Flosstube 35 - It's a WIP parade

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Projects I share, not in any particular order. No photos this time around. 

*A daily reminder
Started: June 25, 2025
Designer/Source: Brenda Gervais, purchased at Farm Girl Dry Goods
Fabric: Stash Aida
Color: Hand dyed by me, brown and splashes of green
Fabric Count: 14 count
DMC: My own conversion: B5200, 435, 947, 355, 321, 562, 435, 3776, 700

I'm participating in a stitch-along with Sarah at Sarah's Stitchy Spot, Holly at Hobbies of Holly, Judy at Stitching Bunny, and one other gal named Marcy.

* Little Mushroom ghost
Designer: The Little Stitcher, Just Cross Stitch, Halloween 2025
Started: Sept. 8, 2025
Fabric: Hobby Lobby
Fabric color: natural
Fabric count: 25 lugana

Part of a start along with We Stitch and We Know Things. Though I don’t know if they are doing anything after a few life things have popped up. 

*Red Panda, part of the Endangered Species club, 2024
Started: July, 5, 2025
Designer: Lindy Stitches
Fabric: Hobby Lobby Aida
Color: Ivory
Fabric Count: 16 count
Floss: called for DMC and fancy floss

*Crested Porcupine
Started: June 27, 2024
Designer/Source: Purple Stitching on Etsy.
Floss: Called for DMC
Fabric: Half yard of 14 count Aida purchased from Forbidden Fiber Co. 

*Mother’s Garden
Pattern by Black Bird Designs
Started: Jan. 1, 2025
Fabric: Belfast linen
Fabric color: white
Fabric Count: 32 count
Floss: DMC conversion

*Vanilla sock
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici
Started: Sept. 9, 2025
Colorway: “Buddy”
Colors: red, green, very light blue.

Other channels mentioned:

Ashley and Gianne @Westitchandweknowthings

Sarah  @SarahsStitchySpot  

Holly  @hobbiesofholly  

Judy  @Stitchingbunny1127  

Sarah  @Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher  

Store I ordered my half yard of fabric from: www.forbiddenfiberco.com

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 Kezie  @mudpuppystitchery  

Cat  @StitchinWiththeGriffin  

Etsy and other shops you should check out

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https://www.etsy.com/shop/azfamilyzoo

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MudpuppyStitchery

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LumiStitch

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DisorderlyStitcher

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackRibbonShop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LadybugStitchesShop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SamBrieStitches

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetAutumnStitch

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StormyBlue

https://www.ebay.com/usr/northwoodsstitcher

Weekend shenanigans

 The weather was surprisingly warm on Saturday. ... According to some. 

I have to be a bit cheeky about that one because I felt the temperature was okay.  The boys said it was warm and my son wondered why the air conditioning wasn't on. 

There was some strong breezes on Saturday, so I was fine with having all the windows open. 

I was razzed about it on Saturday, don't worry. 😆

Because it was warm and windy we didn't do much outside. Instead we did a project in the house and it was a wee bit frustrating.  I'm being mildly sarcastic, of course,  it was VERY frustrating. One of those things where everything has to be just so -- and it was -- until the end, and it would fall apart. 

Eventually, we persevered and got it done. 

On Sunday the weather was still nice, but still windy. I thought "Hey, this would be a great day to wash the outside of the windows."

And you want to know what happened after I roped my son into helping me and we were washing the windows? It started raining.  Not a hard rain, but still.  Annoying. 

Especially after the morning was really pleasant.  Even if it was windy. 

My boys were bonding. 

Aren't the trees beautiful? 

I even made brownies. 

I worked on my "Hope is a thing with feathers" cross stitch project and *finally* completed it.  Now to figure out how to finish it. 

And then I decided to work on a crochet project I started the other day. 

This is called "Harvest table runner" by Sara Sach. 

Today was not as warm. Fall is here. Well, weather-wise, it's definitely here. I think it stayed in the 50s F for the high. 

It was also publishing day. It went very well. Like I told a few friends, the day was done before it even started.  LOVE that. The office received so much local stuff that it filled the paper. 

