Nothing like pushing a toddler

To make one feel out of shape. He had fun though

Pride goeth before the fall

I was feeling a little smug. I found a free tatting pattern and I understood it. 

As one of my children said it looks like a math problem. 

Well, anyway I was tatting along and it was looking like the picture. 

Then I noticed something. I totally forgot to connect the little picots on one side

Here I stretched it out. It's connected on the right side but not the left. I have no idea why I did this or in this case didn't do it. Anyway I just ended it and it in the mess up pile. I can take the second round off and try again but I needed time away from it. 

Not to give up I made these

A basic butterfly and I guess you could call the second one a wreath. 

All part of the learning process 

Add a Little Sunny Yellow

The heels and toes of my Kris's socks are going to be Sunny Yellow because why not

Slow knitting on small needles. Though the foot will just be plain knit so that should go a little faster

More Tatting

So today I made two things

Key chain on the right (it has a boo boo. It's hard to see but I know it's there). 

Bookmark on the left, again they need blocking. 

Don't think I have the hang of this. I am throwing out tons of scraps and major mess up

This is from the bookmark 

The amount I had to toss for that keychain well no picture but it was about three times that amount. Baby steps

Catch Up

So let's see. I finished my moms socks

Also MJ's speech teacher moved on and she was really good with him. I had to make her something. 

Here's a bad picture of my pattern Huntington Cowl. She loved it. 

I also have been tatting 

Now my "tree" on the right need to be blocked and stiffened so it does look a little messy

And this one is called "Squared Flower Motif"

Again not stiffened 

I am thinking of turning these two into ornaments. 

I am starting to get the hang of it I think. My biggest problem is that most patterns are written for shuttle tatting and for some reason I can't use them to save my life. I can do needle tatting so I have to figure out the "translation" so to speak. I know now that I have said I am getting the hang of it I am just asking for trouble 

:)

Softball and Sock Knitting

Colorful sock for my softball player, who picked the colors. They are so her. Yarn is Periwinkle Sheep Little Feet in Splish Splash and Sweet Pea. 

And Tonight is the Night

NYSSMA night. We get to spend 2.5 hours in a high school. Yeah!