With just 10 crafting days left until Christmas, not only is there not enough time to get done everything I can think of to do, there is also not enough time to panic, and with panic off the table, the only option at this point is action, so today, I worked on the soccer ball.
As it too often true, my work did not go as quickly as I would have liked, and while what I have left to do at this point, what is left to do is fairly straight forward, life manages to insert itself in-between me and what I need to do.
I need 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons, and at least the pentagons are done:

The hexagons are another story. They require color changes and weaving in of ends, but while overall the hexagons are in various states of completion.
Ten of them are done:


And ten of them need additional work:

If I am going to have this soccer ball done by Thursday, I think I had better get busy.