Some lovely mail arrived today. 

I won a giveaway over at Crafty Cat Stitcher's channel.  The kit I won arrived today, with a lovely note from Cathy. 

It's such a darling kit. Too late to start and have for this year's Halloween.  I'll have to figure out how to add it to the projects for next year.  

Flosstube 34 - A long catch up

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 Finished Objects

❏ Project name: One Stitch at a Time

Started: Jan. 10, 2025
Finished: Aug. 19, 2025
Designer/Source: La-D-Da Stitches, purchased at 123stitch.com
DMC conversion: 501, 3799, 315, 3826, 169, 05, 832, 3787, 3859, 640; used different color for house, 3777
Fabric: 28 Charles Craft DMC "Tea Dyed"

I'm participating in a stitch-along in the Across the Pond - Stitch and Chat group on the book of faces.

❏ Project name: Beach Cruise socks

Started: June 1, 2025
Finished: Aug. 29, 2025
Needle size: 2.5 mm (U.S. 1)
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici "Beach Cruise"
Yarn color: Yellow, orange, blue
Yarn Purchased: 2025 Knitpicks order

Ripped second sock out after the heel. I realized the gauge was too tight.  Discovered I had been knitting with two different sized needles. 

Works In Progress

❏ Red Panda, part of the Endangered Species club, 2024

Started: July, 5, 2025
Finished:
Designer: Lindy Stitches
Fabric: Hobby Lobby Aida
Color: Ivory
Fabric Count: 16 count
DMC: B5200, 355, 310, 3825, 3776, 951, 3836,03, 436, Weeks Dye Works: 1236 (Mocha), 4111 (Lucky), 1267 (Kris' Bon Bon)

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❏ Project name: A Daily Reminder

Started: June 25, 2025
Finished:
Designer/Source: Brenda Gervais, purchased at Farm Girl Dry Goods
Fabric: Stash Aida
Color: Hand dyed by me, brown and splashes of green
Fabric Count: 14 count
DMC: My own conversion, as I go along. What I have so far will be listed in the shownotes

I'm participating in a stitch-along with Sarah at Sarah's Stitchy Spot, Holly at Hobbies of Holly, Judy at Stitching Bunny, and one other gal named Marcy. 

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I've been on a dishcloth tear 

Free knit dishcloth pattern: https://whileberry.com/blog/parsley-dishcloth-free-knitting-pattern

Haul 

* Knitting needles I heard about from Yarn Over With Us. I ordered them off Amazon 

* Chart from Patty Penn. Thank again, Patty! 

* Chart purchased from Kenzie - Mischievous Eucalyptus

Kenzie's links

* https://www.patreon.com/c/mudpuppystitchery/posts - free frog chart on her patreon.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmwKIegja-w&t=200s

Charts from The Stitching Porch

* https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheStitchingPorch

* A Simple Life

* Lord of the Rings Cross Stitch Pattern: Romantic Quote - DH and I are planning on listening to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy together, as soon as the audiobook becomes available. 

* New Just Cross Stitch magazine has arrived. 

Audio book - Three Bags Full

Other channels mentioned: 

@Stitching with my kitties
@yarnoverwithus
@Sarahs' Stitchy Spot
@Hobbies of Holly
@Judy Stitching Bunny
@Mrs.AZfamilyzooStitches
@Mudpuppystitchery
@Stiching with the Griffin

Etsy shops you should check out

https://www.etsy.com/shop/azfamilyzoo

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MudpuppyStitchery

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LumiStitch

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DisorderlyStitcher

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackRibbonShop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LadybugStitchesShop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SamBrieStitches

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetAutumnStitch

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CherryHillStitchery

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StormyBlue

Hello there, October

And just like that ... September has left the party and October has joined the chat. Love how I mixed things up there? 

It's a quiet start to the month so far. That's how September started, and look what happened there. I'm feeling cautious about what may come during this month.

What happened this week? Thankfully not much.  My craftjo seems to have returned.  I'm still feeling the yarn crafts more than the cross stitch. 

