Rainy day

After the last 2 amazing days we have a little rain. Don't worry, I've discovered the magic of pintrest and have lots of pretty things to keep me going. Let me know if you are pining.

My parents cottage isn't anywhere as exciting as Halliburton or muskoka. It's on the Trent river waterway. 30 years ago my father was still farming so he needed to milk cows 2x a day. A cottage needed to be within driving range. It's a little cozy and I wasn't so excited about a cottage as a teenager.

Gone fishing

I'm spending today at the cottage with the family. The weather is beautiful. It's nice to be tatting by the water.

I'm recovering....

Thanks for everyone's sympathy concerning my recent scissor disaster.  Connie had an awesome suggestion.  She carries a large sequin with her and uses it when she cuts thread.  Connie pulls thread through the sequin and the rest of the tatting is protected.  This is an awesome idea!

Really?

This morning I did the most annoying thing.  I hid the ends on a pendant I made and cut them off with scissors that were handy.  About 5 minutes later I saw some fuzz on the pendant and went to brush it off only to realise that I managed to cut the top of one double stitch when I cut the ends.  So its ruined.   I hate when you get to the end of a project and something as simple as cutting botches the whole thing.  I would show you a picture of the pendant but I'm still devastated. Sigh.

Maybe dogs shouldn't...

Maybe dogs shouldn't TAT!  Give back the shuttle

Still tatting but someone's keeping me busy

I haven't been great at posting for the last couple months.  The blame for my lack of posting in the last month or so goes to this little girl.  Her name is Kneessaa because she looks like an Ewok.  I've learned a couple things about myself in the last 4 weeks.  One is that there's a reason I don't have children.  I'm just not capable to saying no or drawing lines.  My kids would have been the ones screaming in the store and running around like monkeys.  Its true and acknowledging it will make me a better person.  Fortunately, Kneesaa is a Shih-Tzu and I can just pick her up when she's bad.   She won't get very big.  I'd be screwed if she was a St Bernard.

I've also been working on writing out the patterns for my classes at the Fringe Element tat days this fall.  This is the shoe pattern I'll be teaching.  Everyone needs a tatted shoe!

just an update

I'm not in jail or anything...

My camera is currently experiencing difficulties.  Its never where I need it to be.  I'm blaming the camera but its really my lack of foresight.  I haven't actually picked it up to take pictures so I can't share any with you. 

I'm not tatting this week because on Monday I may have done a little damage to my forearms after several hours of gardening.  I was pulling a few thousand insidious plants out of my garden.  Its amazing how fast some plants can spread.  When they start to take over the lawn its time to take action.   There was so much dirt under my fingernails that I couldn't even walk past a tatting shuttle without the thread whimpering in fear.

I'm also devastated that I didn't win totusmel's give-away.  I need a few moments....