Author Archives: Raeyn

We had a call from the vet this afternoon. She said the blood test results show that he’s a smidge hypo on the thyroid rather than hyper. So that’s one thing ticked off. She’s having him back in this week for an ultrasound, because she wants to check closer his kidneys and liver. It costs a bit, but yanno… he’s… Read more »

My cross-stitching bits are getting cuter and cuter, ha ha. The little tin is so I can carry the thread for my current WIP in a tidier, more compact fashion. The butterfly needle minder sticks inside, and the pretty scissors fit in there as well. I’m also, on the subject, super chuffed that I was able to recommend Winstitch to… Read more »

I had to take the long way to get to Mum’s house; much like this time last year, there were repairs being carried out on a leaking pipe in the same location. I spotted the clouds blowing by and just like… had to take a picture. There was even a smattering of snow local-ish this morning! Nothing here, outside of… Read more »

My latest thread order hasn’t come in yet; I’m going to drop a query about that tomorrow. I’m not worried about it taking as long as it takes, because I know that it’s a small family business and the order I sent them was genuinely large (and therefore fussy). But as my binders and sleeves came in, I’m cheerfully getting… Read more »

Not a lot on the books today. Work happened. My back reminded me it continues its 25 year (so far!) crusade against me. Thankfully, pain meds took the edge off enough that I’ve been able to nominally function today. I guess the only thing of vague note is that the two binders I ordered for forthcoming thread arrived. The batch… Read more »

I’ve been working on the Bear flag since last night, and I am thinking that it looks a bit better in actual stitches than on the chart. Now I just have to prevent myself from overthinking all the things, ha ha. Easier said than done, amirite. I have done other things today too, which are pleasing and craft-related. I put… Read more »

I’ve finished the Intersex flag and am quite pleased with it. I’m currently attempting to chart out the Bear flag; the paw print makes it awkward at the small scale I’m working on. Still, I think that I have it more or less figured out without having to resort to teaching myself embroidery (which… tempting… ish?). It strikes me as… Read more »

Not a super lot going on today, which is always my preferred approach to the weekend. I’m stitching, I’m gaming, I’m… potentially plotting spending a lot more money on thread, ha ha. I found a site that sells Anchor for a most agreeable price, so I sat down and wrote down all the colour codes that looked interesting/useful. It’s um…… Read more »

Mum’s monthly appointment with her foot lady fell in the middle of our normal slot, so we both came to the same conclusion about that (cancellation). But I had a thought yesterday — why don’t Z and I both go over for a little bit at a slightly earlier time? So we did that, and it was nice. I was… Read more »

Which is to say, I’m currently working on the abrosexual flag. I might try to make it in dice for jewellery purposes… we’ll see. I colour match perfectly even less with the dice, to be expected, so it’s a matter of whether or not I can convince myself that I’m close enough for a person wanting to represent the flag… Read more »