Fighting with a cross stitch project is not helping that sentiment of "I'd rather be yarn crafting." 

This is where I was a few days ago.  I started working on the border and it's not lining up correctly and I can't figure out what the issue is. So annoying when that happens. 

Project: "Hope is the thing with feathers
Started: 9/9/25
Designer: Mojo Stitches
Chart purchased: Just Cross Stitch, Autumn 2025
Fabric: Mystery stash aida
Fabric Color: White
Fabric Count: White
Floss used: 434, 3820, 3012, 3011

Wish me luck. 

I had a quiet morning before work earlier this week. It was so nice to have a bit of decompression time before starting work that day. 

I didn't make a project card for this project. It's Knit Picks Felici yarn. "Buddy" colorway. I'm following the crazy sock lady method, hence the stitch markers in the sock. 

Last night I cast on for a crooked cozy coffee from the Oombawka Design Crochet site. It's going to be a quick stitch and super cute when it's done. 

In my last blog post I wrote that I've been reading. Not as quick as I would like, but progress is being made. I started using my GoodReads account again, and made a widget for the blog, over on the right. 

I'm listening to Lord of the Rings, book 1,  I have Wuthering Heights and The Obituary Society on my Kindle. It would seem I've been setting myself up for any scenario where I need something to read or hear. I was listening to Lord of the Rings while I was waiting at my doctor's appointment.  I didn't have my knitting and was glad to have something to occupy my time. 

The weather has been lovely this week. 

The fall colors are really starting to pop. 

I've been taking photos of the trees almost every morning.  I'm debating on either posting them all on the blog, or making them into a video. Anyone have opinions? 

My sweet little Feffer has been sort of enjoying the weather. He also has been shedding. A lot. His winter coat is starting to come in. 

I haven't sat out all week. I have been going out the morning to grab the SD cards, keeping an eye on what's coming through. 

I realize there hasn't been a chicken update. 

The babies and the older hen, who I've been calling "Mama," are slowly starting to get along. 

They won't sleep by each other, though. Mama is usually way off to the other side of the roost.  When I go out there at night to tuck them in, I give them all pets and tell them what good birds they are.  Mama will move towards me, like she wants pets, too.  But she doesn't want to be too close to them. Ha! 

The babies have figured out this whole coming up to the front door thing. They come visit and stare at me like they want something.  Then run away as soon as I open the door a little bit. Yesterday they were at the door and I asked "Are you pooping on my stoop?" They turned and ran like they were guilty of something. 

Garden update ... well, a month ago the garden was in better shape. ... then ... stuff, man, stuff. It's definitely winding down. Frost could technically happen at anytime. I think the first chance of it, officially, is Oct. 18.  I need to get out there and harvest what's ready and preserve what I can, and then start prepping it for winter.

I did take a few more recent photos and a quick video overview, so I can mark the end of the season. I suppose.  This year didn't really feel like much of a garden season. There's always next year, right? The weather will hopefully be better. *Fingers crossed* 

Here's a bumble bee sleeping in one of my hollyhocks. 

This meme was spotted in Book of Faces land. I thought it was hilarious.  Maybe not enough people have seen the movie? It's like a running joke with the husband and I. 

No firm plans for the weekend.  I'm *way* overdue for posting shownotes for my last flosstube on here. I will try and get that taken care of.  I also need to write notes for my next video. I need to pull things together and remember what all I've worked on this past month. While it doesn't seem like I've done much, I'm sure it will be more than I realize. 

Until next time. 

Fall is here

 It's been a minute since I last wrote.  September has been a bit of a rough month. Over the course of the first part of the month I've thought how I was going to write this blog post.  Events at the national and world level got me such that I shared this on my book of faces ...

and disappeared in to the woods. So to speak.  

A wonderful place to be when you want to get away from the noise of the world. 

Hunting season started on Sept. 13 and I've spent a fair amount of time out in the back 20, disconnected from social media, by choice, and thinking, knitting, listening to audiobooks and staring out at the trees. 

A little bit of the knitting while I was out there. 

Not a lot of fall colors out there yet. 

