Cheklov's Stuff

Last month, I decided to was time for MOAR HATS.   So I went to see momma and her beautiful sewing room so I could efficiently cut out the pieces for some more damn hats. Yay! I have the stuff for two ready to go once I stop being a lazy fucking uncreative bum. Then I went SHOPPING for SUPPLIES!   Above are my handstitching supplies for the aforementioned hats. A nice, heavy silk thread in (you can't tell because my light sucks) white, cream and black. I was so tempted to color match but... even black thread is kinda rare in period so I just said screw it, simple colors are FINE.  Also I gave in and got some marking chalky/waxy not chalk/crayon things. Maybe my hand stitched seamlines will be less atrocious this time.    Next, I got a crapton of PAINT (and paint adjacent supplies) and I guess a RULER which I keep forgetting about even though it's RIGHT THERE. I'm pretty sure I don't have enough black paint but stupid Michaels LITERALLY had THAT

So, lemmie just say that I DID open this box (bag) on time. And uploaded the pics the same day! And then sat on the post for most of the rest of the month like the total champion that I am. Gonna also take a moment to complain about the blogger mobile options. My dudes MAKE IT FREAKING EASIER TO UPLOAD PICS. The app is complete garbage and the mobile interface doesn't even seem to have it as an option. Super frustrating. That said, on to August's package! Look at that pretty, pretty custom print bag. This is the...7th? 7th anniversary of the fiber club per the included inset, and I already had a suspicion that it was gonna be some sort of "Greatest Hits" theme based on the hint we'd gotten in late July. Time to crack into that bag! Aw yis. I see a bag of rando fiber. My blending board addiction is already a HUGE fan. The first look at everything yeeted forth from the bag. This, coincidentally will be the only "full picture" image this month because my as

I've got to admit, I did something sort of funny this month. I received and opened this box on the 6th, got all my pictures uploaded and ready for my unboxing post...and then promptly didn't write the post for a week. The opposite of my normal problem and all that. On a side note, I looked at the hint for this month and ended up doing some graffiti on the box before I got to prying this baby open. Do you like my catfish? Ahh, that freshly opened box feel. I'm jamming on the color of the packaging this month for sure. This month's newsletter, with info on how to obtain a sequined yarn (not my thing, honestly, but cute) and some background on the very unique fiber included in this box. Delicious fiber box menu! That lovely paper! Teals are some of my favorite colors, and aquamarine is CLOSE ENOUGH that I do adore it. And inside that lovely wrapping is some hella shiny stuff, oh my. First up, this little linen baggy. Inside is this month's feature fiber: 3 oz of Mermai

So, for a looooong time I've been planning on decorating this wooden craft chest I've had kicking around for the better part of ten years, and then filling the damn thing up with largesse and inflicting the resulting craft monster on An Tir's Largesse coordinator (because no way am I presenting this thing directly to whoever the sitting royals are when I finally get it filled - it's taken like two years to get THIS far, so lord knows when I'll actually FINISH). I've actually made a start on the contents - the painted drop spindles and the viking hats are meant for this undertaking, after all. A few days ago the bug to start getting serious on at least finishing out the box bit me hard, and I drafted up an initial plan on how this stupid thing would be painted. Promising, but of course later on I ran into problems and had to rethink this, HEAVILY. So anyway, today I found the chest, emptied it out (incidentally I found 1. my missing grey hoodie and 2. some more f