Art, Craft and Needlework, December, 2024

[Twins' Mom]

Glad the mending went well, Harriet.

The market did not go that well for most vendors I think. It was not well attended - I think too many other holiday things going on right now maybe? There was a large holiday market at our convention center, and it's just a busy time of the year for so many. I sold only 16 cards and have a lot of Hanukkah cards left over. I think I'll take out what we want to send, and maybe a few for next year, and offer the rest to the temple for their little stock of judaic items for sale. And donate any proceeds to them, of course. Or perhaps save for another possible market? not sure right now.

I need to inventory cardstock etc. and place an order to replenish some colors. There's free shipping which ends today but if I can't get that done I can't do it.

[Nancy]

I had a dish cloth 3/4th of the way done had to rip it out to just under 1/2 done found a mistake oh well
have reknit that part and am 8 rows from being done with this one now. Should be done by the end of the day / week.

[Harriet]

16, though, Twins' - gee, that sounds good to me that 16 items were appreciated enough to go home with others. And it's experience for you, to see whether you get a little enjoyment out of selling your wares!

Received a toboggan made for someone who needs soft hats. This is a little gift from the lady who cut my hair. She crochets them for some customers who need a bit of tender care in one way or another - a thoughtful thing. It's a bit tight now, but when I want something warm to wear a few weeks or a month from now, I might appreciate the smallness/closeness of it. I find it interesting (though less attractive) because it is made of 4 or 5 different yarns, more white than others. Because only one of them is variegated and another is not very matching, I'm thinking she uses leftovers for these. Still, the colors are sort of in blocks around the hat, so this may be harder to make than I think. It's very soft, so better quality than what I'm making my scarf out of, I bet.

Nancy, I did crochet some on my scarf at my treatment, but it was a nervous time, and I didn't enjoy it like I do at home. I think I will make it 30 inches because I've seen some that just wrap around the neck well at that measurement - cowl scarf? Then learn a more open stitch for the end and add a button or buttons to hold it.

[Nancy]

Luv that idea Harriet!

[Twins' Mom]

Made with love for you Harriet! And you'll probably feel warmer with your head covered too.

I have enough cards for my little list but I'm almost always adding. And I need to get with dh to see who we should send Hanukkah cards to, considering that I have a lot of them! And pretty soon I need to redirect myself! I've spent a lot of my spare time stamping over the last months.

[Nancy]

I did enough to move the marker on the current crochet project a red hot pad.

This afternoon worked on plying some wool on my spinning wheel did up three bobbins of that single ply in yarn glad for that in the basement
on a rainy day glad to have it done now yea. With still more to ply up. Glad for this progress.

Got the rest of that batch of balls of wool played up yea!
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Gave myself some circular knitting needles have been using them on the new pink ombre yarn for a baby blanket.
Got some lavender ombre yarn for a different projects.
Got some of that granny square variegated blue 2 large skeins of yarn I will do something other than granny squares with it.
I luv the colors in this batch got 4 skeins of it.

I'll have more sweats to hem sage green in color after I put them through the laundry.
I started a hot pad. Bright green.

[Harriet]

Just dipping my toes into paper creative today. I made 2 ribboned bookmarks out of the fancy-looking packaging of the present dd44 gave HRH. She will recognize it because it is a favorite of hers, and she should get a giggle that I noticed it, and repurposed.

The cardboard from the packaging was just brown on reverse, really cheap when you got down to it. Twins' would smile. So, I used some of my fabric spray glue and affixed gift-wrapping paper that was headed for the trashcan. I was a good girl and did it in open air, spraying upside-down to finish, to keep the can from getting stopped up.

Also, I was working on the planner today and got slightly crafty. I put pretty ribbon on a 2-inch-long paper clip, to follow along with current date. It doesn't need to last all year - just cute.

Crocheted 2 scarf rows this evening and hands did not hurt.

[Harriet]

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Perhaps this is not too bad a photo of the little character that dd26 came up with for Christmas this year. She gave this original pen and ink to her Daddy. I'm afraid the reflective glass shows my toboggan or something. She keeps a running grouping of funny or strange cartoon characters that will someday inhabit a world she'll put together in book or other.

I have asked her his name. I think next year she should make a wrapping paper or thank you note out of him.[/color]

[Twins' Mom]

That is too cute, Harriet! How wonderful that she created something for him!

[Nancy]

Great Drawing reminds me I need to add art to my journals.

I have some things I want to do to write about
in light of the new law in Ca. of the clothing excess in land fills to cut back on that.

make a list of things I've upcycled with a sewing project of worked with fabric or clothing.
1. Example I have an old quilt a cutter quilt for something...
2. I cut of skinny jeans for Capri length ones that works now.
3. I made tote and aprons out of feed sacks.
4. Jean quilts out of old jeans.
5. made Christmas tree ornaments
6. Woven fabrics on my loom.
7. Made a striped pillow from canvas fabric that was jeans before.
8. Used fabric trim ends for stuff pillow.
9. Donated old towels to vet clinic for clean up near by.
10. I made market bags from tee shirts.