Fairly quiet weekend. I did some sewing, I played some Lord of the Rings Online (midsummer festival), and did some tatting. Oh, and I went to the Scrap exchange by the pound sale. I resisted buying any bolts or rolls of fabric. I got one small bag of cotton scraps, 2 packs of charm squares some buttons, and some beads. The Dollar Tree has a small stock of craft fabric and I bought some and some beads (and cookies, don't judge). I have bags to make and these are perfect.
Monday was mostly a vacation day. I did have to do about 30 minutes of work but that was late afternoon.
Tuesday, my partner and I went to the outlet mall about 30 minutes away. He needs new shoes and I wanted to hit the Hanes shop for some undergarments. We decided to leave early enough to grab food on the road.
On the 2ndary road leading to the nearest primary road, half of it was blocked. We couldn't figure out why people were lining up to get into the gas station, and definitely not why that many people. Until we saw the sign, gas $1.77/gallon. That's just a bit over half what it's been the past few months (years). Where we ate was across from another gas station and there was no line. Only 2 miles down the road, what a difference.
After we did our shopping (alas, he did not find shoes, but I did, really good price -sorry to all the retail workers working yesterday), we did stop and get gas.
Later, I had to go run an errand (again, sorry retail staff), and that's when I got gas. I was down to less than half a tank and filled it for less than $15. Whoop!
I found my tatted turtle, yay.
I started a pair of earrings, using some HDT (hand dyed thread).
I did another couple rounds on the Chinese coin and did a double loop for the hanger. Then I made hearts from the leftover linen thread. (picture next week, I want to try and shine the coin).
Here's my potential project, edging a hankie in size 80. I plan to use the daisy edging.
I thought I had posted this. It's a method, I think the 3rd, from Tatting with Beads.
