Thursday, 23 January 2025

One Never Knows...

This morning when I got out of bed, I had nothing planned for the day. I thought I'd do some housework, specifically vacuuming, as there were bits of firewood and bark on the rug in the family room.

Unfortunately my Dyson cordless vacuum wouldn't work. I'd had it plugged in overnight. The filters had been recently cleaned. I found the spare battery and had to watch a YouTube video on how to install it. That being done, the thing was still toast. Time for a new vacuum. I checked Consumer Reports and have been price comparing between Canadian Tire, Best Buy, and Amazon. No decision yet. I'll haul out the central vac in the meantime.

On a completely different topic...

I ordered Simona Bussiglieri's (from Mani di Donna) Mystery Christmas Box at the beginning of October. 

She mailed them at the beginning of December, right in the middle of our Canadian postal strike. After the strike was over, I waited a month for it to arrive. No dice. I contacted her again and she had another package sent. It arrived today.

This is what was contained:

2 skeins of Dinky Dyes silk threads. The one on the right would be awesome for an autumnal leaf design.

This little kit included the chart, wooden snowflake and template, wooden gold bead, and sisal rope for finishing.
A pair of scissors and beaded, festive scissor fob.
6 thread drop cards and ring.
A threader, Christmas button, and snowflake ribbon.
The pattern for a Christmas Sewing Set and fat quarter of her 32ct hand-dyed linen 'Burnt Sand'. 

Also included were a wreath button for the front and the two wreath rings for the inside. I'll have to source the lining, red rickrack, and felt for the pincushion. I might save the lovely linen fabric for some other project and use linen from my stash.

I watched a lot of Christmas/Advent stitching videos on YouTube. From what I saw, I would give this one an 8/10. 
  • watched 'Woman of the Hour' on Netflix - a disturbing true crime movie directed and starring Anna Kendrick
  • watched several episodes of 'The Innocence Project' on Netflix.

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