Episode 24 - What I did in October

 

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Knitting - Finished Objects

Project Name: Passenger Princess Socks
Started: June 3, 2024

Finished: Oct. 31, 2024

Designer/Source:Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Patons Kroy Sock Yarn

Colorway: Midcentury stripes

Colors: Peach, blue, cream, vintage looking colors.

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

Made For: myself.

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Project Name: Autumn Hunting Socks
Started: Sept. 1, 2024

Finished: Oct. 19, 2024

Designer/Source: Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Malabrigo

Colorway: 858 Arbol

Colors: browns, oranges and olives

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

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Knitting - Current Works in Progress

Project Name: Bly Cardigan
Started: Sept. 3, 2024

Finished: 

Designer/Source: www.Berroco.com

Yarn: My own handspun corriedale, purchased from paradise fibers

Colors: Grey

Needle size: U.S. 6 (4 m.m.) and U.S 7 (4.5 mm)

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Knitting - new cast on

Project Name: Blue stripe vanilla socks
Started: Oct. 31, 2024

Finished: 

Designer/Source: Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Patons Kroy sock yarn

Colorway: Blue Raspberry

Colors: Blues and white

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

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Cross Stitch - Finished Object

Project Name: Black Cat Sampler

Started: Early Oct. 2024

Finished: Oct. 31, 2024

Designer/Source: Just Cross Stitch magazine Halloween 2024 issue

Nancy Wahler, Faithwurks designs

DMC Floss: 310; 645; blanc; 3822

Fabric: 14 Count Aida purchase from hobby lobby, spa color, I think. 

Needle Size: 26

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Cross Stitch - Current Works in Progress

Project Name: One Piece 

Stitch count (via pattern keeper) 

Started: March 30, 2024

Finished:

Designer/Source: Cross Stitch Bay on Etsy. Chart no longer available

DMC Floss: 310

Fabric: 14 Count Aida purchased at Walmart

Needle Size: 26

Making for my son. 

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Cross Stitch - New Start

Project Name: Sweatervest weather

Started: Oct. 30, 2024

Finished:

Designer/Source: Lindy Stitches

DMC Floss: 434, 310, 801, 157, 22, 680, 3347, 3824, 316, 976, 435, 3346

Fabric: 32 count light taupe Lugana

Needle Size: 28

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Haul

Signed up for the Dragon Fruit block of the month club

New cross stitch chart

Needleminder from Sweet Autumn Stitch. 

Youtube channels mentioned:

CraftyCat Stitcher
Stitching and Tea with B

Stitching with my kitties

RedHeadedStitcher24

Crow River Stitcher

Fat Quarter Shop

Elizabeth Ann Can Stitch

Vonna Pfeiffer

We Stitch and We Know Things

MEGA Stitches

Yarn Over With Us

Breaking out the Mickey Mouse boots

 "What are Mickey Mouse boots?" you are probably thinking. 

If you are in the military you probably already know. 

Last Wednesday I said snow was on it's way.  

The forecasters got it right on Thursday, but two hours behind.  Snow was predicted to start at 9 a.m. It started around 11 a.m. 

It was warm enough the snow didn't want to stay on the solar panels. 

Thursday evening I decided to start a couple projects up.

Sweatervest Weather by Lindy Stitches, 

And I cast on a vanilla sock.  The photo is from when we went to town on Sunday. Isn't the blue fantasstic? 

One of the gals (redheadedstitcher24) I follow on Instagram decided to do a No New Starts November and I saw this as a great opportunity to really focus on my One Piece project.  However, I also wanted to work on Sweatervest  Weather in November, too.  So I decided to start a couple things right before November when she reminded me of the start things early work-around. 

Then on Friday there was blue skies ... and snow ... 

Saturday I woke up to a beautiful day. 

Crazy how that happens sometimes. I was, however, eager to see the snow melt.  No snow until Thanksgiving, I say. 

Like I said, it was a beautiful day. Wet, but beautiful. 

My husband and I spent a good chunk of the day working on the wood project. He was cutting and stacking, I was splitting.  I took a look at the pile, with the early morning sun shining on it, and thought it was a pretty shot. 

Back to the Mickey Mouse boots. They are a wonderful invention 

They are a military boot. They are probably one of the best things to have if you live in colder climates. 

I pulled them out of storage this weekend so my feet would stay warm and dry while we were working outside.  Hopefully I won't need them again until December.  One can hope. 

After supper I opted to go out and split more wood for an hour and a half, or so. ... When I was done, I shut off the log splitter, turned around and may have gasped when I saw the sunset. 

Sunday I woke up to a dreary, grey day.

And also to my husband insisting I go outside and have a mini photoshoot and that it didn't matter that I was still in my pajamas. 

I split 99 percent of the wood in this round stack (holzhausen) and he wanted a record of it. This was the first time we tag-teamed on the cutting, stacking and splitting of the wood and got this round stack done in a week.  It's a four-cord pile and a year's worth of heat. 

Yes, I just posted a photo of myself in my PJs on the Interwebs. ... I look cute, though. 

Sunday afternoon we wrapped up the round stack and we had our son come out and take a few photos of us. I think my husband was really proud of how much I contributed to the building of this round stack.  Bonus: I never once whined! 

The stack is 12-feet around and 5 feet tall.  It's our biggest one! In three to five years it will be ready to burn. 

Look! Mickey Mouse boots! 

And then to wrap this one up, one of the new stitchy friends I've made recently loves chickens! Yay! 

She was happy to see the video I posted last week of the ladies working on their jack-o-lantern. I pulled together some video clips I took over the last few weeks and loaded them to the YouTube.