Just the handful of ornaments we've made these last few months in prep for fall art fairs 🤣 Just need to be hand sewn and stuffed! I usually only completely finish one of each animal so they take up less space for transport to the show and I sew the mostly done ones at the show as needed 🪡

July Storygraph collage! Read a lot of books while waiting for DCC 6 to be available at the library 🤣 bBut I finally have it and it will be my first book for August 📚

Only one raccoon this time but at least one seems to routinely stop by every few days 🦝 🥰 We still have an opossum around but it seems to pop by after I've gone to bed. Only seen him once when I having a rough insomnia night.

Yup! The smaller the number I have to count the more likely I'll do it right 🤣 My husband recently 3d printed me a tin full when I mentioned I needed to get more.

This week #showmeyourknits asked what makes your knitting better, easier, more fun and it hands down my interchangeable HiyaHiya needle! Total game changer. I hadn't realized what a toll cheap needles were having on my hands and how much harder they made every stitch until I upgraded.

Today is about finishing some of the things I started workin on back in Jan. before my plans for this year went a little sideways! First up finally packaging these iron on patches I've needed to restock since November so I can add them back to the shop 🤣 🐾 littleworldofbeasts.com/collections/...

Finally doing some doodles because we don't have nearly enough Little Beast designs for cats. And for some reason I think this particular cat might be pretty popular at events this year. I know I'm obsessed 😂

My week of jury duty is complete! Celebrating no longer having that stress hanging over my head with a treato! The first peach donut of the year 🍑

My books from June! I love the storygraph cover collage but I always remember it so late in the month 📚 I think the only reason this month wasn't almost exclusively Dungeon Crawler Carl is because I had to wait so long for book 2 to be available at the library 😂

New backyard friends!!!!!! WE HAVE RACCOONS!!!! I've never seen raccoons in the yard before. There were 2 here eating the grapes, but one a lot more shy.🦝

And I'm getting close to finishing up the back panel of this long sweater! Not bad for a little over a week after 3 false starts. Is it even a knitting project if you don't have to start over multiple times? 🧶😂

Time to wake this guy up from a nap for drugs so he can hopefully be this chill when he goes to the vet in a bit Taking him in for labs to make sure he's all ok. Is his peeing in the tub just him being a little weirdo or a health issue? I also don't love that he's lost weight. Not a lot but 🫤

Look what a friend got me for my car! Was so excited a few weeks ago when I saw someone with one on their car because clearly we should be friends. I assumed it was something they had made, but apparently it's a real product you can buy in a store! Apparently there are a lot of super gollum fans 🥰

I was sad the post office was out of the baby wild animal stamps I had been getting for wok but then they had these bald eagle life stages stamp! The sad was very short lived. The flag stamps were just making me sad whenever I had to mail something so now I always try to get et animal stamps

Yarn has been ordered! Going to use the paintbox Aran wool mix in this lovely dark purple 🧶 I wanted to use a dark green but it's been out of stock for weeks 😕 And since I need a lot of yarn I really wanted to take advantage of the current 40% off sale on the 5 and 10 packs of this yarn.

My pattern book arrived! I was asked if I could knit a long sweater and of course we were both drawn to the same out of print pattern. But luckily I was able to find it on Ebay! Now here's hoping I can figure it out. The whole pattern for this sweater is crammed on one page 🧶

Right.. pictures. I'm so good at social media 🤣 I finished the Tiger Shadow Shawl from Mark Jamieson

It's been awhile since I've done a #ShowMeYourKnits At first I thought I didn't have anything for this prompt but as I was starting to organize my closet I remembered I've really gotten into illusion knitting these last couple years which is all about stripes! 🧶

He's had a rough day 😕 But yeah, I think that he's sticking to his night routine is probably a good sign. Although he's positioned himself in such a way there's no room for me to sleep. But that's pretty on brand too🤣

Movies are done but we're still eating! Dessert time! Strawberries and Cream Pie, White cake of Gondor and the Mount Doom Lava Cake. The dessert cocktail is a cinnamon old fashioned

Supper! Cider Braised Chicken with Herbs, Maple Mustard Pork Tenderloin with Caramelized Onions, Parsnip Apple Puree, Whiskey Glazed Onions with Bacon and Blue Cheese and Creamy Mustard Roasted Potatoes. And the Orc Draught is the supper cocktail.

Time for dinner! Ent Draught is the cocktail for this meal. Cheese, Onion, and Potato Hand Pies ,Spiced Pear, Endive & Arugula Salad and Potato Leek and White Bean soup.

Afternoon tea! Ginger Pear and Rye Cake, Seed Scones w/Raspberry Lavender Jelly, Whipped Ricotta with Walnuts and Rosemary Honey and of course tea. As well as a Miruvor cocktail.

After a walk break we're on to the Two Towers and Luncheon! Selected meats and cheeses and Potato Bacon Pie with ice tea and beer for beverages.

Elevensies! Spring Greens Star Bread, Lavender Lembas Bread, Goat Cheese Tarts with Roasted Grapes and the Woodland Realm Cocktail!

Second breakfast! Spring Vegetable Frittata and Spring Vegetable Frittata. We're also having coffee and juice for these first two meals.

It begins! LotR marathon and feast! Breakfast is a Savory Dutch Baby w/Tomatoes, Sausages, and Bacon and Cheddar, Green Onion & Yogurt Scones!

And I've taken it apart 😭 It had to be done though. It's a cotton yarn so it's not going to expand much with blocking and it was so tiny for half a shawl. I don't think I would have got past the first subtle silver color change either so it would just look kinda dirty. 🧶

Puzzle 3 completed today! And the 4th is well under way. I knew I'd use the crap out of this puzzle table! Plus added bonus of can't doom scroll when puzzling so a whole lot less of that this past week as well!

Behold it's majesty! My puzzle table has arrived.