Aahh! Red!

Same pattern, different color... I love it!

The last purple flake...

...for now! I've grown tired of tatting with purple, so I think I'll take a break. Maybe I'll go back to Victorian Red for a while.

I may have tatted another flake or two since between the last post and this, but if I did, I didn't take a photo. The flakes I have will be mailed to Mom for her fundraiser at the end of this week. I hope they go over well!

The past two weeks have been incredibly busy. The first couple of days after my car accident, I just didn't feel like tatting much. Good thing... my daughter asked for some help with the middle school play. I was very happy for the distraction, and I didn't feel at all bad about losing tatting time. Now that the play is over (it was fantastic!), I'm in the mood to tat again.

Black Beauty is still in the shop. We hope to have her back this weekend. We were very surprised to learn that there was $7,000 worth of damage. Thank goodness for insurance!

And another...

I just can't stop tatting with purple!

One more purple flake...

I wish I could capture the purple of this snowflake with the camera. It just looks black to me on the computer screen. I've been taking my snowflakes to school for all the teachers to look at, and they love the Purple Dk and Victorian Red. Funny... the Blue Ice is still my favorite!

Denise went shopping!

...and surprised me with this adorable little Mary Engelbreit tin bucket and a ball of size 20 Lizbeth. The thread, Falling Leaves, matches the colors of the leaves on the bucket... too cute!

Her timing was great! I needed a little cheering up...

I was in my first car accident on Sunday. My poor little car! She's not even a year old, and we waited so long to get her... ten and a half years. Luckily, no one was hurt, and my car was the least damaged of the three. My Little Black Beauty will be home soon, hopefully as good as new!

I've finished two more purple snowflakes.

I'll keep tatting snowflakes until the end of October. I wonder what tatting binge will take hold next?

Tollway Tatters November 17

Sue Anna and I talked yesterday, and we've set the next Tollway Tatters for Saturday, November 17. If you're interested in joining us, please email me for details (Diane Cademartori at gmail dot com).

We love meeting tatters!

Purple snow?

Yes, it's true! There is such a thing as purple snow. I learned that by researching snow with my students. In fact, if you Google purple snow, you will see that a portion of southern Russia was blanketed with purple snow in March of 2010. One of the interesting facts that my students and I learned is that snow can be a variety of colors, depending on the dust in the air. The purple snow in Russia had dust from Africa!

Maybe the snow wasn't this deep, dark purple, but purple snow does exist!