tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14654642939892507262024-02-19T09:01:37.623-08:00Two and a TurtleStephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-4269948003593022452015-01-14T16:03:00.001-08:002015-01-14T16:06:00.329-08:00Nothing New Except TIAS Day Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am starting to think my choice of thread was very wrong. Maybe because there is so much gray or maybe it's the shape, but I am thinking it will be an elephant (which would make my sister very happy since she collects them). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Since I had the cell phone out and my computer was updating, I opened my tatting tin to see if there was anything I hadn't photographed. I had no idea that there were four rings in there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The two colorful ones are both <a href="http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Marilee Rockley's</a></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">design, <i>Remembrance Ring</i>. The orange one is the first round of the same ring, and then just chains to finish it off. The flower is beaded, not tatted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This snowflake (which is on its side) is another December Motif designed by <a href="http://www.leblogdefrivole.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Joelle Paulson</a>. While making snowflake after snowflake, I realized that I never make anything for my wonderful husband, so I grabbed obnoxious orange thread and blue beads to make a New York Mets-colored snowflake. He didn't care, but ... whatever. Thought that counts and all that jazz, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hope you're all having a great week thus far! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace</span><br />
<br />Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-90466837880270491282015-01-13T18:53:00.000-08:002015-01-13T18:54:01.249-08:00Country Side<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I just learned that it's really easy to name a post when you've used the same thread for everything. In this case, it's LizBeth 117, Country Side. It's one of my favorites! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> This is <i>Jane's Bookmark Cross</i> designed by <a href="http://gracetats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Grace O B Tan.</a> This is my third attempt, and I still messed up because I didn't read everything so I didn't add enough thread for the tail. *sighs* Oh well. I'm just happy that I finally managed to make the cross! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Since my last post, I have been using <a href="http://janeeborall.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jane's</a> hummingbird doodle to make earrings. I <i>still</i> don't have a matching pair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Of course, though, the one that I finished when I didn't have an earring wire by me could pass for a match with one of them. This is a post of sigh after sigh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am putting my project count at 18. That means, so far, I'm ahead for the year with my 15 projects a month plan! Go me! (At least I'm not ending with a sigh!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span><br />
Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-86225475572586837892015-01-09T18:18:00.000-08:002015-01-09T18:26:16.613-08:00A Day for My Cousin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Before I start today's ramblings, I totally meant 'owls' yesterday. I find the typo too funny to correct, so it's staying. Those tiny purple critters of flight are definitely owls, not butterflies. Oops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When my cousin saw the owls, she said she wanted one. She used her manners and said, "please," so I went to work on one for her today. Of course, they're tiny and work up quickly, so I ended up making two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A few days ago, I started a hummingbird for the same cousin. I didn't want to continue it with two extra ends to hide, so I went to work emptying the shuttles. Thank goodness <a href="http://janeeborall.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jane</a> has her fun little doodles available to us! I grabbed my turtle pattern and...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> realized that I forgot to string on a bead when I got to the head. -_- I decided to just close it and move on with my life, but when I close it, I saw a "Stitch" head so I had to add a body. It made me giggle. I might just play with this a big more. I didn't think to make the body a SCMR. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After that debacle, I went back to work with Jane's hummingbird doodle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I actually made three. One (the one on the right), I forgot to move the bead on the shuttle thread instead of my hand, so I ended up with a beaded picot instead of just an inner "eye." The other two, the thread messed with me big time. I chose a green bead and, of course, the head ended up at a green colorway. I strung a blue bead and... Yeah, that would be the one on the left. There really is a bead there, I swear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Guessing that it wasn't my day to doodle, I decided to tackle the other hummingbird (also one of Jane's patterns). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm not sure how I feel about it... I think it would definitely be better if I did it in one sitting instead of days between the parts. I'm not sure if I'll sew in the final two ends. Might just leave it as something to be hung... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, that's it for the day. Project Count for 2015: 13 (14 if I find the other hummingbird). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hope you've had a wonderful week! