Lace-lovin' Librarian

  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...

My new year is off to a great start! How about yours? First, I found an Ice Drop that I finished Christmas day. Next, I practiced...

I'm in cleaning and reorganizing mode, not a usual state of mind for me. I've been working on our bedroom yesterday and today. It s...

I love hand-dyed thread! Today I started and Ice Drop using Karey Solomon's Distant Mountains. Isn't it gorgeous? I didn...

I had intended to blog in the morning, but that hasn't been happening. Oh, well. I guess it doesn't really matter what time of day ...

For the past two days, daughter Joanne and I have been hauling all sorts of things up from the basement. We've sorted, cleaned, dumped,...

It's hard to believe that I have finally arrived at the end of my teaching career! Yes, it's the end of that phase of my life, but...

Tonight was high school graduation, the last one I will attend as a staff member. I thought I might be a little teary at this one, but I wa...

It's been a busy week... two nights of play practice, one night to recover, parent/teacher conferences... and I still managed to tat! ...

Well, yesterday I set up the elementary library for the last time in my teaching career. Somehow, it didn't seem like the last time. Th...

will set me straight every time! I was feeling frustrated with all the mistakes I made with my tatting yesterday, so I decided to spend a l...

Yes, dear friends, I am one of the lucky recipients of a hand-crafted shuttle and a skein of hand-dyed thread from Anika at Tatting it Up...

I finished "Cornelia" from Tatted Doilies by Iris Niebach last night. I stayed up past my bedtime to block it, and I'm reall...

I've received wonderful, inspirational mail yesterday and today! Clockwise, starting at the top... beautiful hand-dyed thread from Pamel...