September has the warmth of the fading summer sun with a comfortable chill of Autumn begins to beckon. All the pumpkin and apple beginning of the harvest season. I am a chai fan, so I go for that more often and apple this time of year.
Well I despite the reopening of events for my SCA kingdom over the past two months. As of this date, I have not attended any in person events. With the delta variant infecting the immunized, keeping ones exposure to others is key. I am planning on attending an outdoor demo locally for a library on October 2nd as a small starter to socializing.
Planning my fiber arts display for the demo, I purchased a new table as my prior one is my work desk. The demo gave me good reason to reorganize my items in the basement too. All the fiber arts are mainly in one tote and one area of the basement for ease of access.
In addition, we did get a dribble of water with the revenants of Hurricane Ida, some flash floods in the area. The only direct effect was needed to unclog the gutter to let it stop running over, which is why there was a dribble in the basement. I had to clean up under the tarp and put totes full of crafting items in that area to better monitor that corner and the edges for water. This is a rare occurrence luckily.
In the spirit of decluttering ones life, I cleaned out 11 bags of items containing house linens, clothing, and garb related shoes over this weekend. I was able to put away floral and winter scarves in an emptied tote. Which freed up space in my room to store the camera in a better location. The other medium tote, I put away a table loom and the other all the embroidery frames. So lots of reorganizing, but still more to do. I plan on going though my garb and yard sale unwanted items. I have a few more totes to purchase. Which will allow me to reorganize my other collection of shoes and take the last craft items in waterproof storage.
The area that had the spinning wheels was split up into a few locations. I put mats put under them to protect the floor. They are now near the sewing machines. All received cleaning. The great wheel is on the other side of the basement, although I can enjoy accessing her for use. I hope to make a better video on this for my YouTube Channel.
Still working on embroidering a square table cloth for demos and such. Although making great progress, should be done with outlining the design this weekend. Will have lots of filling yet to do but it’s a fun and relaxing project. I hope to get back to garb creation soon, as colorful winter wool kirtles would be nice addition to the wardrobe and room would be made for them in the next months. For a while did a lot of black in my garb and it’s time to bring in color.
So not too much news going on here, lots of stasis due to current events. Although keeping things cheerful and productive as one can. Making videos for my YouTube channel gaining subscribers slowly. Hoping you and yours a happy autumn as one can make it in these times.
Warm wishes,
Marrin
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