There is a light at the end of the crafting tunnel! Last night items were placed into boxes and lo and behold I'm almost finished! Thiiiiiiis close! There is definitely one item that is going to have to be sent separately and overnight as there is no way I can manage to knit for 15-20 hours between now and tomorrow morning (blast me for picking the perfect color and texture of yarn, but picking a pattern that requires about 65 stitches on size 8 needles!) and my bil will have a nice "still on the needles pal" note, but dang me if I'm not just a little proud of myself!
And exhausted. Completely and totally exhausted. But I have learned very important things mostly involving brainstorming for handmade Christmas presents before the end of October and starting on the sewing/knitting projects in about January and keeping my eye out for crafty sales and thrift store items throughout the year. It's a plan. I think I can do it.
So this afternoon I have one small sewing thingamajig to finish, 3 Christmas letters to write and 3 small items to purchase (I guess it's not 100% handmade Christmas but it is at least a locally purchased/fair trade item!) and then the boxes will be packed and shipped and out of my hands.
Next up: Gingerbread for Molly, cookies and/or candy for the neighbors, and round 2 of handmade stuff for Peter's family. Which is much less involved. And already 1/2 done. And I have all weekend off to finish as they don't have to be shipped.
Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. I cannot wait to sleep.
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