Yesterday was mainly cloudy with a high of 3C. This morning it is partly cloudy and -3C. Today is supposed to be cloudy with a high of -2C. The cold weather is coming tonight.
Lifestyle
I started off the morning washing the sheets from my bed. While they were washing, I started to clean the dining area. I always start by cleaning off the table and giving it a good scrub. Then I move the table and start to vacuum the floor and then mop it. This time I also patched the marks in the wall under the heat pump head. I moved furniture around and got the area where the table is really clean. I have a small area where the server is to clean today.
My next job was to empty the dishwasher and make a pot of cheddar broccoli soup. After it the soup was made, I cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed the floor. I was sore while working and had to release my SI joint twice.
I got my bed made after dinner when I realized I hadn't done it. I was tired in the afternoon and was doing other things to keep myself awake and forgot to do the bed. Crazy me.
Sewing
I decided to start the stays for the 18th century items I am going to make this year. I got the pattern pieces cut out and interfaced. I drew the curved lines onto the interfacing. So far so good.
I used a tiny stitch for that. I was pleased with how it turned out. I trimmed the seams back and clipped them for turning. When I went to turn the pieces I had problems. It was very hard to turn the curved pieces right side out. It took me almost an hour to do both pieces and I am not overly happy with them.
They need a good pressing before I start the next step. I was done with this project for the day.
I decided to take pictures of the coat and hat in a better setting.
Knitting
I knit on the 2nd sock last night and made good progress on the leg. I am not quite half way.
I have inventoried the sock yarn I have. I have enough yarn to make 8 pairs of adult socks and left over yarn for 2 pairs of children's socks. I will not be buying sock yarn this year as I need to knit down the stash. I am now ready to inventory the fingering yarn I have for the dolls.
To date I have inventoried 17 skeins which is 1220 grams and 4825 yards of yarn. 15 skeins are for socks and 2 skeins are what daughter gave me for Christmas. That is a lot of yarn to knit. And there is still a lot of yarn to inventory.
Thoughts
We are moving into a cold spell for the weekend. The only time I will be out is if I need groceries. When it starts to warm up we are to get snow. I need to do things in the house as I will be outside shovelling snow.
I am trying to figure out how I am going to do a craft bazaar in November. As I have a fair amount of inventory, I have to decide if I will add more items or just sell what I have. My next question will be if I want to do more craft bazaars over the next few years. If so, I will need to brand myself and make items that have my name tags on them and choose fabrics I think will sell.
Today
I am going to finish cleaning the dining area and the hall. I also need to fold the laundry as it seems to be the last item on my to do list. I want to work on the doll's stays this afternoon and knit tonight.
Until the next time..................................................
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