Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday Succot edition! Thanks so much for joining me here. Right now we are the beginning of the holiday of Succot. Since the first day of the holiday occurred on shabbat this year, we now have a whole week of what is called chol Hamoed, intermediary holiday days. Generally we are thrilled about this as it means more time for trips and visiting family, but with our country wide shut down we are mostly staying home. If I lived outside of Israel, I’d have to postpone the party once again, as everywhere in the world, except Israel, is still celebrating the Succos holiday unplugged until Sunday night.. In Israel there are quite a few holidays where we celebrate one day and those outside of Israel celebrate two days, by the way, but lest I digress, the period of Succot called Chol Hamoed, which means it is a “weekday” type of day, but nonetheless still a holiday, and folks generally do not work, the prayer services in the synagogue are longer, especially in the morning, festive meals are eaten in the succah, nicer clothing is worn, and it is a time for rejoicing. We generally do not stray too far from our succah, as it is truly special, but this year since we can’t stray too far I’ll have to think of some acitivities to keep my teens happy, hmm, no crafting allowed, but we can turn up the music certainly! (Which funny enough my neighbors just did this moment!)

Okay, the features from last week’s party certainly have me thinking about crocheting and all things cozy, so lets enjoy the change of seasons and the additional excuses to get crafting.

A fanstastic knit bat pattern from Ginx craft. So fabulous in fact that I’m even contemplating giving it  a try even though I’m not a seasoned knitter.

Adorable crocheted dog and bear stuffies from Anne Marie haak blog, are cute as can be and would make amazing baby gifts.

The cutest autumn woodland crocheted garland ever, that has appeared here in previous years, but happy to share again, from Anne Marie haak blog.

And a second time around for this adorable crocheted cat from Anne Marie , and must make some of these crocheted pumpkins already, these from frau tschi tschi.

A cross stitch embroidered pumpkin on a wooden keychain from sum of their stories, and a DIY pottery barn farmhouse mirror hack from chaz crazy creations.

An embroidered coffee pot cozy that was one of her first blog posts way back when, from pillar box blue.

DIY rice filled hand warmers with a washable cover, from sum of their stories, and a cute felt bunny from handmade by Amalia.
DIY infinity scarf to sew is a great way to use up fabric, and make super quick gifts, from hello sewing. Plus you can make a scrunchie to boot!

A super charming crocheted woodland character from lalka crochetka and a look at harvesting chesnuts and using them for laundry detergent, from my diy ol.

A Dutch treat, speculaas, that is eaten seasonally in the Fall, from howling at the moon, and a lovely birthday card with a watercolor floral pattern, by paper seedlings.

There are more items worthy of being featured, but my time has run, out so I will share them next week. That is it for the features, what have you been up to?