KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Floss wrote: »

YorksLass I actually quite like the sewing-up, It's the actual knitting that gets me down! If you are ever over my way on the Lancashire coast, bring your bits of knitting with you!

Well there's a solution ... everyone post their knitting to Floss to sew up

Floss, can I send my mending pile your way, too?

One teatowel in the ragbag.
One barb1e had its foot cut off in an unfortunate accident and is now in the pile to take to the technical waste at the recycling centre (it played music, so I assume there are some electric parts inside). It was one of the nicer ones, so that's a bit of a shame.

I'm finishing Spark Joy, and have the feeling she has been to my house! She describes the way I use my bathroom drawers, the kitchen cupboards, and the paper stock items!

Well I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with craft UFOs. One of mine is a jumper I made for my friend's baby, but I didn't like the wool I'd chosen when it was made. When I looked, it's practically finished but you guessed it, it needs sewing up! I'm going to finish it and send it off to Knit for peace.

Another is a rag rug, the first time I've ever made one - I think the finished item will spark joy, or at least be useful but I'm really not enjoying the process. At the moment I've got two sewing projects and one knitting project which have been requested by other people, so I have got to finish them. I think after these I'm going to do something for myself- I'm fed up with doing things for others.

Did it again because I left things unfinished in the bedroom from the day. I stayed up later than normal because I decided to watch that internet scam programme, then I moved a couple of things and before I knew it, my jewellery was tidied. I have a few lovely clear small muji sets sof two drawers. They are so clear that they aren`t in your face, so two are now on show and one is on my bedside table. All well and good but it set my mind to being awake and I didn`t sleep at all well but I know why, so at least that is good. They will be a quick clean with a feather duster, I won`t be rubbing them or they will get static :cool:

I wanted to get some of those marvellous vileda cloths that last and wash but aren`t microfibre or sponge, they squeeze very well for starters. I used to get them from lakeland but they don`t have them, tried amazon and found similar from vileda, ordered them. Then went onto the vileda site and they were half the cost, so I quickly cancelled amazon order. I have decided to kondo the rest of my cloths today, I have too many that I don`t use because they are too wet for too long. My t towels are all good but it is the cloths and it is an easy kondo because they are in neat piles after initial kondo. I also ordered a turbo mop and bucket, how these things have changed and I have room in my utility

I could do with having another round of kondo in my main craft room but it looks very tidy in there, even though too many boxes are full, so as it is not enticing me, I will leave it. I did kondo a small amount of fluff (wool fibre) stuff that I bought by the bag, called waste wool from world of wool. I used felting needles and made a brilliant small fox, which is on show next to my small carved fox. I might consider making some christmas tree baubles ongoing from now, they will be useful and it does get rid of fibre. Its a nice quiet sit for a few hours but I still need to finish my knitted sleeve, so that will be first. Its kind of an easier thing to do on a dull day, knitting that is

fpcat, that made me laugh out loud

Shortie wrote: »

Morning all

GQ, how did the 'Sausagemeat Mercy Mission' go? The mind boggles

My mind was boggling, too!

Short version is that pal's mum is self-catering a large family party which is involving multiple bakeathons and she'd bought rather expensive sausagemeat (2.6 kilos) at the weekend and it was about to go OOD.

Pal was concerned that the sausage rolls wouldn't get made and this sausagemeat would end in the bin so we three (me, pal and pal's mum) spent an evening making sausage rolls.

We also had YS run on the way up there, and dinner. They were chortling that I'd been kidnapped and forced to slave over a hot stove. I was delivered back to Shoebox Towers at 11.30 pm, which is well past my [STRIKE]curfew[/STRIKE] err .. bedtime!

Worralaff. There is also the possibility of doing some kondo-ing at pal's house in the future, she may need moral support. I did explain I only offer the immoral kind.......... :rotfl:

Am easing into the day, have a couple of shopping errands in town and then will go to the lottie and spend a few hours up there sowing seeds and generally grubbling around in the good earth.

Hope everyone has a great day, GQ xx