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A Real Finishing Friday

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I didn't garden today. I didn't can anything today. We didn't have company today. I didn't even make coffee today.  I CRAFTED!!!!!!!!!!!!! To be fair, I did start with a little mending.  Andy had ripped 3 holes in some pant he uses for camping, and my sewing machine actually has a mending stitch, which is really just short rows of stitching side-by-side, which sounds simple but until I saw it, I actually would never have thought about this being a good way to mend anything.  With small holes, it can blend pretty well, but with three big tears, it's noticeable--though perhaps not as noticeable as Andy flashing everyone at a campsite.   Then I decided to tackle some of the quicker projects in my "dead-heat" basket, so meet Niece Fun Fur Scarf #1: and Niece Fun Fur Scarf #2: which has to be a little bit longer than the first one as the niece in question is older and taller, and while I had 3 skeins of Fun Fur in the colorway "confetti," no tw...