Just a thought...

As I was finishing up my Sunkist Coral Spinning Wheel glass mat tonight, I had a thought... I still have time to tat another one by Friday. If I make it my goal to tat one Spinning Wheel by Friday of each week, I could have 52 Spinning Wheel glass mats by the end of the year! Sounds a little crazy, doesn't it?

Mom sent me this picture of Dad with his Sea Scout troop. Dad's the tall, skinny guy in the center of the back row. Mom thinks this picture was taken around 1962, when I was 10 years old. I remember going to the Sea Scout base with Dad. I also remember having a crush on a couple of those guys!

One time when we were at the base, my sister Janet and I went back down the gravel road to see the chickens. A rooster started chasing us, and we ran screaming back to Dad. Did I mention we were barefoot? Dad rescued us, of course, and that's the only time I remember being allowed to sit on the car!

While I love to eat eggs, I still don't care for chickens or roosters. I hope Dave doesn't decide he wants chickens next summer!

Yesterday...

My exercise routine takes up a lot of time, but I don't mind! The day passes very quickly when there's something that has to be done every hour. Besides, I can see and feel improvement!

This is what I was able to accomplish with tatting yesterday. I'm not ready for finer threads yet, so I'm sticking with size 10... luckily I have a little of that lying around! I wound three shuttles with thread before starting. I wanted to make sure that I'd be able to finish what I'm working on. I've made this piece before, but with all the pattern reading I've done over the past 10 weeks, I realized that there were some ways I could make my tatting look better, so I'm trying it again. I'm sure it's too soon for you to tell what I'm working on... maybe you'll be able to tell more tomorrow!

This shuttle is very special to me. After Dad passed away, I commissioned Dave at Grizzly Mountain Arts to make this memorial shuttle. Dad admired Dave's work and bought one of his scrimshaw shuttles for me last summer. Dave has started making a series of numbered shuttles, which he sells in his Etsy shop. They are very light weight, smooth, and a joy to use! If you're interested in buying one, you'll need to check his shop often... they are listed when he finishes making them (one at a time, of course), and they sell quickly!