Starting over

Tonight is prom night, and we've had spirit week at school to get kids in to the excitement of prom. Yesterday was class distinction day. Each class was asked to dress according to a specified decade. Staff members dressed like it was the 80s. Daughter Carol, aka Madam Director, really gets in to dressing up for some of these days. Her costume for the 80s made me chuckle. If she had been a teenager in the 80s, I never would have let her out of the house dressed like this!

Opening the mail is often an adventure around here. Yesterday's mail included a reminder that it's time for me to renew my Tatting Times subscription. I also received some adorable shuttles from Roseground. I love these little beauties, and they're very reasonably priced. I believe I have every hand-painted shuttle they offer... what a surprise!

As for starting over... I've given away all of my Easter themed Ice Drops! I promised a set to daughter Joanne, and I really want a set for myself, so I'm starting over. It's a good thing I enjoy tatting Ice Drops!

Another goal has been achieved! I finished daughter Alison's waffle stitch afghan! I used a reverse shell stitch for the border.

I really like the way it turned out! I may wind up making one of these for myself!

Anyone who has been to my house, knows I don't need any more coffee cups. However, I just couldn't resist either one of these. The one on the left is so me!

I'm still here!

No, I haven't disappeared. I've been busy subbing and crocheting.

There isn't much difference when working on a waffle stitch afghan, other than showing length. I figured my time was better spent crocheting rather than showing a few inches of progress. However, I have finally reached the length I wanted, and I'm ready for the border!

I do have two other afghans waiting to be crocheted, a waffle stitch for daughter Carol and the Flora crochet-along from the Crochet Crowd. Those can be finished at a leisurely pace now that summer is quickly approaching!

I'll have plenty of time to tat this Saturday. We're having a Tollway Tatters meeting! You can keep up with what we're doing by visiting our website, TollwayTatters.com, or by visiting our Tollway Tatters Facebook page. If you're ever in the Chicago area, we would love to have you join us!

Meeting goals

I had two goals for the weekend, and I met them both!

The first was to finish a set of five Ice Drops for my college roommate, Eileen. We've been best friends since high school. We haven't seen each other for years, but when we talk on the phone, our conversation picks up where we left off.

Eileen loved my Doodle Ice Drop pattern, and now the set is ready to mail off to her. Each one is slightly different. Five is my favorite number. Eileen has five spots for Ice Drops, and we are celebrating 50 years of friendship!

My second goal was to finish the sleeves for my knit-along sweater. We were only expected to knit one sleeve this week, but knitting two at a time made it very easy to complete both sleeves in short order. In a week and a half we will get the instructions for assembling the sweater. I'm pretty sure I can figure out what to do, but I'm going to stick with the knit-along schedule just to make sure I don't mess up!

Brrr

It was a cold and rainy day here today, perfect weather for working on a sweater! I now have 60 rows finished on my sleeves. I'm hoping to finish the sleeves this weekend. I do have some tatting lined up!

Sleeves

I didn't tat today, but I did get through row 34 on my sleeves!

Just another Thursday

Today I subbed in fifth grade. While the kids were at p.e. and band, I had time to tat!

When I got home, I worked on the sleeves for my knit-along sweater. It's going slowly, but I'm starting to get a rhythm. I have two weeks to finish the two sleeves, and I'm pretty sure I'll have no problem reaching the goal!

Subbing

I subbed yesterday. I subbed today. I'm subbing tomorrow. Luckily, I've been able to carve out a little time for tatting!

I'm still working on Ice Drops for my dear friend Eileen. I do carry tatting with me all the time, but I haven't found much time to tat in the past week for a variety of reasons.

One of the reasons is the sweater I'm working on. Today Marly Bird released the sleeve pattern, and I've decided to be really daring and knit both sleeves at the same time!

This project has been great for me. My mom knits beautifully, and I've always admired the sweaters that she made. I'm a little late to the game. Mom did teach me to knit way back in junior high, but I had one major hiccup when trying to knit a sweater way back then, and it has taken me all this time to try again.

I'm happy that my front and back pieces are the same size, and I am eager to finish My First Sweater!