My mom got me a loom knitting set a while ago and I had no idea what to do with it and then I needed something to do with my hands at work, and rugs are too big and unwieldy after the initial stage

So I made this fingerless mitt and I'm working on the second one and you know what, any time you see a post about "get a hobby that involves making something physical because the satisfaction of having an actual Product is so intense" -- it's absolutely true

it's very slow at work and I could spend all of that time browsing the internet, I mean, I still do a good bit of that, but too much of that and I start getting alienated in some weird ways

there's a lot to be said for being productive not in a capitalist "make money" way but in a "I have had a positive impact on the physical world by creating something good" way

The other way I generally do this is through cooking. Here are some roasted butterkins (butternut squash/pumpkin hybrid):

I got six cups of puree out of these, which is three deep-dish pumpkin pies according to the Libby's recipe (but if you don't have really deep pie dishes it's six pies). And I still have three more of these babies!

they make really nice fall decor

I made about six cups of applesauce, two of which immediately became a cake, and a jar of apple butter a couple weeks ago as well. Look at these beauties

LONG CAKE

bees in a pod

Froslass used blizzard!