Another Ornament Fully Finished

I have a pile of stitched items that are finished but not fully finished. This snowman star ornament has been languishing on that pile for years. I picked out some fabric for the back last week and today I finally got cracking and fully finished it.

It's Teresa Kogut's 'Star Shaped Snowman'.

I started and finished it in a few days over 5 years ago.

The fabric I used for the back was from my stash. I don't remember what project it was originally intended for. For the cording I used 4 plies of 6 strands of DMC folded in half before twisting. 

Did that motivate me to grab another one to finish while I was in that mode? Heck no. I'm going to do some stitching when I'm done this post.

I've been working on a couple more octagons and have 11 completed. 

I'm not quite as obsessed as I was with the first blanket as I have lots of stitching I also want to do. However, I plug away at this while I watch TV at night. The plan is to make 30 octagons again for a 5 x 6 blanket.

I got my high dose shot for influenza last week as well as my 8th COVID shot. Lots of places can administer both including my second favourite Shoppers Drug Mart. Signing up was easy. I just tried different places (online booking portals) until I could get the immunizations right away as some places didn't have spots available until a couple of weeks from now. 

I haven't had any issues - no redness at the injection sites, no tiredness, etc. I continue to be grateful for our universal healthcare - a system that funds preventative medicine such as this.

Yesterday I had lunch with folks I hadn't really chatted with for quite a while. The restaurant was full of ladies who like to 'do lunch'. We all concluded that women friends are the best. It's good to have the support of caring people.

I'm caught up to yesterday with my Arne and Carlos Christmas Stocking KnitAlong. 

The six rounds presented every day don't take long to do. I'm not sure where I will display it along with the other previous two that I've done.

Tomorrow I'm attending a Ukrainian Christmas Bazaar with Marilyn. I hope to either have lunch there or bring some food home with me. Sunday I'm having the girlies over for some stitching. Jen1, Poppy, and I will also do our planning to make Drop Zone bags. 

We have set aside another Sunday before Christmas to actually get together to do the sewing.