On Knotting and Knitting

Another tatted bookmark…this one was for my husband’s grandmother on the occasion of her birthday. Shawl update:  I still have not completely decided what to do about the shawl dilemna.  I will probably rip back to the original body of the shawl in order to keep uniformity of color, and then do a wider edging [...]

FO: Floral bookmark

Well, I am feeling better after my bout with the flu and trying to get back on schedule.  It has been a long week, and I have been so bored lying around but have not felt well enough to do much else.  I do have a finished object.  Before I became ill I started tatting [...]

My Great-grandmother’s Legacy

      When I think about my great-grandmother, I think of these three things:  tatting, quilting, and canning.  She lived in a rural Illinois town and lived through the depression.  She had a make-do-with-what-you-have attitude, and did not buy something unless absolutely necessary.  She kept a large garden into her 90′s and canned vegetables and homemade [...]