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">♥,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I told you I made three. He flitted his way to the bottom of my tatting tin. >.< Also, the blue one is the one is the one with the green eye. You can't tell, but it transitioned to green. It was the opposite with the bottom one. </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-57023307503063716612015-01-08T22:57:00.001-08:002015-01-08T22:57:25.339-08:00Okay, okay... Here goes nothin'... <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I never finish. Hopefully, this time will be different. I present to you TIAS 2015 Day 1. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I snugged too much to the button on the first ring, but I already knew that ring would be messed up because I am just plain horrible with tiny rings and my hands felt too oily to tat. I dove right in, though, and I promise there really are two rings there. Hopefully, I'll get to scan after the next bit is released. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-34635723003964404512015-01-08T20:38:00.002-08:002015-01-08T20:39:03.964-08:00Happy New Year! <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've kind of challenged myself to do fifteen projects each month this year. I'm sure if it will really happen, but I've completed eight thus far. I am counting even tiny things otherwise there is no way I could even consider the thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I actually hate the hat. :-/ I told myself that I was going to do the <a href="http://www.crochetchallenges.com/" target="_blank">challenge set forth by The Crochet Crowd</a>, though, so I did it. It's just not something that I would choose to make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yesterday and today were both dedicated to making these bookmarks. It is <i>Fall Bookmark</i> designed by <a href="http://wandasknottythoughts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ms. Wanda</a>. They need tassels, but I figured they would just annoy me when I open my tatting tin, so I'll add those once I decide who is getting the bookmarks or go to use one. :-) I love the pattern! There are a lot of ends to sew in, but it's worth it. For each inner motif, I used about 2-1/5 yards of shuttle thread. For the outer round, I loaded four yards on to the shuttle and was left with about 3/4 of a yard left, so I'll try 3-1/2 for that next time. Oh, thread... I used Lizbeth size 20, 658 and 663. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, I hope you're all having a wonderful new year so far! Type again soon! ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, that's it for me tonight. I hope you've all had a wonderful week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-7335383422388642632014-11-19T22:54:00.001-08:002014-11-19T22:54:52.207-08:00Wednesday was Crochet Day, I guess<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am sorry that I haven't updated. Not only am I horrible about <i>blogging</i>, but I've just been trying to sort things out in life (nothing major or anything; just readjusting and catching up). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My mom called me on Sunday and made a request for a crocheted pouch for her phone. She wanted something that would hang from her neck and just hold her phone, possibly snug, and it didn't need a flap. I went over yesterday and made a chain to get the width right, then went around the chain with single crochet stitches to get the depth right. I measured the height/length of the phone and did the rest in my own dwelling, so I hope it's right. I'll find out later today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's much more blue than shown, but I couldn't get a good picture. Go figure. The pouch is (hopefully) sized for her phone (which is huge, by the way) and the strap is fifty inches long. I measured her and where she wanted it. Hopefully, it works for her. I really don't know when I became brave enough to make something without a pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">While I was at my parents' house, my niece made a request of her own: mittens for her daughter. I have never made mittens. I've made myself a lovely pair of fingerless gloves, but <u>never</u> mittens. I made one last night/this morning, though. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I used <a href="http://www.beginner-crochet-patterns.com/crochet-mittens.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">pattern. My wrist hates me and I'm pretty sure it's too big, but it's done. I'll wait to see how it fits before making a second --and/or a smaller pair. At least it's done, though. :-) </span></div>
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Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-27526233624796122022014-11-04T19:50:00.001-08:002014-11-04T20:06:51.768-08:00Brave Little Toaster, I am Not<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I decided to make a seahorse today. The pattern is the <a href="http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/" target="_blank">The Amazing Jane Eborall's </a>Medium Seahorse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> It's tatted in Salmon and Navy blue as that will be the basic color scheme for this nautical set. I didn't read through the pattern before starting so I didn't take the shuttle switch into account. Thus, the five beads on Shuttle 2 were on Shuttle 1 at that point and rendered useless. >.< I learned two things, though: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> 1. Put the beads on Starting Shuttle 1. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> 2. Approx. 2-1/4 yard on Starting Shuttle Two means finger tatting the first half of the last three split rings and leaves a 10" tail at the end (I used a Sunlit Shuttle so the thread came off faster than with a Clover.). The same amount on Starting Shuttle 1 leaves about 3/8 of a yard on the shuttle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Good to know, right? I think so. I'm kind of obsessed with knowing how much thread to load. