We've had unbelievably cold temperatures here in Chicagoland... so cold that school was closed on Thursday and Friday. So, what did I do with my free time? A little bit of everything! I emptied some more tatting shuttles. The myrtlewood shuttles are from Grizzly Mountain Arts. The ceramic shuttles are from LadyShuttleMaker. As you can see, I tatted some more Leaf Braid from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. I also tatted some Easy Edge from Learn to Tat by Janette Baker.
I also decided to work with my rug loom since I had such success making the rag placemat. The loom is 2' x 3'... a nice size rug!
Here is the loom all warped and ready to weave! I need to cut strips for weaving, which I'll probably do on Monday. The placemat took me two full days to make, so I'm sure the rug will take a while.
I also decided to make some more Springerle cookies, using each of my molds and my rolling pin. This picture is of the cookies drying for about 10 hours. I made lemon flavored ones this time. Carol liked these a lot, and they are good, but Dave and I both prefer the anise flavor. These are the first two molds I bought. I love the little pictures!
I bought the rolling pin after I made my second batch of cookies. The rolling pin will take a little practice, but I'm sure I'll get my technique down with each new batch. The cookie stamp was a Christmas present from my sister-in-law, and it makes the perfect size cookie! I hope I get some more of these as Christmas presents next year... they're wonderful!
I also worked on Dave's afghan. Yesterday morning it was 40" long... it's supposed to be 60". I figured out that I need 10 more pattern repeats. I've finished 1 1/2 pattern repeats since I last measured. The end is in sight!
As if that isn't enough, I started knitting Evelyn A. Clark's Swallowtail Shawl. If only I could stay focused on one thing! Of course, I'm never bored, because I can flit from one project to another. Maybe I have fiber art ADD!
P.S. - Easy Edge is #5 for the 25 Motif Challenge.
You have been busy! Sometimes I think it would be fun to get snowed in with all my tatting supplies, LOL! I love your springerle rolling pin, Diane! It's a little work of art.
ReplyDeleteWow, Diane! I feel like such a slacker now! LOL I wrote a couple of blog posts and made a pot of beans! LOL
ReplyDeleteBe sure and show us your finished rug!
Wow! Those are beautiful shuttles and tatted bits. I think my favorite shuttle is the greenish one by LadyShuttleMaker with the tatted impressions on top. Do you have plans in mind for those lovely edgings?
ReplyDeleteI always say you gotta mix it up to keep from getting in a rut! You're doing a great job of it!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a lot of things you are doing. I wondered how you were handling the cold and you seem to be doing very well! The cookies look delicious!
ReplyDeleteIt's called Artistic Attention Deficite Disorder (AADD) I'm the first admitted case that I know of. :)
ReplyDeleteWow you're busy! I enjoyed your blog. I noticed that we like some of the same things-Gone With the Wind, Ghost & Mrs. Muir, etc:) I look forward to visiting again!
ReplyDeleteHi! I just came back to say thank you for entering in the giveaway! How sweet that you said you hope a Newbie wins! I love it. Hey, if you did win and you didn't want some of it you could share with someone who wants to learn! That would be cool! :) Good luck!
ReplyDeletewow , I like cooking cookies. ¿could you give me the recipe for these? they look great!
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling over the shuttles and cookies!
ReplyDeleteHi Diane! Thanks for checking out our new book club - I hope you'll join us! I've always been interested in learning to tat. Maybe one of these days. Your cookies look so pretty! ~Lori
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