Decorated Pumpkins

 It's that time of year, where you see pumpkins everywhere, though I hear locally it wasn't a good year to grow them. But the big stores still have a lot of them, of all sizes, to be decorated in whatever manner you're imagination takes you. 

I was visiting at the hospital this week and happened to go down a hall where the staff has their decorated pumpkins on display. It is a contest, where anyone can vote for their favorite. There are a lot of them, and there aren't any grinning jack-o-lanterns in the bunch!

The imaginations for these is amazing! A few days later I was showing them to my husband and noticed a few more that somehow I had missed. 

I haven't put out hardly any decorations this fall and none for Halloween.  There is a lot going on right now, but i enjoy seeing what other people have put out. 

Have a happy and safe Halloween. 

And for those that celebrate it, happy Reformation Day!

The Perils of Tatting On Vacation

 We had a marvelous vacation in Pagosa Springs, Colorado the last week of September into the start of October. The guys fished, we ladies did thread work, we all rode a hot air balloon, and saw the trees change to their fall colors. Even though it rained several days we enjoyed ourselves the entire week.

Colorado color

This trip I planned my tatting.  I took colors I needed, plenty of shuttles, and the pattern I was going to work on. I even got more done that I thought I might. I tatted in the car, both going out and coming home, and tatted at the cabin. I was quite pleased with myself.

And then we got home and I couldn't find one of the finished pieces. I looked in the truck, my tatting bag, my purse, everywhere I thought it might be. It was not found. I decided to quit worrying about it and just go on. A few days later...

Found!

I was looking for something else in a bag I swore I had looked through before, and there is was, tucked in the side all safe and sound. Yay!

This is part of what I'm hoping will be my Christmas ornament this year for family and friends. So far I've only got the easy stuff done, the basic tatting. Now I need to get on with it and finish one.  

Tatting by the lake

 The rain has stopped, the sun is out, it's a glorious day! A cup of coffee, a gluten free pumpkin muffin from Two Chicks and a Hippy restaurant, and a little tatting - a wonderful way to start the day!

Tatting on the go

 We're off on vacation with friends of ours. This time around I actually had a plan for what tatting I would bring with me.  Usually, it's whatever thread I have out and shuttles, what I do after that is haphazard and subject to change. But this time there was a plan!

The plan is actually working. Except I'm not paying as close attention as I should. It feels like I've untatted as much as I've tatted. Not really, but I have not made the progress I hoped for. 

We had a wonderful drive out to Colorado and an absolutely beautiful day yesterday. Today it is raining,  and it is expected to for the next several days. That's okay, we'll find things to do inside. Probably play a lot of cards.😁

A Little Something Blue

 It seems like a long time since I posted, doesn't it?  Oh, wait, it has been! Almost a month!

I have been busy, with a little bit of time that involved tatting. 

The senior league pool team that my husband and I belong to has started our 2026-2027 schedule this month. This year, I am the captain of our team. This has taken up more of my time than I thought it would, mostly getting things set up for the year. Once I get the hang of it I probably won't have to spend as much time on it. I can hope.

Back in January I posted about a pair of earrings I made to wear when playing in our tournaments. They weren't bad, but I was sure I could do better. I finally tried again. I like these a bit better.

Pool earrings

These earrings a bit more dense, giving more of the impression I was looking for. I had thought to make them 3D, a full ball, but figured these will work just fine. I didn't quite get the center big enough, so the numbers were attached after the tatting. I'm planning to make a few more pairs of different colors, giving me plenty of opportunities to get that right. 

#2 earrings

These are in a navy blue thread though they look black  This color was chosen because the number 2 balls in our sets are blue. Any other earrings I make like this will also match up to the actual pool balls. I will then have a nice choice to wear to any of the pool matches. 

Now I'm off to do a bit of cleaning, which I keep putting off. I'd rather be tatting.

"A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify."
Robert Byrne

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