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>Oh! I should also mention that I used the un-amended pattern which I printed out years ago. I was too lazy to make notes last night to see where it was changed, but the only problem I actually ran into was just me putting the beads on the wrong shuttle and ending up with the colors backward from what was wanted. ;-) </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My first failed attempt at Sunbonnet Sue left a lot of thread on a shuttle and I've been too lazy to unwind it, so I decided to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> This is one of <a href="http://www.be-stitched.com/" target="_blank">Nancy Tracy's </a>tatted musical notes. It was a quick little tat, but I forgot that I downloaded the pattern to decorate paperclips. I'll try it next time since there's still plenty of thread on the shuttle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace</span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-13097953877726857462014-11-03T22:23:00.001-08:002014-11-03T22:23:21.864-08:00Quick Question<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'll probably end up asking at intatters, but just wondering: Does anyone know of an anchor pattern? I made something anchor-esque a few years ago, but I didn't write down the patter or anything and I don't think it would be big enough anyway. I have nothing with which to bribe <a href="http://janeeborall.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Amazing Jane Eborall,</a></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and she doesn't currently have one on her website, so I'd hate to bother a tatting </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">celebrity and legend with my measly request, so I hope someone knows of a pattern that exists... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(P.S. If The Amazing Jane Eborall reads this, I swear I'm not putting you on the spot; I'm just used to your patterns as my go-to and I know that you have plenty of things that are not of the norm, so I was a bit shocked that a friend asked for a whole nautical theme with your patterns, but neither of us saw an anchor.) :-* </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-37202348989525130572014-11-03T19:53:00.001-08:002014-11-04T20:07:13.343-08:00Sunbonnet Sue Number Two<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Since yesterday's Sunbonnet Sue ended up with a ring wrong-side forward, I knew that I had to do another just to prove that I really could tat her. I'm still not in love with the pattern, but it tats up so easily (i.e. no natural stopping point so I don't really feel the need to put it down) that I might make a few more. I guess that depends on if anyone on my Christmas card list voices a fondness for Sunbonnet Sues. I'm a tad old-fashioned or something, so I'm used to people not agreeing with things that I like. *shrugs* It happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She's done in Lizbeth size 20, Harvest Gold (699) and Victorian Red (670). I think that I might try silver and blue for the next one again, but with the silver on the outside and blue for the chains. I'm trying to keep her Christmas-y so I'm avoiding the flowery threads that seem like they'd be a good fit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I started a very scary (to me) pattern today, too. Hopefully, it will work out okay, but thus far it's only confirmed that I *hate* super large rings. (Is there any way to make a ring of 36 stitches look neat? I haven't mastered that skill yet.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hope you're all having a lovely day. The Giants are getting slaughtered, so it's probably about to become a cruddy night in my household. :-/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-1436431238412121642014-11-02T21:36:00.001-08:002014-11-04T20:08:11.220-08:00Christmas is Coming...<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I realized that Christmas will be here before I know it, so I've been trying to focus on the little trinkets that I'll include in the cards I send out. I bought Christmas cards on Halloween ... I'm as bad as the stores when it comes to rushing the holidays. (Note: I'm generally miserable from now until all this holiday stuff if over. I don't observe Thanksgiving and I hate Christmas.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My plan is to mainly make snowflake ornaments, but I also want to do some other ornaments and, hopefully, some bookmarks if I can find a few patterns that I like and can tat quickly. I just bought <u>Tat's Where I Stopped</u> by Nancy Tracy, but I'm a bit iffy on some of the patterns. Does anyone have the book? How do you handle patterns like the leaves bookmark? I never trust just knotting and cutting, but I also wouldn't want to use glue on a bookmark. <i>I iz confoozed.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have had this pattern printed for literally years. I've never been brave enough to try it for some reason. It's a lot easier than I imagined, but I found the directions to be wrong in several places. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I used Lizbeth size 20 in Sky Blue Medium and Silver. It's not a bad pattern, but I should have paid more attention. My initial ring has the wrong side facing forward because I flat-out didn't realize there was no RW before adding the ball thread. *rolls eyes* It was my third time starting, though, so I just went with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is another "December Motif" by Joelle Paulson from leblogdefriole.blogspot.com. All of the beads are pink, but none of them look like it in the scan --and the seed beads, in life, look white if you don't look closely. They annoy me. They're so pink together, but turn white on thread. >.< The thread is Turquoise Light --Lizbeth, Size 20, of course. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, that's it for now, but at least it's something. </span><br />
