Friday, February 27, 2009
New Round Robin
Well, I signed up for another Round Robin. This one is "Extreme Tatters" and I'm the group leader for this one. There are only 4 of us in this exchange, so we each have to tat 3 items (one for each of the other participants). The goal of this Round Robin is to design new items or work a technique that is new/difficult/always wanted to try. I am planning on working on designs for my 2nd tatting instruction pattern book. Because we are designing new things, we have 3 weeks for each stage instead of the usual 2 weeks to mail. I have to mail the first item by March 22nd.
Labels:
round robin,
tatting,
tatting book
Friday, February 13, 2009
Warm Weather
We had been having really cold weather for a lot of the winter with the temperatures being below normal. Finally, it warmed up this last week! We had temperatures in the 40's and even up to 60° on Tuesday!! Needless to say, most of the snow has melted!
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There is no snow in the backyard!
They are saying we are supposed to be getting 4-8" of snow next Wednesday, though.
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In the front yard, the only snow left is where it had gotten piled up from clearing the driveway and road.
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There is no snow in the backyard!
They are saying we are supposed to be getting 4-8" of snow next Wednesday, though.
Dryer Balls
I decided I wanted to make some wool dryer balls. I had heard that they help cut down on static and drying time. I decided to use acrylic yarn for the center and not "waste" the wool yarn!
The majority of the centers are 7"
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I got 2 out of each of the lighter colored wools and used the entire red-ish yarn on the smallest center.
I didn't tie the bags well enough and they all came out! One had its end come loose, but this one was a mess!
I had 3 skeins of this coral-ish, rust acrylic yarn, so I decided to use it as the centers.
The wool is some of the scratchy mystery wool that we tried to dye with natural things.
I started winding centers until they looked about right and went on to the next. I was aiming for 4, and ended up with a little 5th one.
The majority of the centers are 7"
Here is one wound with the wool next to a center.
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I got 2 out of each of the lighter colored wools and used the entire red-ish yarn on the smallest center.
I put the dryer balls into these socks to felt them. But it didn't seem to work very well as the yarn wasn't sticking to itself. So I stuck them into mesh bags for a second try
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This is what they look like after the 2nd washing and drying. The yarn is still not stuck to itself, but they did shrink some.
Labels:
wool yarn
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Sweater Longies Number 3
I have had a couple of sweaters that I got at Goodwill that I'd never used and I decided to go ahead and make a pair of longies out of the arms of them and then save the body parts for the new baby.
Labels:
longies,
recycled sweater,
soakers,
William,
wool yarn
Smiling Faces
Just some pictures of the kids I took the other day.
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Emily wanted me to take pictures of these rubber/plastic turtles she was playing with...
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Emily wanted me to take pictures of these rubber/plastic turtles she was playing with...
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Butterfly Round Robin is Finished
I tatted all 5 of my butterflies to send out and received all 5 of the butterflies from my partners. I designed all the butterflies that I tatted, which was a goal of mine for this round robin.
Labels:
butterfly,
round robin,
tatting
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