More Progress

I stitched on Polar Bear Wishes at stitching today then again after I got home for the rest of the afternoon.

The pattern is from the 2024 Just Cross Stitch Christmas ornament issue. It calls for green Mill Hill beads in the border between the red crosses and I probably have some in my stash but I think I'm going to use green HotFix jewels - if I can find dark green ones, that is.

I could finish stitching the ornament tonight but I'm going to work on the penultimate octagon on my Persian Tiles blanket. I started #29 last night and did it from memory as I had take the pattern to another part of the house and was too lazy to get off my butt and go get it. I then remembered I had the .pdf in Files on my phone so I referred to it for the areas I have trouble remembering - whether to do a sc a the top of a fan or 3sc. I certainly should have it internalized as I've crocheted almost 60 octagons by now. 

Once they're done I'll do the rest of the granny squares, then the half grannies and corner grannies. Then sew it all together and finish up with the border.

I listened to an interesting Robin Cook book the last couple of days called. 'Night Shift'. It's about a mass murderer who works in a hospital. Their warped rationale is that they're putting the patient out of their misery. Unfortunately, unlike a medically assisted death, which is legal in Canada and becoming legal in some US states, the patients in the novel, have no say in the matter.  It was a good 'read'. I then realized the medical examiner in the novel is a character in a previous one of Cook's books so I've downloaded 'Genesis' and look forward to starting it tonight.

Yesterday I worked on a jigsaw puzzle with a Christmas theme I had set aside. 

I like these Galison puzzles. The pieces are a good size and nice and thick. This one - is a foil puzzle so has shiny bits.

I received one with a floral design for Christmas so will put it in the queue. 

Where we meet for stitching is a recreation room at an apartment building. In one area of that room is shelving with lots of jigsaw puzzles so (when I remember) I take any puzzles I have completed and don't want to keep, drop them off, and take one that is on the shelf that intrigues me. I now have quite a pile in my living room that I either need to assemble and donate or just weed a bunch out to donate and create a much smaller pile to tackle at some point.

Our rescheduled dinner from Boxing Day was moved to the following day. Four of us had a very enjoyable time at Alexa's chatting about travel, Windreach Farm, crafts, and enjoying a delicious dinner.

I've got a wee bottle of Henkel Trocken for New Year's Even and plan to spend the evening watching Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper on CNN, possibly flipping around to other NYE things on TV. I'm going to treat myself to something yummy to eat, too. It will be a nice, cozy time.

Finally, I saw a neat idea on Facebook for an easy Christmas decoration. 

Who doesn't have a couple of frames kicking around? Personally, I have a whole box of them. Kind of a neat idea for future Christmas decorating.