NELG Meeting

This past NELG meeting was really fun.  Our business meeting delt with some of the general items we always talk about.  We will be demonstrating during the Allure of Lace exhibit at the Wadsworth Museum in Hartford.  We will be there the day after Christmas!  Stop by and see us - it's a free admission day at the Museum.  We will be hosting an upcoming seminar (mixed Beds & Bucks) late July/early August with Jean Leeder.  While it will be limited seating, it should be a good session to learn lots.

After the business, we turn to painting bobbins, this month's activity.  It was fun and everyone's design was truly as unique as each of us are.  I know it would be nice if I had pictures.  I need to be better about taking my camera with me and taking it out to take a few pictures!

Thanks to the members that sat with me for their survey interview!  Really good thoughts and suggestions were obtained. 

PS if you have the items from the Archive - please bring them to the December meeting and I'll coordinate bringing them back to Doris.

Round 3 Completed

Last week and this past Saturday proved to be a great period of time and I was able to complete the last of round 3 of Shelby's blanket.  It felt pretty good to get this far.  I may be able to get on track with my schedule.

So it is now on to round 4.  This round seems to be less complicated and when completed it should be considererd a little less than one-half done.   I've done about four of them to get the feeling of the pattern.  By completing one round at a time, it is much easier to remember the pattern and keep my tension to the same for the entire group of them.

OnWard I go!

Fun Yarn Accessory

This is it - a great plastic ball that opens and allows you to place your skein of yarn in it.  Close it up and the yarn stays clean, pulls out easily and just think of what your cat will think of it!

They come in clear and pink - check out the site and find the stop near you that has these fiber spheres!

http://www.thefibersphere.com/index.shtml

Great Yarns

This past weekend I found myself in the craft store - either for the supplies for the seminar I was giving or for the charity event I was co-hosting or for supplies for my weekend house guest.

It is a great place for some inspiration, and also to take a walk inside and put some steps on my pedometer.

I like to pick up those 'freebee' flyers with crochet patterns on them.  You never know when you will need one of those patterns for a quicky project.  Next to the tear-off pattern pad was these great skeins of Homespun yarn in Christmas colors  and with a little effort and at least 8 skeins and an extra large hook, I may have a homemade Christmas present for a special relative.

Check back before the holiday - I'll have a picture of it and maybe with it's intended!


PS - I have only 25 round threes to go on Shelby's blanket! 

More motifs ! 100 Done!

At lace day, many of us work on lace and then some of use work on our other projects. So this month, I took Shelby's mofits with me. I was hoping to complete another 25 of them.

My original schedule was to complete a "round" per month. That breaks down to about 5 / day. Not all days are equal in a month nor are the rounds the same when it comes to doing the crochet. So from August through October it was the plan to get through the third round. I can report to those listening, yesterday worked out lovely and I finished up another group. Now only 50 more to go on round three.

Now it is November and I am planning by mid December the balance of round three and about 1/2 of round four completed. Keep Tuned!

A Day at Winann's

What a lovely day for Connecticut Lace Day. Winann was our hostess for this month's gathering. We had great stories, news about the exhibit at the Wadsworth, discussion about the trip to RISD, and a little news regarding THE JACKET!

The Jacket will be 'unveiled on December 10th - tickets are not yet available. Soon to be announced. This is the Jacket that was begun at Plimoth - a recreation of a 17century jacket . This blog will give you a bit of the end of the story of several years of making this jacket. We at NELG had the opportunity to have a representative from Plimoth speak to us at one of monthly meetings. Some of our members have worked on making the lace and did some of the embroidery. Here's the list to those individuals that help create this jacket

I'm looking forward to seeing the jacket!

Update on Shelby's Blanket

With all my work and speaking schedule, sometimes it is a long day.

I do enjoy, even if it is only for a few minutes, is picking up one of my projects and completing a row or two.

This past week, I did just that - I completed the next 25 squares with round 3, for a total of 79 completed - 75 to go! I hope that this month will give me a few more minutes here and there to complete round 3 and begin round 4.

Time will tell. One thing, while I make them, I get to think about my niece. She is an amazing young lady. In about two months she will be visiting here. Look forward to seeing her and showing her the progress at that time. I'll get a couple of pictures of her and me!