Happy New Year!

 

Dave and I no longer attempt to stay up until midnight to usher in the new year. Sleep is much more important to us! Instead, we watched a movie and did a little reading.

My first book to peruse in the new year is Tatting step by step by Natalia Abrosimova. I hope I have the title and name correct. Google Translate is my only hope for foreign language books!

This book was published in 2019, and I believe I purchased it through Rita Richmond of Shuttle by Design.

I'm hoping to tat simple designs from each of the books I post about. This one is Oval motif from page 40 of the book. There are plenty of motifs, collars, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and edgings from which to choose. Some of the designs are very simple, and some are very complex. All of the designs have both charted and written instructions, which is very helpful for me.

I think I may have decided on my ornament for next Christmas. Of course, I have plenty of time to change my mind!

I spent most of the day on my sampler cowl. I finished knitting it just before dinner. Tomorrow I will block it, in plenty of time for Alumni Night!

End of the year

I haven't been very good about blogging in 2025. Part of it is that I'm getting more forgetful as I get older. Another part of it is that so many people I met through blogging are no longer posting.

I've been thinking a lot lately about all of the wonderful tatters I have met through blogging, and I've decided that I'm going to make a greater effort to blog in the new year. I do want to keep in contact with the friends I have made through the years, and blogging seems to be the easiest way.

Today I tatted my last 2025 ornament. I did manage to tat ornaments for my friends at school, but I did not get around to tatting for family. My remedy for this... start tatting in January for next Christmas!

Our school district has been working on connecting with graduates, and January 9 will be Alumni Night. Every Friday is school spirit day when we are encouraged to wear school colors. I've been in the mood to knit the Stitch Sampler Cowl by Wool & Company in gold. The yarn I'm using is Galway #179 from The Plymouth Yarn Co. I've knit this cowl before in white, and I think I'll knit a third in green.

I've been busy organizing my tatting books and patterns I've saved from the Internet. It's amazing how many I've collected over the years. Maybe I'll blog about my books. It will give me a chance to revisit some old friends!