It's Quiet Here

Another mostly sleepless night for me.  😳  So, at 3:30 I put down my craft things and baked a loaf of "Extra Buttery Bread."

It is just that;  very good.

I finished the sock, but decided to wait until today to seam it up, because "...surely I'll get sleepy soon."  Nope.

I did finish seaming a few minutes ago.

But those two aren't the biggest news of the night morning.  My television is broken.  There's sound, but no picture.  I went through every suggestion for getting the picture back that I could find online.  Nothing.  I've called around for some estimates on getting it fixed, and buying a new set is about the same price.  Some of the repair shops have a backlog of a couple of weeks or so.  Rush jobs put the pedal to the price metal.  So, buying would also be quicker.  My Medicare premium was due this month, therefore, I'm looking at several days TV-less.

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Well, I Just Learned Something

Sandhill Crane babies are called "colts."

 I don't know anything else about Sandhill Cranes, other than I guess they nest in sand hills, but I do hope all colts are as cute and spunky as this one.  You know how human babies (called, I think, "babies") discover their hands? It looks like Sandhill Cranes colts discover their knees.

I don't know how many --- if any --- of you have access to the streaming service canopy.  You get it through your library, registering with your library card.  It's an excellent source of not-really-mainstream films and documentaries.  Today I found "The Trojan Women," which features my favorite Katharine Hepburn performance.

I'm trying to get this one sock finished.  Maybe another inch before I can start shaping the toe? 

 

Pretty, pretty pastels.  Prettier than the picture shows.

TNT

Wow --- more actual cross-stitch from me!  This is a piece printed on sort of stiff canvas.

Oddly, the print is not color-coordinated to the floss.  If the ink for the pattern is darker than the floss, it shows through (see the leaning book on the right.)  It's a kit that actually came with a frame, so destination settled already!

Surrender

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I officially give up on crochet.*  I have tried and tried and failed and failed.  I bought one of those Woobles kits.  (Lion, of course.)  I started and ripped out so many times that it all went in the trash.  With quite a bit of force.  No matter the amount of tries, no matter the number of times I watched the videos, the correct number of stitches never, ever appeared.

All I wanted was a lion friend.

And to know how to make a blanket that's one giant granny square:

Once again, I'm that old dog who can't seem to learn something new.

*Except for long chains.

Absolutely Nothing

    (This would be me.)

Saturday Doings

No bracelets for me this weekend until the Texas / Ohio State game kicked off.

Thinking I'll stick with rubber bands tonight.

I've gone from craft to craft today, quilt pieces

first.  Not sewing them right away, but cutting them.  All of the hexagons I've worked with so far came to me pre-cut.  I found some little pieces of fabric the other day, and decided to cut some new ones.  Out came the sandpaper for the template, and I managed 4 or 5 pieces from each fabric design.

During the Vanderbilt game (2-0 on the season!), I mostly knit.

The turquoise on top is part of a horizontal scarf.  You can see the coordinating variegated there to the right.  I can't tell you the yarn brand (sorry), only that the yarns are part cashmere and are called One Hit Wonders.

The other knit project is the ribbing for a pair of socks.  I'm sick of the ribbing already.  Thankfully, there's only about another inch to go until the heel can start.

Odd-ish

Up watching the NFL game last night, things got to the point where it was too close to the game's end to continue with any involved projects.  I looked over at a few sheets of "wood paper" that was out for me to do something with, and saw some things in the grains:

Hey, it was something to do.