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Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-50609345946311250892014-10-03T22:39:00.000-07:002014-10-03T22:45:52.685-07:00Run In Peace, Nala. :,-(<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A little more than a month after receiving the news that Aerosmith passed away, and exactly a month after my thirtieth birthday, I was called yesterday about Nala. "If you want to see her, you should come now..." I hate those words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't think I'm ready to truly accept it yet, and I think I'll be avoiding my parents' house for quite sometime as I sit here and hate myself for going down a path that didn't allow me to keep her with me. Yeah, I know, it wouldn't have changed anything ... but maybe. Who knows?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I keep reminding myself of the time that she was lost. She slipped out of her collar, ran toward a street just as a Mack truck was coming, spun away from the tires just in the nick of time, crossed over a highway, clearing the cement divider on her way, and was gone for <b>twenty</b> days. I drove around, posted signs, all of that typical stuff. On the day that it happened, I actually told my nephew, "Well, if you see Nala in the yard of your school, you have my full permission to get up, leave class, and run out to get her." Twenty days later, a friend went with me into the small wooded area behind that school and we found my precious baby. It's a wonder she didn't play with the kids when they were outside. I never thought about that. Weird. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She lost some weight during her <i>adventure</i> and completely tore her ACL. She underwent surgery to repair her knee and, while the vet said she had to take it slow, she was running again before I knew it. The veterinarian also informed us that arthritis was in her future no matter what, even if she hadn't torn her ACL. I have pictures of her shaved leg and the stitched incision, but I'm not brave enough to go through too many pictures tonight. (Found some on the computer; I didn't think I'd scanned them.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When she was lost, I thought that I would never her again. I spent twenty days crying off and on, saying that I missed my baby and I really, truly believed that that was it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm comforting myself with the belief that, now, she can run again and play with all the fervor that her body could no long muster. <i>I love you, Nala, always. Run in peace, my pretty, pretty princess. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>♥,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>Stephanie Grace </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">*Being the horrible person that I am, I didn't even realize that it's only been nine years since her little excursion. I really thought that it happened in 2004 because I didn't think I'd known Hubbs for very long when it happened. I really need to get a better memory. I still feel fortunate for the time, but now I feel like I was shorted a year that I should have had with her. <i> </i></span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-29651124993452815732014-09-22T18:35:00.000-07:002014-09-22T20:13:53.586-07:00Nocturnal Tendencies<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'll start with the disappointment: This post has nothing to do with owls. Sorry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For as long as I can remember, I have always been naturally nocturnal, especially in the warmer months of the year. In trying to combat this and be awake during more "normal" hours, I often having what I call a "reset day." This is when I skip sleeping altogether until the next night. Usually, these days are not very fun. I actually do try to sleep, but it doesn't happen. Giving these days a name is my way of just accepting it as a normal part of my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Often, those days end up being a Sunday (so, yes, I am writing on about one hour of half-sleep, its 9:20PM here, and I probably will not go to sleep until one or three AM.) Yesterday, I decided that, if I was going to accept the sleep deprivation (which really doesn't bother me; if I'd listen to my body, my natural pattern would be around 36 hours awake; 12 hours of sleep; repeat), I might as well do something... so, I did...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I left the <i>Lacy Treasure Pendant</i> plain because I wanted it for size comparison. Yup, be expecting to see it again. ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Oh, everything is tatted using Lizbeth size 10 or 20. Colors vary and I'm too lazy to look up the names and numbers. They're quite different from the pictures and scans. When am I going to figure out how to do one of those right? >.<</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The pattern is one motif from the "Wild Rose Tray Mat" on page 54 of <u>The Tatter's Treasure Chest</u>. I like this motif, but I don't like them connected. It's too <i>busy</i> for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also tatted a little pendant, but I have yet to hide the ends. The pattern is "Compass Pendant" from <u>Tatted Jewelry</u> by <a href="http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marilee Rockley</a>. It was one of those scary patterns that I probably wouldn't have tried if I'd read the pattern before starting, but I'm fairly certain that I've made this before, so I really shouldn't have felt that way. I kept going even after I got scared, though... How else can one improve? ;-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The bead in the middle has a cat's eye effect that I *wish* would show itself in pictures. I blame my old cell phone. I love it, but it hates letting me take even one decent picture of anything. -_- It's a total meanie-meanie, dumb-dumb butt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-59939936412446643442014-09-18T19:35:00.001-07:002014-09-18T19:35:22.842-07:00Beckoning Autumn <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">With only a few days left before Autumn begins, it's kind of weird that I grabbed an autumnal-colored thread, but I did. Usually, I'm more likely to make snowflakes in the summer and dolphins and such in the winter. I'm backward like that. (Actually, I think it's a mental game that I play with myself...) