I am very excited about the First Annual Craft Fair and Festival at Double R Farms in Kodak, TN. There will be craft booths, bluegrass music, barbecue, and much more. Come out and join them today if you get the chance. I will be heading over there this morning to check out the festivities.
Can't wait to try out my new wristlet. It just arrived yesterday. I'm going to some antique stores as well today so the wristlet is going to come in very handy.
I tested my memory yesterday. I have been wanting to learn to crochet. I can do a chain stitch, but I want to learn how to turn around and actually make something. I have a vague memory from my early teen years of Mamaw Eden trying to teach me. Neither one of us had a lot of patience with it and everything I tried ended up looking like the finger of a glove. But I got brave yesterday and tried to turn around and go back the other direction, using what little bit of knowledge I could recall. I actually managed a couple of row. Not very neat, plenty of gaps, and the tension was all over the place. But considering it has been over 40 years since she tried to show me, not a bad start. I have my friend Sandy coming to teach me on Tuesday, so at least now she knows what she is facing.
When I come home later this evening, I want to start working on some crafts. I bought this new material at Walmart (just $4.44 a yard) to make another no-sew table runner as per the instructions from my niece Amy. Amy did a fall one with scarecrows in a similar design to this so I was thrilled to find the pattern in Santa. I saw some no sews online yesterday and they had add trim around the edges using hot glue gun. Something to consider for a smaller runner, but I wouldn't want to take a chance on messing up my new material.
My oldest niece, Christy, mentioned to Mom she needed some new coasters so I checked with her yesterday on her colors. She has mostly browns and tans because she's (in her words) "gotta match the 3 deer heads hanging on the wall, poor things." So I found some yarns I thought she would like. If you have deer heads, you can bring in some greens for a pop of color (thinking about the camo theme).
Speaking of camo, I'm going to make her hubby a couple in camo yarn. It makes gorgeous coasters.
I got the first one done last night. I love this pattern. I hope she likes it. I will probably rearrange the color scheme on each one so that no two are just alike.
By the way, to all my vintage collectors. Have you ever heard of a china company called Warwick. I found this restaurant style platter at a yard sale the other day. On the bottom it is stamped Warwick 1935. I did find a few other pieces with that stamp on E-bay, but not very many. Don't know if that is because it is very rare or if it is because there are so many pieces flow around nobody cares. Have you heard of it? It has a black band and an in the band is little tulip type flowers. The flowers are a coral color.
Well, I guess I had better get busy so I can head out for the day. Still hoping that I can come home with the white mixing bowl on my list.
