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Dec. 2nd, 2024 10:15 amMore snow on the weekend so I didn't get out of the house. I just don't trust my tires (both for air holding and their ability to grip snow, which has always been "zero"), nor could I be certain it would even start (really gotta replace that battery). The downside is that I am down to the literal dregs for groceries; I ate leftover potatoes with eggs on Friday, the last of the pasta on Saturday, and a salad on Sunday (if by "salad" we mean sliced tomatoes and lettuce with dressing. NO cheese, no crunchies, no nothing else). Lunch today is a frozen soup. I did my budget on Friday and hoo boy it is BAD. Whoops. Regardless of how I feel about eating, the cats have one more portion of wet food left so either today or tomorrow, I need canned cat food.
Friday night and Saturday, I sewed a cat doll and her clothes! I skipped all sorts of closures except the waist elastic in the drawers. She is so cute! I perhaps should have started with a less fluffy faux fur, or perhaps no fur at all, as she rather looks like a guinea pig. Still heckin cute though!
Sunday, I trimmed the remaining seams on the Mitchell trousers with pinking shears and stitched the cuffs. Just needs closures now, a button and a hook and bar that I currently have none of. Then I oiled the machine since it was sounding a little loud, including the bobbin race.
I made cookies in the afternoon, taking advantage of gap in the time when the kittens wanted to sit on me, and cut out the Seatoun skirt while I waited for things to bake or cool. The dough was quite sticky, so I put it in the fridge while waiting for the oven to heat up, and that worked nicely. The recipe said "two tablespoons" of dough per cookie, to get 22 cookies, but I think it should have been two TEAspoons. They are quite large, but evenly baked and yummy!
One thing I should have done for the skirt is added a bit more room at the front, as it was quite tight on my first version. I cut pockets and plackets out of the offcuts from where the skirts couldn't lie directly side by side. Just need the waist band yet (will cut once I have the skirt ready for it), and I still have a good chunk of fabric left over. It'll make a great bag.
Spent the rest of the weekend cross stitching. FInished one border box aside from the thread I don't have, then picked up A Summer Stroll again since, as with the summer, the kittens want to be ON me and don't seem to care about the stitching in the same way they care about knitting. I worked a little on a sock and neglected to put it away, where they of course carried it off under my bed. I've decided that this is the last sock I am making this year, as a local dyer hosts a NYE cast on that I intend to take part in. I'll feel better about it if I'm not struggling to finish another pair in time to free up my needles.
It's starting to really sink in that I don't have holiday work this year... I'm less stressed but also what do I do with myself??? I have EVENINGS without stuff to fill them?! What is this!
Didn't sleep last night. Am so very very very tired.
Friday night and Saturday, I sewed a cat doll and her clothes! I skipped all sorts of closures except the waist elastic in the drawers. She is so cute! I perhaps should have started with a less fluffy faux fur, or perhaps no fur at all, as she rather looks like a guinea pig. Still heckin cute though!
Sunday, I trimmed the remaining seams on the Mitchell trousers with pinking shears and stitched the cuffs. Just needs closures now, a button and a hook and bar that I currently have none of. Then I oiled the machine since it was sounding a little loud, including the bobbin race.
I made cookies in the afternoon, taking advantage of gap in the time when the kittens wanted to sit on me, and cut out the Seatoun skirt while I waited for things to bake or cool. The dough was quite sticky, so I put it in the fridge while waiting for the oven to heat up, and that worked nicely. The recipe said "two tablespoons" of dough per cookie, to get 22 cookies, but I think it should have been two TEAspoons. They are quite large, but evenly baked and yummy!
One thing I should have done for the skirt is added a bit more room at the front, as it was quite tight on my first version. I cut pockets and plackets out of the offcuts from where the skirts couldn't lie directly side by side. Just need the waist band yet (will cut once I have the skirt ready for it), and I still have a good chunk of fabric left over. It'll make a great bag.
Spent the rest of the weekend cross stitching. FInished one border box aside from the thread I don't have, then picked up A Summer Stroll again since, as with the summer, the kittens want to be ON me and don't seem to care about the stitching in the same way they care about knitting. I worked a little on a sock and neglected to put it away, where they of course carried it off under my bed. I've decided that this is the last sock I am making this year, as a local dyer hosts a NYE cast on that I intend to take part in. I'll feel better about it if I'm not struggling to finish another pair in time to free up my needles.
It's starting to really sink in that I don't have holiday work this year... I'm less stressed but also what do I do with myself??? I have EVENINGS without stuff to fill them?! What is this!
Didn't sleep last night. Am so very very very tired.
