come up with a nice design, get some paper to cover the boards with and glue that on. I'll trim the edges when class resumes and then they'll be completely finished!

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