Patience

 

All it took was a bit of patience. This morning, I finally managed to open up the ring that I joined in the wrong place weeks ago. It's time to make tatting part of my daily routine again!

After spending time with my tatting, Dave and I put away lots of Christmas decorations. We still have quite a bit to do, but soon our house will be back to normal.

Part of my morning routine this past week has been to crank out three gnomes. I then assemble them in the evening while Dave and I watch television. I've lost count of how many I've made since Christmas, but the numbers don't really matter to me. I'm just having fun!

I'm also enjoying cranking out ornament covers. I've been looking at ideas for embellishment online. I haven't seen anything that inspires me yet. I guess I'll just have to keep looking!

Takin' it easy

I overdid it yesterday, so today I needed to take it easy. Mom and I spent the morning working on our Orenburg warm shawls. Mom is almost finished with her third border, and I'm almost finished with my first. Sorry, I have no pictures to share. I didn't think to take them when we had some daylight.

I spent the afternoon tatting. This is Mary's Bookmark from Tatted Bookmarks by Robin Perfetti. I've tatted this one before in multi-colored thread, which I think is wonderful for this pattern. However, red was by my side, and I was too lazy to walk into the next room to choose a different thread!

This one is Mary Konior's Curds & Whey from Tatting with Visual Patterns. It's hard to believe that this pattern used to be a real challenge for me! 

Clean the shed!

Dave spent the day cleaning the shed. No, I didn't make him do it. I only go in the shed when it's absolutely necessary!

I was a good girl and stayed inside! I tried a variation with my Doodle Ice Drop. On the chain, I tatted 3-3-3-3 instead of 6-6. On the outside round, I did a lock join on the extra picots. I don't really like the look, but it was fun to experiment!

Another bookmark was in order today. This is "Wave" from Tatted Bookmarks by Robin Perfetti. I really enjoyed tatting this one!

I have five rows left to knit on Clue 5 of the Sanditon MKAL. I still plan on having a drawing for one of the high school girls to win this shawl. I'm not sure if or when there will be prom this year. We received word today that there will be remote learning through the end of April. Prom is usually the first weekend in May. Still, I hope to make one of the girls happy!

There are 32 Ice Drops on my little tree. My grandchildren took three home, so I have a total of 35 for the month of March!

After taking a picture of my Ice Drops for the month, I've been carefully setting them in a box. I have two of these boxes that look like books. I'm guessing I'll be able to fit six month's worth of Ice Drops in this box. I'll have quite a collection to share when the holidays roll around again!