Another cowl

 

I spent quite a bit of time watching the Olympics today, so it was the perfect time to work on another cowl. I was surprised that I finished it so quickly.

Luckily, I left enough time to tat a doodad ornament!

Another busy day

Today was another day when I didn't expect to accomplish much. I'm pretty pleased with what I did finish. First, I finished off a cowl that I started recently. I don't think they look like much with the way I photograph them, but they sure do look pretty when they're put on!

While watching the Olympics after school, I tatted my doodad ornament of the day. 

My visit to the eye doctor this morning included having my eyes dilated. For some reason, that really wears me out. I think I'm done crafting for the day!

Jam packed

My day has been jam packed with activity! I addition to attending church, we managed to take down quite a few Christmas decorations. We had kept them up so that family who couldn't be here at Christmas could see them when they came last weekend. We still have quite a bit to put away, but we've made a good start.

Today seemed like a good day to finish up one of my projects. I started this cowl a few days ago, and I only had two rounds left. The colors don't show up very well in the picture. It's so pretty in person that I think I may keep it for myself!

My ornament of the day is finished, so I'm still on track for finishing an ornament a day in January.

I had one skein of really soft chunky yarn in my stash, something I purchased by mistake. I'm not a fan of working with chunky yarn. I wasn't sure what to make with it, but since I'm on a roll with cowls, I decided that was the way to go. It's not quite as tall as the worsted weight cowls I've been making, but it's still a nice size.

I gave away all of my chapstick holders last week. I've had requests for some more, and I have quite a few small balls of leftover yarn. This is the perfect project to work on while watching football. Go Bears!

Tollway Tatters

Tollway Tatters met yesterday via Zoom. Zoom has been wonderful for us, because we now have people join us from all over! I was only able to be part of the group for about 45 minutes yesterday morning, so I'm not sure if others joined in later. While I was on, our group included Bernice and Deana from Canada, Mary from California, Sue Anna in Alaska, Robin in Wisconsin, and me in Illinois. Although I truly miss our meetings at the Hinsdale Oasis, it's fun to meet tatters who live so far away from me.

I worked on "Asymmetry" from Four Dozen Tatted Bookmarks by Robin Perfetti. Now that I'm joining my rings correctly, this pattern is very easy to tat!

I finished my double crochet cowl the other night. This one isn't as big as some of the others I've made, but it still does the job.

I chose a pattern from my Mix & Match afghan book for another cowl. The finished piece doesn't look the same as the photo in the book, because this is crocheted in the round rather than back and forth as I would crochet an afghan. I knew that would be the case, but I wanted to see how the pattern would change. This pattern, "Neat Sweet Ribs",  is all half double crochet and slip stitch. It's very cozy!

Dave and I had lots of errands to run yesterday. We were gone for about six hours, and I was exhausted when we got back home. While we were gone, Mom was busy knitting.

She finished this beautiful scarf for me! Mom has given up her machine knitting and gone back to hand knitting. Can you tell she loves knitting cables?

A bit too chilly

We had a high of 18° today, and normally the cold weather doesn't both me. Today, however, I could not get my hands to warm up. That meant that my fingers would not cooperate with my thread and shuttle. Still, I did manage to tat a little.

Since my hands weren't cooperating, I decided to try crochet. It was slow going, but I did manage to finish the cowl I started the other day.

Since the crocheting was going so well, I decided to start another. It's been fun giving these away, especially since it's been pretty cold here!