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!

A Passion for Purple

I never used to like purple, but it has always been my daughter Carol's favorite color. What can I say? It's grown on me over the years, and now it's one of my favorites... not as nice as blue of course, but still very pretty!

Mixing colors

I had some thread left on shuttles (what a surprise!), so I decided to experiment. The center is Christmas Delight, and the outer chains and rings are Victorian Red. I don't think it looks awful, but I'm not sure the two red really go together. Still, I think it's pretty enough to hang on a tree!

Lovin' the Victorian Red!

I've really enjoyed tatting with Lizbeth Victorian Red. It's really putting me in the Christmas spirit!

These are the last three of my 7 flakes. It's kind of nice having 7 patterns... I stay on task, and I enjoy tatting with new colors.

Snowflake #3

Snowflake #2

Snowflake #1

Too keep myself organized, I put my snowflake supplies in a basket. These are all the threads I'd like to use, along with the doodads, jump rings, and ornament hooks I need for each snowflake. I treated myself to a little cleaning on Monday, and I feel much more focused now!

I had a lovely surprise in the mail yesterday. My youngest daughter's father-in-law sent me a book and two shuttles from Slovakia. I suppose I'll have to wait until Joanne and Jan come to visit so that I can get a translation. I wonder how my son-in-law will like reading to me? ;-)

Two more Victorian Red snowflakes

I am so glad that Kristine asked me to tat a snowflake in Victorian Red!

I finished this one before school this morning,

and I tatted this one tonight. I'm having too much fun!

Doodad Double Dare #18!

Martha posted her Doodad Double Dare today, and she's sharing her pattern! Hop on over to her blog and leave a comment. I think you'll like what you see!

This Doodad Double Dare has been so much fun. I really have no idea how many doodads I shared, but I'm glad I did. It's been so much fun seeing all the fabulous ideas!

I managed to finish another snowflake in Victorian Red today. I really like this color!