#craft update

[momocoeli]

I haven’t updated in a while!!!

So this is how the big critter xmas dress is going

And here’s some of the props for all my xmas posts

Except the bread, that is going to the nativity scene in my church back home in Napoli!

And I made a miniature pandoro cause I was feeling very Italian at this point

Idk here’s me and my new mittens

Bye!!!

[folkpunkbreakfast]

Projects of the day 🥳 ❤🌻

Buttons and pins, lil cheeky teeth patch and new journal I've patched over!

First buttons I've made so super happy how they turned out, currently hunting down more bottle caps for now!

Buttons - 1312, punch a nazi, T4T, occupy empty property, mischiefbrew, no gods no masters, god is a tranny, im not that kind of boy, life so hard dick so soft, cheeky lil booty (cut out from a old gay magazine) , lil devil man (cut out from a old gay magazine)

Will post photos of the new patches ive made as well! ❤❤

[gaviicreates]

Craft week in review

Good Morning, and Happy Sunday! Here in the US, we just caught up with the rest of the world with that twice annual clock adjusting we do. Those of you without daylight savings, you know where it's at. In any case, Northern Hemisphere means we got extra sleep today, so not too many complaints from me here. Even the dogs accepted the lie in, which was amazing.

I'm still figuring out how I want to use this blog space. My impulse posts I can't put here, because I used a log in type that requires me to be on my laptop. That means you get the nice pictures, the reflections, the organized WIPs updates, but none of that is helpful in keeping the space active. What are you, blog? An archive, a journal, a gallery?

Please bear with me while I figure it out. I get that the pictures of the finished objects are what tends to inspire people, but I like writing and sharing the journey, even if those musings are not as entertaining. I'm still working on the balance.

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Doilies

Last week, I primarily worked on blocking some finished doilies I had to work on over a couple of days. I only have one set of blocking boards with the circle lines for me to properly measure out the doilies evenly. I'm fine throwing my own stuff on the normal boards and eye-balling it, but not for commissions. With those finished I decided to open up some more local commissions, which quickly filled with family members, and posed the question a bit more in general to the online audience. So four more commissions have joined my schedule, though not all of them need to be in by Christmas.

In the meantime, I started another tree doily, and I plan to take pictures of those pieces soon so I can share them. Here's a phone one to hold you over.

Purchases/Acquisitions

I had a couple purchases last week - and some quick turn arounds. In the yarn world, I placed an order for some Hobbii Rainbow Lace which is one of my go-tos for when specific colors are requested. The yardage is not as much as one might get with Aunt Lydia's from the local JOANN or Michaels, but the shades they carry are so rich and varied. Plus, I'd been eyeing up a rust color I needed an excuse to add to my cart. I also grabbed some dark reds and soft greens to play around with Christmas shades.

Of the hand-dyers, one of the brands I follow is Hue Loco out of Colorado. As with hand-dyed, you're paying for what I consider a luxury material, so as much as I would like to buy everything I do try to splurge sparingly for the sake of my wallet. But I stumbled upon a colorway that was perfect for a project I'd been planning, and since it was going to be a gift for my husband, I didn't mind going the hand-dyed route. The colorway is called "Magpie" and it's a beautiful blend of blues and greys with a sprinkling of browns. SW 100% Merino in worsted. This one came in yesterday, and I couldn't resist working it up right away.

I may have also purchased something for myself while I was on their site. Shh.

I also splurged and ordered some Furls wooden streamline hooks I'd been wanting - in Ebony. One of my dogs got ahold of one of the nice resin colors that were no longer in stock, so I couldn't re-order it when it made unusable.

Expensive week for me! But it'll be the last for awhile while I budget instead for Christmas and start working on the projects these materials were purchased for. For a last hurrah before the holidays, I'm happy with these selections.

Upcoming

The sock DPN class I signed up for starts tomorrow, and knit night at my LYS on Tuesday.

I have one more more doily to block, the next tree one to finish, and the commissions pending.

The new Furls Hooks should arrive next week. Hobbii is enroute.

WIPS: My sky blanket project is making great progress - I've been able to keep up with it and the goal will be to provide an update monthly around the middle of the month. Chevron Scarf was put on hold this week, but maybe I will work on it some today to give me a knitting break.

[tj-crochets]

Crafting update! Giant flextangle is done, I got some ironing done for some of the fabrics for my future Peter Rabbit quilt* (still a ways to go before I start on that), the peas in a pod pattern is typed up and is out to some wonderful pattern testers, I crocheted another beanie to donate**, and this week I think I might make the mini-me doll? I haven’t made any notable progress on the Mars Rover plushie, but I plan on making at least a bit of progress tomorrow *it’s a baby quilt for a friend’s future kidlets. They don’t currently have kids but they *do* have a theme for their hypothetical future nursery and it’s inspiring **it’s yarn my brother found for me on sale in the local Not-Big Lots that I was like “omg grab that for me that’s a sweater’s worth of yarn for like ten bucks” but I didn’t think about the fact that I don’t actually want that sweater so...hats! I’m thinking I’ll be able to make 7 or 8 with that yarn

[knitruneatrepeat]

Craft binging Day 2:

* I supported a small local business on Black Friday (they're gonna be super busy tomorrow and I felt good still supporting local). I got two garden gnomes painted. 😍

* I got cardstock for my next two crafting escapades. And double sided tape because totally can't roll single sided again after the turkeys

* I need to remind myself to start making glitter ornaments because they take time to dry where other craft don't

* I also need to start trying my hand at wood burning because again, I gotta stain the wood afterwards and they need to dry....

So that's kinda my craft update where I'm at. I've been very productive with a lot of stuff to distract me from the real stuff going on. I'm not fully recovered still, I struggle with breathing most days (my inhaler is attached to me at all times). It's not a huge struggle but my chest does get tight if I exert myself. But I am getting about 8-10k steps a day in. I just want to get back to normal.

#noreblog

[theworldinstitches]

A progress update of my personal project for 2019. If you can guess who it is at this point I don’t have anything to give you but we could probably be friends.

I had a try at videoing myself working on this, it’s very boring! https://youtu.be/joykuKvwMDI

[christianwitchsgrimoire-blog]

i lost my test-taking spell bottle for finals week i’m gonna CRY