Just a lot of brown. 

I am happy to share that I have filled one of my tags.  I also had a hunting buddy one of the days I was sitting out there. 

It's hard to tell, but that is a tree frog hiding in my blind. Oh, and he was loud when he croaked. 

Then I saw this meme. I have no idea where, and decided I liked it. Seriously. There really isn't anything good on social media anymore. 

When I wasn't out in the woods I was re-watching Fr. Brown Mysteries, and even started a few books. 

Crafting slowed down.  I've barely touched my cross stitch.  I've done some knitting and crochet. 

Look at this sweet little Octopus. 

I made it for a little girl who keeps trying to sneak away her baby sister’s Octopus. The mom told me they “fight” over the one I made for her baby girl, because both daughters love it so much.

Started: Sept. 24, 2025
Completed: Sept. 25, 2025
Yarn: I love this yarn
Colorway: Sugarplum stripe
Hook size: 3.5 mm

I have a few other things I'll share on my next video. 

Soooooo ... if anyone was wondering, that's where I've been. Offline for the most part. I'm slowly dipping my toes back online.

I have been keeping an eye on the number of views/hits on my last blog post. I'm at more than 2,500 views. My friend Becky said it's probably bots. Which, is another reason to dislike what's going on with social media and the Internet. 

Anywho ... I've never written on this blog for hits. It was to hopefully meet other crafters and let family know what's going on. Unfortunately, I doubt family reads the blog, because it's not just a quick post on a social media site, and crafters are mostly on social media sites that are now too busy to make real connections.  

Fortunately, the connections I've been making with other cross stitchers and crafters has been through Youtube. Or I've already known them for 100 years. 

So this blog post ends on a more light note, here's a photo of bee in one of the garden hollyhocks. 

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Well, now that September is here ...

 August started slow. It ended fast. 

Crazy how that keeps happening. 

I will have to take a look at my phone camera roll and see if I took photos of anything interesting the last few weeks. It's starting to feel like a broken record around here: It's quiet and not a whole lot is going on.

So let's see ... 

About mid-month I was listening to Yarn Over With Us and they were chatting about some really affordable interchangeable knitting needles. 

I was enabled and bought a set. 

 I'm just now using them for the first time, while knitting, ripping, and then reknitting dishcloths. 

So far so good. I really like the cables.  The needle tips themselves are light weight and they have a little bit of grip on them. They aren't as smooth and as slick as my chiao goos, but that's okay. 

Our weather is still all over the place. The forecasters still can't nail it. This day we were supposed to have sun and nice temps. Instead we got clouds that were foreboding and no sun. 

We are still doing picnic lunches by the lake, after biking there. 

The bike rides may be winding down now, for a few reasons.

One, I decided to upgrade my e-bike. 

My sweet little Seabiscuit is off to a new home.  Down in Texas, if you can believe it. South Padre Island. 

The new e-bike has been ordered and it won't be delivered until October. 

The other big reason is that hunting season is just around the corner. Yup. Bow opener is Sept. 13. 

I don't know what's going on with the deer this year. They've decided my front yard is the perfect place to hang out and tussle. I shot a video last week and shared it to Youtube. 

They are fun to watch. 

Back on Aug. 19 I swung by Aldi after a doctor appointment. 

The season of the pumpkin pie spice is here. 

I'm not a fan. I'll take a good apple cider, however. 

I'm slowly working on a few fly ties. It's a lot of fun picking color combinations. 

About mid-month I've started feeling better, physically.  Most of my free time has been dedicated to playing catch up on a few things and cleaning.  I wanted to get a good deep clean in before winter set it.  Well, ideally before hunting and canning seasons started.  It's something to strive for. 

We've been pulling plenty of cucumbers out of the garden.  I think I'll wind up with a late bumper harvest of tomatos. 

When I was looking through my camera roll I was confused with this one.  Then I remembered it was a photo I took and sent to my cousin. She was asking if the fall colors had started yet. 

I have been crafting a bit. Not as much as I probably could. 

