I am working on the ornaments that I put in Christmas cards to close family and friends. I also get side-tracked a lot.
I found a cute little tatted tree in a box I was looking through the other day and then saw another one in the Facebook group Tatters of Lace that was almost the same thing. While trying to empty a few shuttles I found one with green thread on it and thought that little tree would fit the bill to empty the shuttle. But of course, I couldn’t find where I had put the tree I had previously found OR the pattern on FB. So I did what I usually do and made one up myself. It is not quite the tree on FB, and I’m not sure just how close it is to the one I found and lost.
As I was cleaning and preparing the house for our Thanksgiving guests I had a thought about the tree pattern. Wouldn’t it be cute in fall colors as earrings?
I thought they came out well. I could have tried matching up the variegations a bit to make the match a bit better, but I was in a hurry to get them done.
And I didn’t get them done in time to wear. Not for our Thursday dinner, nor for the other dinner we had Saturday. I did get them done by the end of the weekend and wore them Sunday around the house.
I wore them around the house on Sunday because we didn’t go anywhere at all. We had planned on taking our daughter and grandkids home that day but we had blizzard-like conditions, with several inches of snow blowing sideways, cold temperatures, and extremely bad driving conditions.
We were able to take the family back home on Monday with minimal road issues. We did have to take another day of vacation, but it was a better choice than trying to go through the weather on Sunday. On the way out the roads were still ice covered in areas, making driving a bit problematic still. The roads were much better coming home later in the day.
Thanksgiving was wonderful. Now it’s time to get ready for Christmas.
Are you ready yet?
“Holidays – any holiday – are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together.” Lidia Bastianich https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/lidia_bastianich
I love your little trees- very cute! What do you think about a long bead (brown) for the trunk?
Very cute doodle trees !!!
Tree-mendous! Thanksgiving did go through Sunday, right? I didn’t get around to tatting anything Thanksgiving themed.
My oldest daughter lives 90 miles northwest of us, and she was hit by the snowstorm as well. We had lots of wind and power outages, but less than an inch of snow.
I’m on my last Christmas afghan. I’m eager to get back to tatting!
Love your little Christmas trees, they look great as earrings as well