The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture or two, post it on your blog, on Instagram #craftingon and/or Flickr and then share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.
Thank goodness for knitting, that is all I have to say. Our belongings were delivered out of storage last week - YAY! However, to make a long story short, our landlord said he would remove all of Ms. Thelma's furniture and things but then after our belongings were already on their way to us he changed his mind. The house was already a cluttered mess from all of her things and now we have our things on top of that. It hasn't been easy. I wake up with a tight feeling in my chest as anxiety takes over. Clutter is my kryptonite, friends. I started
this birthday present knit for Baby F to help calm my nerves. Now I just need to make time to work on it.
In less stressful news, have you guys comes across these
Secret of the Hidden Scrolls books? They are our latest family read aloud and we all love them.
Book five was just released an we can't wait to dive in!
What are
you working on? Happy creating!
Crafting On
Well, well, well, what do you know - I am finally completing the knitted farmyard I started 10 years ago. I had to redo 6 of 12 squares to make them all the same size as well as to update with more aesthetically pleasing neutral colors (instead of the bright ones I originally had). I am about halfway done sewing it up. The plan is to give it to baby F next week for his birthday.
I didn't get a chance to snap a photo of my current project so I thought I would share a photo from last week. I didn't host Crafting On that week so it sort of counts, right? That photo shows the beginning of the blanket for our couch (that I mentioned last Crafting On). So far, so good!
Do you ever feel like a project you are working on is doomed? Ha. I have come to the conclusion that this one surely is. I finally mustered the motivation to complete the farmyard play mat that I started 10 years ago for C. Six of the squares are good but six more need to be re-knit. I started on the first one only to discover about halfway through that I didn't have enough yarn. I am wondering if this is a sign that I should just give up? Then again my boys were playing with the squares as soon as I pulled them out so perhaps I should persevere. 
The other day as I got Baby F dressed for Mass it suddenly dawned on me why I love that Stitch and Story yarn so much - It matches my favorite coat of his!
Sneaky Edmund running off.
Not wanting to get pelted by candy
Our pan de muertos rising for All Souls Day
Hey guys. Now that the Halloween crafting madness is done I am taking a little selfish break and knitting myself a hat (another awesome stitch and story kit). I am so in love with this colorway. I want to knit Baby F a sweater with it, too.
I have a lot of crafting going on at the moment but no photographic evidence of it. With that in mind I thought I would share a project K is working on - a Christmas gift for Baby F. It is a knitted chocolate roll to add to his knitted food collection. It is also from the book Tasty Knits.
I finally went out and bought some stuffing so that I could finish working on my life sized pumpkin. I am currently deciding how exactly I want to do the stem. It is being made with smaller needles and worsted yarn (vs. the super bulky I used for the pumpkin itself).
