Lace-lovin' Librarian

  I wasn't in the mood to tat anything fancy today, so I simply added a small picot to each chain. It looks good to me! I made a little ...

  I finished two ornaments today. I love the way this button ornament turned out! It took me several days to finish this Dorset button and o...

  I had the urge to play with clay again, so I pulled out my cookie stamps and molds to make some ornaments. Some of the impressions are bet...

  I spent the morning working on my sweater. I only have three rounds to go before dividing for the sleeves! Since I spent so much time knit...

I need to get back to blogging at night. It's getting too hard to remember what I did yesterday! ;-) I've started baking cookies for...

  I only managed to tat one button ornament today, and it has a mistake that I didn't notice until I was cutting and tying at the end. I...

We had a very busy weekend with work around the house and spending time with family. Saturday was very hot and humid, but Sunday was absolut...

  This is the pattern that sparked my interest in tatting! I was given a cross bookmark as a thank you the summer of 1969. Mom knew that it ...

  Sometimes I feel inspired to keep working with a color, and today I felt like playing with Yarnplayer's Sugar Maple. Yes, I've tat...

I've been officially released from quarantine! I still have a bit of a cough, but that cough is consistent with my springtime allergies....

I thought I blogged yesterday, so I was a bit surprised when I logged on tonight and saw that I didn't post anything yesterday. I guess ...

  I pulled out one of my boxes of hand-dyed threads today and wound the skein onto this thread winder. The back is dated '08. I guess I...

 I had enough Island Breeze left for one button ornament. I love the way it turned out!

I was too busy reading today, so I finished just one piece of tatting. I wonder if I'll ever tire of tatting button ornaments, ice drops...

  I allowed myself to get distracted again! Shelby, the high school girl who found a tatted bookmark at Barnes and Noble, is reading The Son...

  I'm making all sorts of progress. Today I managed to tat a bookmark and a button ornament, something I haven't managed to do in se...

I am having way too much fun baking bread, and it's showing up on the scale! I'm going to continue baking bread, because I really en...

  I had the day off from school, so my sister Janet came to visit today. Mom had finished a quilt top for her, and we went to the quilt shop...

  I'm still playing with pink! A Doodle Ice Drop was a great way to start the day. Of course a doodle button was in order as well! And o...

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that my favorite color is blue. I also love green, purple, and red, but I've...