Howdy y’all! I’m hoping to run a make something month in October either here or in Creative. The idea is that a bunch of people all make something, doesn’t matter what, throughout the month. Each week I’ll make a post where we can share progress and discuss, and at the end of the month you can post your final creation(s) in a showcase thread. It’s kind of like National Novel Writing Month, except you don’t have to be writing a novel, and also it’s in October! Anyways, if you have any questions or ideas for what you’d like to do, feel free to post them below. I’ll make a post on October 1st to formally kick everything off, so make sure you finalize what you hope to do by then!

  •  gyrfalcon   ( @gyrfalcon@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    5•9 months ago

    I was not terribly successful on this last year so I have two ideas, both aiming to scale back a bit:

    1. Complete my project from last year, which was a round shield inspired by Viking round shields
    2. Hammer out a good dairy free caramel recipe. I already have a dairy free fudge recipe which I make at Christmas every year. There’s also caramels, but my SO has a dairy allergy so she cannot partake, so I would like to work out a good caramel recipe. I have made previous attempts at this, but they all fell victim to various mishaps, ranging from becoming overcooked into burnt hard candy to having a fly nosedive into the cooking caramel

    This will be made a little more complicated by having a week of business travel as well as a family visit at the end of the month, but I am hoping to accomplish something fun without setting too high of expectations for myself.