Friends

Dave and I went to visit some friends today. We truly enjoy each other's company, and we always share a delicious meal. Yes, I am stuffed!

Even though we were gone for over six hours today, I still managed to get in some pretty good crafting time. I cranked out six more ornament covers today. They're quick and easy to do, and I'll have plenty of time to embellish them before next Christmas.

One hedgehog and three gnomes were added to my stash today. I even found time to work on my latest cowl. 

Tomorrow, I really need to fix that tatted bookmark that's been lingering in my tatting basket. Once I fix my mistake, I know I'll be able to get back into my tatting groove!

De-clutter

I chose to spend time de-cluttering today, and it felt so good! I didn't go all out, but I did go through my Christmas tops, some Christmas decorations, and my kitchen counters. If I keep going through a little bit each day, I'll soon have my house back to normal, or even better than it was! 

I managed to make two more fidget hedgehogs today, and I finished a cowl that I started about a month ago. 

My stash of gnomes has grown by three. I wonder if I'll ever get tired of making them?

Busy subbing

I subbed today, and I will be subbing tomorrow and Friday. Since I'm supervising students who are taking online classes, I'm hoping I'll get lots of tatting and knitting done!

Since I'm caught up with the Sanditon MKAL, and I have lots of yarn in the house, I decided to start another cowl. Once again, I am following a pattern from Sequence Knitting by Cecilia Campochiaro. It's similar to a spiral pattern I've done before, but with a different stitch count. I am intrigued by the subtle differences I'm seeing with each pattern I try.

I was able to tat two Doodle Ice Drops today. The first one is in size 20 Lizbeth #130 Island Breeze. The shuttle is one of my new ones from Grizzly Mountain Arts.

The second one is in size 20 Lizbeth #131 Vineyard Harvest, and another of my new Grizzly Mountain Arts shuttles.

I'm not sure if I'll stick with it, but for now I'm trying to tat one Doodle Ice Drop in each size 20 color I have in my stash. However, I tend to lose interest in long term goals that I set for myself. I guess we'll see what happens!

Whee! Three!

I finished the third section of the last round of my Jan Stawasz Masterpiece! That means only seven more to go. I think I just might finish by Christmas!

I did take a quick detour from tatting after school. My Secret Santa gave me a skein of Lion Brand Thick and Quick Stripes. I knew it just had to be a cowl! Now, if the weather would just turn a little colder, I could actually wear it!