Crafters November 16 through November 22

Good morning! After a week of erratic sleep, I finally zzzzoned out and not only fell asleep around seven but got up and went to bed at nine and slept until six! Wow! What a difference!

Today I'm doing some more paperwork, several loads of laundry and setting mouse traps, both in the house and the garage. The last activity is just a part of country living.

I started a new scarf. Single crochet because the yarn has lots of texture. I'm using a Lion Brand thick and quick homespun. The color is claret with a variation in hue, although not enough to affect the pattern. It looks cheery!

Good evening,
Sue- so glad you finally got a decent amount of rest!!! Simply amazing what getting the right amount of sleep can do for us. We feel so much better and I am glad you are. The scarf sounds pretty...a single crochet scarf should go quickly for you - especially cause you are using a bulky yarn. Enjoy....hope you find it relaxing too. I have to put mouse traps in the shed and sometimes in the house. I have two mobile mouse traps here- sometimes they fall asleep on the job and I have to resort to the mechanical ones.

Ruth, think we all have those days in which we get caught up in internet crafting and looking for patterns etc....I am sure Dh enjoyed your assistance and company winterizing your vehicles. that kind of time spent together is important too.....glad you had that time together!!! The pocket shawl will be waiting for you to finish when you get a chance.

Got a little bit of top stitching done on the second pocket shawl and I made the templates (from quilting paper) for the decorative top stitch I will do. Tomorrow is busy, so I probably will not get to sew until Wednesday.
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Hello Crafters - Hope you are all doing well today

Phyl - I'm glad you are making progress on the Christmas stockings, hope it's still going well.

Sue - I'm happy you got some rest and hopefully that continues. Enjoy making that scarf.

Ruth - Hope your DH got the cars done and that you enjoyed your time on the Internet

Ginny - How were things in JoAnn's? Do they still have Christmas fabric for sale? I hope you will share some pictures of the quilting on your panel quilt - I'd still like to see the different threads you were talking about.

I went for an eye exam today, this is the first medical appointment I've had since early March when all the virus stuff started in my state. It was pretty good and I felt like they had good safety procedures. It's still kind of stressful dealing with all the different ways things are done now.

After that I got some groceries. It was a bit later in the day than I usually go (around 11:00 instead of 9:00) and the store was pretty busy. They seemed to have things stocked well for Thanksgiving foods and baking supplies. But I did notice that the toilet paper aisle was mostly empty. I also still couldn't find any canned carrots.

The other thing that wasn't in stock was large Dixie (and even store brand) bowls. I like to use them for some things, mostly because I'm lazy I'd bought a large pack of them at Costco back in the summer and I'm just about out. I don't want to even go in a Costco until January. I've heard that around here there are lines again going into the store. I sure hope we don't have a repeat of all that hoarding from earlier this year.

I haven't done any quilting or crafting since last week, just not in the mood with all the stuff going on in my life. Hopefully I'll get to something soon.

Take care everyone

I didn't think that many people bought either canned carrots or paper bowls. It's esp strange that there were no bowls.I'm glad you were able to get your eye exam CJ. That's yet another thing I have to do at some point before I drive anywhere not local.It's good you got your grocery shopping in also. Of now that I think about it, for the last pickup I ordered frozen carrots and they were out of stock so then I ordered frozen peas and carrots and they were also out of stock so carrots must be something that everyone wants. On my previous pickup order they were out of fresh carrots in a 5# bag

Ginny, it's sounds like you also had a good and productive day with buying fabric and helping your friend pick hers out. 
We have plenty of tp but I don't think you could call us hoarders of it. We don't have as much as we usually have in case of emergency but we do have enough to last for quite some time. We do also have plenty of paper towels and napkins and Kleenex so I think we're actually all set for paper products.
Got one side of the pocket shawl done and hope to do the other yet this evening

See you all tomorrow

I usually stock up for winter, but before the shutdown in March, I ordered a lot of basics from Amazon. Those items come in cases which is the reason I ordered them to begin with. I made three major shopping expeditions during the week before because I was running out of a number of items. One of my best finds was a few weeks ago. I particularly like Honest Earth creamy mashed potatoes that used to be at Costco, but the prices were outrageous online. I found out that they are made by Idahoan in Idaho and are sold at a reasonable price plus I got 20% off and free shipping. Turns out that they just added mashed yams. I'm going to try them.

Usually there are two Kirkland toilet paper packages in reserve. Now I try to double that and practice use one, buy one. If I had the bigger chest freezeri in the garage, I would buy a side of beef, lamb, pork, fish, frozen vegetable. I'm placing an order at the butcher shop every 3-6 weeks, usually ground beef and chickens.

I buy milk, eggs, bread and veggies every other week. Well, I don't do the shopping myself. hb's caregiver isn't caregiving, and he does shopping and errands for us. Someday I will probably do my own shopping every now and then and will utilize curbside pickup the rest of the time.

The squatter will be evicted tomorrow. My real estate agent will be there and will change the locks, board up a broken window, block the sliding doors and padlock the gate to the back. If the squatter returns he will be arrested. Closing will take place on Friday. I'm not going to hold my breath, but I hope all will go smoothly!

Two more inches on my scarf! Not much. I hope to do more tonight. While I was awake when I should have been sleeping, I ordered today's "cake" from msqc. Colors were yummy.

My norm is to go to the store once a week- mainly because I like fresh bananas and salad. I usually stock up on items and do not need to go to the store that often.

Sue, congrats...sure hope that the squatter is out of the house and the closing can take place.

Ruth, glad you mastered homespun. I had trouble with it- even several rows in....but you are much better at crocheting than I am. I cannot imagine going shopping every other day or every day. What a waste of time.

Phyl, I will check out those batiks you suggested...I was the one who found them for Jane- and they were the only fabric that had those colors in them. Yes its going to be an interesting Thanksgiving. Hope we can all stay safe and covid free.

Started playing with the quilting paper- and it seems to be working out ok. Just do not look to closely at my work. I am having issues with the variegated thread, and am using red thread. It looks good and overall I am happy with it.

Hope CJ had a good day....wonder if she ever decided to take on that afghan.
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