Weekend work

Mom and I were busy this weekend. Mom has been making blankets on her circular knitting machine, and I have been dabbling.

Mean Green Goes Pink is at the end of October. I finished this granny throw over the weekend as my donation to the fund raiser.

Mom finished this throw, which is super soft and cuddly.

I have a lot of yarn in my stash that doesn't work well with the circular knitting machine, so I'm using this book as inspiration for using up some of my yarn.

The idea presented in the book is to crochet strips that will lie horizontally instead of vertically. The strips can be any width I choose. I'm making them 40" long. My first strip is single crochet with 21 stitches. The second strip is single crochet in back look only with 30 stitches. I plan on making strips in a variety of colors and then I will mix and match them.

Renulek's Snow Doily is coming along well. Round 4 looks complicated, but it's really very simple. I am thoroughly enjoying this pattern!

Quick tats

This morning I realized that it's only about two months until Mean Green Goes Pink night. I'd like to have a white Christmas tree decorated with button ornaments for the auction.

I had several community members say that they would bid on a tree decorated with Seagreen Lt ornaments. For a little variety I decided that some of the ornaments should be in Butterfly Breeze.

Seagreen Lt is one of the colors in Butterfly Breeze.

Seagreen Dk is not in Butterfly Breeze, but I thought it would be a nice contrast. Luckily, these patterns tat up very quickly!

Oh, and today was curtain day!

Done?

I needed one more pink... done!

I needed one more gold... done!

The tree is decorated with 12 Ice Drops... four green, four gold, four pink. Does it look full enough? Do I need to tat more?

Mean Green Goes Pink night is the 19th, so I do have time to tat more. What do you think?

Green and gold

After getting some housework done this morning, I worked on Ice Drops for our school's Mean Green Goes Pink night, which is in a week and a half. I need one more in this color combination and one more in pink, then I'll be all ready for wrapping!

Weekend with Mom

Mom hasn't been feeling up to snuff for the past few weeks, so my sister Janet and I flew down to spend the weekend with her. We did a little shopping, a little dining out, and a little bit of helping out around Mom's apartment. We had a lovely time!

One of Mom's favorite places to go is Ed's. It's under new ownership, so some of the menu items have changed. What hasn't changed is the lovely view of Mobile Bay. There was a beautiful breeze, and we had a very nice meal.

Our waitress was very sweet and friendly, and she was kind enough to take a picture of us.

Mom's friend Sezer gave me a beautiful abalone tatting shuttle and a ball of size 70 thread. I look forward to making something special for her. Sezer is the lady who showed me her gorgeous Oye pieces at Christmas.

While I was gone, my newest shuttle from Middy Clark of The Knotted Vine arrived. I couldn't resist the blue butterfly! Although I've never met Middy Clark, I feel a special bond with her. I learned to tat from her grandmother Mildred Clark's video long ago.

I managed to tat more than I thought I would over the weekend.

I tatted on the plane, and I tatted while Mom napped, and while we watched movies.

Our high school volleyball team hosts Mean Green Goes Pink night every year to raise money for the Beverly K. Roberts Cancer Foundation. Bev worked at our local bank, taught Sunday School, and was a wonderful person. When she passed away, some of her co-workers started a foundation in her name. The money raised goes to helping out local families who have a loved one undergoing cancer treatment.

Our school colors are green and gold. I decided to tat green and gold Ice Drops as well as pink ones. They'll go on a tree. I'll have to figure out a way to wrap and display them so that the Ice Drops don't fall off. I hope they raise some money!