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Wednesday, October 07, 2026

...10.7...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...I lined up all my pastel yarn balls in roybgiv order...and started crocheting the curly tendrils that make up the mane and tail...

...you need 2 little short ones for the forelock...I chose pink and yellow for those two...and then you need 23 of the other curls...

...so then I made a sort of a line to follow down the top of the neck...since it was crocheted in the round it's not an exact straight line though...

...and then you need a dozen of the longer tail curls...

...I stitched on the pink and yellow forelock pieces so that the yellow one hangs pretty much between her golden eyes and the pink one off to the side...

...I had left a long enough tail on each curl to be able to tie it into the stitches along the neckline...so I just tied that with a square not...

...and then pulled the threads down through the batting fluff and snipped it off so that the tails of each curl are hidden in the fluff...

...gave it a little tug to put a little bit of tension on it...

...and snipped it off so that it would spring back inside and stay hidden...

...I stitched the mane curls on in roybgiv order all down the neckline...I kept thinking that there were too many of them...but it actually looks nice and lush and squishy and pettable...

...and the same procedure for the tail curls...

...I had a lot of little snippets of yarn left at the end...

...here she is showing off her locks in natural light...

...and in artificial light...

...I think she's so adorable...I hope little sissie loves her...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!

Monday, October 05, 2026

...10.5...Over the Weekend...

...we started off the weekend with a batch of big fluffy vegan buttermilk biscuits...

...and a tofu scramble...

...just nooch...

...and kala namak this time...

...and I scraped the last of the apple butter out of the jar for my biscuit...and the Man had Sorghum Syrup with his...

...then it was time to shop...

...lots and lots of food...but nothing unusual...except...

...we gave this new variety of accidentally vegan Oreos a try...not our favorite...regular chocolate oreos are pretty hard to beat...

...and then before I put everything away...I took everything out of the cabinets and fifo'ed (first in/first out)...

...I baked a loaf of bread in the outside oven...and I should have put a foil topper on it as the top got too brown...(aka burnt)...

...I made a batch of barley tea...

...and saw some evidence of fall on my bike ride...

...it still doesn't feel like fall...but the trees must think it's getting close...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

Saturday, October 03, 2026

...10.3...Dinner and a Movie...

....It's Vegan Steak night...

...but first a wedge salad...

...sliced some wedges...

...and tomatoes...

...diced those tiny...

...chopped a few chives from the pot on the porch...the Man did not want any...so just for me...

...mixed up a quick ranch dressing...with some tofu mayo...

...and drizzled that over the wedges...

...then sprinkled with tomatoes, vegan bacon bits, and chives...it looks so pretty...

...vegan marinated tofu 'steak'...and a baked potato...so delicious...relatively easy peasie...but I will say that a wedge salad is not the easiest thing to eat...haha...

...the movie was still Ted Lasso...I think there are only 10 episodes this season...so it will be over soon...

...in books this week...I finished the tragic Jude the Obscure...picked up and read Brave New World...also tragic...and then this morning I returned both of those and picked up Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing...

...what have you been watching and reading lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!