Red Panda, part of the Endangered Species club, 2024 Started: July, 5, 2025 Finished: Designer: Lindy Stitches Fabric: Hobby Lobby Aida Color: Ivory Fabric Count: 16 count DMC: B5200, 355, 310, 3825, 3776, 951, 3836,03, 436, Weeks Dye Works: 1236 (Mocha), 4111 (Lucky), 1267 (Kris' Bon Bon) Needle size: 26

I've been bitten by the crochet bug. On this past Friday I grabbed some dishcloth yarn and a crochet hook and started stitching.  Then I grabbed those new knitting needles and started a knit dishcloth.  Only I didn't pay much attention to the directions and messed up.  So I ripped it out and crocheted another dishcloth. 

I think I've made five dishcloths in total. 

The weather has been the main reason I haven't recorded a new flosstube or garden video.  I'm crossing my fingers that I'll have one lunch hour this week that is sunny and not overcast. 

Something ... odd has been going on the last couple of weeks. I noticed the number of views on my blog has spiked significantly. I'm wondering if I was linked somewhere? 

I guess that's all the news from Lake Woebegone. ... Until the next time ... Laters! 

Week not gone as expected

So the week didn't go as expected.  Though to be honest, I wasn't really expecting anything in particular. 

I apologize if the title of this post isn't grammatically correct.  Sometimes I feel the need to flaunt the rules to get my point across. 

Man, I can't believe it's Friday. I swear, this week flew by. 

Okay, how did this last week go ... 

Well, I'm going to get some news out of the way first thing. 

On Saturday we sent the majority of the flock to a new home. 

Yes ... that needs to be done every couple of years. Also, we decided to downsize flock size. 

We heard from the new home that the flock is settling in nicely.  That was good to hear. 

The pullets we brought home a few months back have been moved in to the coop. 

After a fresh clean out. 

The babies were checking out the run straight away. My son had tossed some lettuce and cabbage scraps. 

They haven't quite figured out food scraps and treats just yet. 

They enjoyed all the extra space and they figured out to go back in to the coop in the evening right away.  Usually the youngsters take a few days, at least, before they get it sorted out. 

Here's a short video of them enjoying the new digs. 

We did keep one of the older girls. 

She's still pouting and unhappy.  I'm doing what I can to help her during this transition.  

I've been spending extra time out in the coop. 

Let's see, what else have I done? 

Well, I *finally* made a batch of sauerkraut. No fancy, artsy photo of the jar.  I hand chopped the cabbage. It should be ready this weekend.  I can NOT wait. 

One of the sunsets this past week. 

We still have wildfire smoke affecting the area.  It's been making some spectacular sunsets. 

Oh, I forgot to make the video clip, but I had three or four hummingbirds at the feeder.  All chasing each other away.  I have one bird who keeps vigil over the feeder. 

They are such sassy little birds.

On Wednesday I had a dental appointment.  Beforehand I thought I'd swing by the cemetery and visit my Mother-in-Law.  Yes, you read that correct.  I go visit her. Not go to her burial site. 

Unfortunately, I got as far as setting down my stuff, and going to adjust something when the mosquitoes descended on me in a huge swarm. There was no way I could stay out there. 

I was awfully pleased to see that the shepherd hook and cardinal ornament is still there. 

The rest of the week didn't have anything worth blathering about. Just ... quiet.  We've been picking stuff out of the garden every day. I've been listening and watching the humming birds.  Spending time with the babies and giving my older girl extra attention and treats. 

Crafting has been going on. 

Working on my sock while I was passenger princess. This was on the way to the lake for fishing. 

On the cross stitch front I've been focusing on two projects. 

My "One Stitch at a Time" by La-de-da Stitches. I've reached my goal for August and will share it on the next flosstube. 

And "Daily Reminder" by Brenda Gervais. This is a stitch along I'm doing with Sarah's Stitchy Spot, Hobbies of Holly, Judy, bunny stitcher and another gal by the name of Marcy. The first three people are fellow flosstubers. 

Soooo, yeah. A quiet week that didn't go as expected.  Ha! 

Oh, I saw this on Instagram earlier this week and I thought I'd share it.