I don't have much other stitching to report from October. I injured my shoulder partway through the month, so I did get some of my 100 starts stitching in, but not much knitting on my current WIPs. I did fully finish something though!
This is White Willow Tribal Basset. I finished it in 2016 I think and finally did something with it so it can be hung up in the house. I was going to add dates, but I decided to leave it as is and get it ready to hang. I've not done a laced back before, but I think I did okay. It's laced over a canvas decoration someone had given us that just happened to be almost perfect dimensions. It would look a little more finished if I add a ribbon on the sides or something, but for now, it's complete enough. I even have a spot on the wall picked out for it.
It's a great feeling to fully finish things, so glad this is finally taken care of. I dug it out because DD and I spent the weekend going through a lot of their old books and this was kind of in the pile of stuff that got uncovered as more space was created. We ended up passing on 3 full bankers boxes of books! What's really fantastic is one of my friends does a "Book Lady" costume at Halloween and gives out books instead of candy. It's a very popular event at the local Trunk or Treat. It's called that because people can park their cars and decorate their trunk and then give out candy for local children. It's common in the more rural areas like where we live since it would be difficult to drive around to different houses, and not safe to walk major roads. I think she said she gave out over 350 books! We definitely helped fill up her book stash, plus her daughters are a little younger than mine, so they might like to enjoy the books for a while as well. DD has difficulty letting go of things, so they did really well passing on so many books.
If you want to know something a little scary, this was only one room worth! My dad loves going to yard sales and resale shops and keeps DD well supplied with books. They also almost always ask for book shop gift cards and we have a membership at the local book store. That means we get 20% off any full price book. You pay for the membership, $40/yr I think, but we definitely get through that. DD also asks for books for rewards for chores vs allowance, and when the school hosts the book fair I usually volunteer, which earns money towards books, etc. DD wasn't up to doing more than that, so I have to go by what they're up for. It's a lot for someone that couldn't even bear to throw away toothbrushes when they were little. Yes, I would throw them away secretly, I couldn't have little bacteria colonies growing in the house!
So right now there's a lot more room to store the books we have so they're not haphazardly put away. I even put away some by series so they're easier to find. There's one section that are books that DD doesn't want to pass on, but won't really read any more, so they're the ones we'll put up in the loft to store at some point.
Back to stitching, and hope you've all had a good couple weeks! I started project 100, then had to frog it, so haven't restarted it again yet as I give my shoulder a rest.
Happy Stitching!
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