Beyond expectations

I really didn't think I'd accomplish much today, but I surprised myself!

I woke up early and managed to finish my Hidden Well squares before church. After church, I framed all of the blocks.

Where I really surprised myself, was in the number of doodad ornaments I tatted today.

I tatted two before our  Tollway Tatters meeting this afternoon. Nine were in attendance, which I think is a pretty good number for a Sunday afternoon.

During our meeting, I tatted two more doodad ornaments.

I left the meeting after two hours so that I could start a pot of soup for dinner.

After I put the soup together, I tatted a fifth doodad ornament. I think this might be a record for me!

 

Lots of pieces

 

I spent the whole morning working on quilt pieces. First, I sewed jelly roll strips together.

Then, I cut those strips into squares. Next, I sewed two squares together. After that I cut the squares diagonally tinto four triangles.

The next step was to open up those triangles and press them into squares. I'm not sure if I'll have time to sew tomorrow, so I'm happy that I was able to achieve so much today.

This afternoon I turned on the Olympics and tatted my doodad ornament of the day.

I also managed to tat another 2026 Christmas button ornament before dinner time. I think I might just sit and do nothing tonight!

Fun day

 

Today was a fun day for me. I finished the last of the Chapstick holders that I needed for the middle school students, and then at lunch time I passed them out. The kids were so excited!

I didn't do much when I got home. It's been a busy week, and I was tired when I got home. I did manage to tat a doodad ornament. Tomorrow will bring another adventure!

Double day

 

I started off the day with a set of five crocheted Chapstick holders.

Then I moved on to my doodad ornament of the day.

When I returned home from school, I decided to tat another doodad ornament.

Then I crocheted another set of Chapstick holders. I doubled my goal!

Too soon

My daughter went back to work too soon. She really needed another day of rest to get over this nasty bug that's going around. I knew that I would be subbing for her again today, so last night I went upstairs to get some more cotton yarn for dishcloths.

I found this dishcloth that was over halfway done, so I brought it downstairs and finished it while Dave and I watched t.v.

I also had time to work on some more Chapstick holders.

I woke up early this morning and actually had time to finish a doodad ornament before heading off to school.

I had a purple dishcloth half finished, and I was able to complete it this morning. I had just enough yarn left over for half a dishcloth, so I finished it off with yarn left over from last night's project. I feel like I'm starting to make a dent in my stash!

Tuesday progress

Boy, did I have fun today! I framed my quilt blocks. The frames are shades of grey, black, and white. My next step is to cut batting and backing squares. Then, I will be ready to quilt!

I'm making quite a dent in my supply of key rings, and my yarn stash is getting smaller. I have 75 Chapstick holders made. I want to make sure I have enough for all of the middle school students who want one. I've already passed them out to high school students.

Another doodad ornament is finished. I didn't have enough thread on either of these shuttles to tat the ornament, but I was able to complete it using one as the shuttle thread and one as the ball thread. Part of the fun in this project is using shuttles that I haven't seen in a while. Luckily, Dave enjoys seeing me use my shuttles and he gets a kick out of seeing how many I have. I may have too many, but I'm not going to complain!

Sick day

There were eleven staff members out sick today in our little school district. That's a lot! My daughter was one of them, and I was called in to sub for her. I had a half finished dish cloth in my project bag. All of the students were on task and very well behaved, so I was able to sit and knit for most of the day. The result was two finished dish cloths.

I also finished another doodad ornament. I have a basket filled with partially filled shuttles from past projects, and I'm going to see how many of those shuttles I can use in February. I have a goal!