Showing posts with label Roseground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roseground. Show all posts

Friday, May 3, 2019

Starting over


Tonight is prom night, and we've had spirit week at school to get kids in to the excitement of prom. Yesterday was class distinction day. Each class was asked to dress according to a specified decade. Staff members dressed like it was the 80s. Daughter Carol, aka Madam Director, really gets in to dressing up for some of these days. Her costume for the 80s made me chuckle. If she had been a teenager in the 80s, I never would have let her out of the house dressed like this!


Opening the mail is often an adventure around here. Yesterday's mail included a reminder that it's time for me to renew my Tatting Times subscription. I also received some adorable shuttles from Roseground. I love these little beauties, and they're very reasonably priced. I believe I have every hand-painted shuttle they offer... what a surprise!


As for starting over... I've given away all of my Easter themed Ice Drops! I promised a set to daughter Joanne, and I really want a set for myself, so I'm starting over. It's a good thing I enjoy tatting Ice Drops!


Another goal has been achieved! I finished daughter Alison's waffle stitch afghan! I used a reverse shell stitch for the border.


I really like the way it turned out! I may wind up making one of these for myself!


Anyone who has been to my house, knows I don't need any more coffee cups. However, I just couldn't resist either one of these. The one on the left is so me!

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Another icy day

School was called off because of ice today. It's kind of amusing to watch the news and see people commenting about schools closing because of ice. Yes, the main road in front of my house was clear. However, the back roads were sheets of ice, and it would have been dangerous to have school buses on them. Our drive was solid ice, and my car was sheathed in ice, so I had no desire to go out!


Instead of venturing out, I worked some more on my Reyna shawl (free pattern by Noora Backlund on Ravelry). I've now finished 88 rows, and I still have the correct number of stitches!


My Ice Drop today is another basic one, this time with five picots... such a bold choice! ;-) The shuttle is another by Rita Richmond of Shuttle by Design. I'm still tatting with Lizbeth Boysenberry Dk.


Round 4 of Jon Yusoff's tat-along is complete! This round is in Lizbeth #668, Green Orchid Dk. Somehow, I managed to purchase two shuttles commemorating Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday. Guess what? I don't mind! These wonderful little shuttles are not expensive, and I really do like them. You can check them out at Roseground.com. I see there are two Christmas shuttles that I don't have in my collection. Do I dare order them?