Monday Goals Made on Tuesday

Well, looking back on last week's goals, I didn't finish even one of them. 😒 

So, I'll list them again later and try harder. 

But I did get some other things done, thank goodness.

Besides keeping the house and homestead running, I finished the cross-stitching part of this gift and only need to do the outlining and mount it for gifting the early part of May. I have another one done, but it also needs mounting to be ready three days after this one.

I'm continuing to enjoy growing my microgreens with this self-watering method from Mike VanDuzee and am eagerly awaiting more of the drip lids. The new ones will fit kombucha bottles so I don't have to use plastic bottles. Though I do make my own kombucha, I'm willing to buy a few while I'm out running errands and want something to drink.

I also did a silly thing - I started a new project. 😁😉😐

I've had this Crazy Yarn from Stonehedge Fiber Mill for a long time, buying a little here and there as I visit the mill or see them at fiber festivals. I've tried to knit something with it and used some as a table runner for awhile till I decontructed that in order to use the yarn otherwise. Now I'm going to crochet myself a super simple top mostly so I can use the yarn and have something kinda mindless to do with my hands while watching tv or listening to my husband monologue which he does occasionally. 😍

I may be forced to revisit the mill and buy more yarn along the way, but I'll try to suffer through that. 😉 I want to take a new friend to visit it anyhow, so...

I spent the afternoon with said new friend yesterday and came home with some treasures.

This is an inkle loom, for weaving narrow bands. This is a particularly large floor version. I've been looking for some time at buying a table-top one, but couldn't really justify the expense when I didn't know if I'd even enjoy the process or what I'd do with the finished products. But I certainly couldn't turn down a free one!

So I need to clean it up really well (it was stored in a barn loft), replace two pegs, and watch lots of YouTube videos on how to do the weaving as well as read the books I ordered from the library. I'm rather excited!

She also has a huge stash of yarn, so gave me some with which to make more baby afghans for the pregnancy care center. I'm excited about that, too.

Another thing on which I spent some time was helping my Lovey cut a hole in the Critter Corner floor so he can put in a floor drain for easier cleaning. He's so good with all this stuff and able to figure out how to do things even if he's never done them before. As it happens, putting in floor drains is part of what he does in his day job. We moved the rabbits out while the noisy cement saw was working so they wouldn't be too traumatized since the older does are pregnant.

One of my jobs for today has already been happily done - ordering more literary teas from Simpson and Vail Teas. The leaves are so rich and flavorful that I get several small pots' worth of lovely tea from a few tablespoons and one must have a good tea while sewing or reading, you know.

This week's goals... (I like the way Joy laid out her crafting goals separately and specifically, so I'm gonna type mine out that way this time.)

In the yarn basket 

* Continue on the Olivia top - easy relaxing

In the hoop

* Finish all outlining of cat cross-stitch

At the sewing machine

* Repair Doug's quilt as able

* Prepare quilt back for Ann's Autumn Jubilee quilt

* Find #9 for Chookshed Challenge

* Put binding on Christmas wallhanging

On the loom

* Thoroughly clean the loom

* Get educated on inkle weaving

In the kitchen

* Make paneer

* Experiment with blending herbs for tisanes, ie. lemon balm, lavender, chamomile, and dried apple

* Order more SVTea - done 😊 (That felt good!)

In the home

* Declutter bedroom

* Organize stuff on craft room table

On the homestead

* Start cabbage, lettuce, kale, Swiss chard indoors

* Pruning and yard clean-up

* Help Lovey put in Critter Corner floor drain

Well, here's hoping I haven't planned too much for one week, but I'm off to get at some of it. Check the sidebar for some of the places where I link up.

Hope your week is productive yet calm.

Chookshed Challenge/OMG for March

 The Chookshed Challenge number for March is #4, which a lot of people, including me, chose to use for a panel-type quilt.

My plan/goal is to use this panel piece...

...as centers for the stars in two (possibly three) wall-hanging sized quilt tops of this same pattern from Joy's Christmas in July Mystery quilt. They will then become my next hand-quilting projects to give as gifts. But for March, my goal is just the making of the tops.

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This week's goals will be tame because we're supposed to have warm enough weather for working outside and I have a major job there of emptying out a former woodshed that is falling apart (and the cats use as a litter box in the winter) so that Lovey can demolish it during his staycation part of next week if he's ready to do so.

I do hope to have some time to sew on these Christmas wall-hangings, but mainly I'll keep working on my cross-stitching during the evenings or when I need a work break.

My house also needs a good cleaning because I've lacked in motivation and I've been sick, so that needs doing. 😏

So this will be short, sweet, and hard to beat because the sun is quickly racing across the sky.

Have a great, springy day (unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere; then I wish you a cooler, beautiful day)!

Chookshed Stitchers Challenge Finish

 

Since I was not successful at finishing last month's goal, I'm very happy to be able to show that I finished this month's goal of turning this Autumn Jubilee project into a completed queen-sized flimsy, ready to take to the long-armer.

I'm also very thankful that this February had 29 days instead of 28 because I was too sick to get it finished yesterday and really needed this extra day to get it done.

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Tomorrow is a sewing day with my friend, so I hope to continue my progress on my Sew Scrappy Spools as well as a few simple projects that won't take much brain power. 😊 Sometimes those are handy for a little break.

Maybe I'll do the binding on this wall-hanging that I've finished hand-quilting.

I quilted around the poinsettias with black thread and they look interesting on the back.

And I hope to hem some large pieces of thick cloth with which I plan to cover/drape our swivel rockers to cover where the beloved but naughty kitty has scratched the upholstery.

So many options, so little time!

Hope your plans are fruitful. 😊