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was kind of fiddly to tat so it could use a bit of flattening, but I'll probably just throw it in a plastic shoe box and forget about it. (That's my norm.) Also, look! I finally straightened George! He was on his head for at least a month. Oops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't think that I'll be doing this one again, but I can tell you that it nailed everyone of my little tatting fears. I added more shuttle thread (from a second ball which messed up the colorway... Ugh...). I had to open a ring to fix a mistake. I had to sew in more than two ends. I'm telling you, I'm getting brave in my old age! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's about 4-1/4" from point to point so it's actually bigger than I expected for a glass mat ... and required way more thread that I anticipated for something so small. I really need to come up with a better method of guesstimating how much thread to put on a shuttle. -_- </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, there's today project. I started a Spring-colored motif tonight that works as a coaster/glass mat, so I might just have to make one for each season. We shall see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My best guess is that I avoided it because it is done in three different parts (four, counting the hanger). Until a few weeks ago, I dreaded sewing in ends, so anything that required cutting and tying usually got put on the "someday" list. Nothing really changed, but a few weeks ago, I suddenly had no problem sewing in my ends. So...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-21442980811168957462014-09-14T20:50:00.000-07:002014-09-14T21:02:50.319-07:00Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sunday. The day of worship. The day of rest. The day of <b>football</b> and coupon-clipping! I'm not a churchgoer. Football is my weekly sermon and today it was pretty disappointing. The New York Giants look horrible! I really hate seeing <i>my</i> team shoot themselves in the foot. They lost that game on their own. Really, Arizona didn't win it, the G-Men just lost it. It's such a sad, sad debacle to witness. Is it hockey season yet? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Since Sunday is all about football, coupons, and a newspaper word game, I tend not to get anything else done (hence it is also pizza day --either frozen or ordered). I did, however, find some recipes to try in this week's issue of "USA Weekend." They're not for humans, but I guess you can eat them it you want to. O.o </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The recipes are for <a href="http://joythebaker.com/2014/01/tuna-catnip-kitty-treats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuna Catnip Kitty Treats</a> and <a href="http://joythebaker.com/2012/09/chewy-cat-treats-for-cats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chewy Cat Treats for Cats</a> both created by Joy Wilson of <a href="http://www.joythebaker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JoyTheBaker.Com</a>. I would say that they sound yummy, but I am not sure that I'd like the taste of catnip, catfood, or chicken and brown rice baby food. They do, however, sound yummy--and healthy, for cats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I had a dream about Aero last night ... just cuddling and holding him again. It was a great comfort and seeing these recipes today made me which that I could make them for him. He was always quite entertaining on the 'nip. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">On a crafty note, I have not worked on anything in days, but I am hoping to get more of these snowflakes made in the next few weeks so I can be all prepared to send some out with Christmas cards this year. The pattern is<i> December Motif<b> </b></i>by <a href="http://leblogdefrivole.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Le Blog de Frivole</a>. They tat up pretty quickly. I <i>think</i> I've been using three and five-eighth yards on Shuttle Two and about one and a three-quarter yards on Shuttle One. I wrote it down somewhere... :-/ They all measure around 2" and were tatted with Lizbeth threads in Size 20 with various beads. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you all had a day of football, rest, and smiles! ♥</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace</span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-9440082839552939032014-09-13T22:51:00.000-07:002014-09-14T21:03:20.899-07:00I Really Don't Have Anything to Say<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The title kind of says it all, but I'm trying to develop the habit of writing a daily post, so I figure I'll just continue with another introductory-type post. Deal with it. :-P Oh, as an aside, I changed the setting of this blog to "adult content." In the past, I've been a good girl about cussing in posts, but I want to be able to be me and, yeah, I cuss. A lot. (The rig is parked out back.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Now that we've covered that I'm just a potty mouth and not planning to post porn or something, let me introduce you to the turtle part of my happy little trio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">That's Ozzy with Spank on his back. Yes, Ozzy is huge (and this was taken nearly three years ago, so he's even bigger now. If you're a turtle person, you might also be thinking that he is a she. You are correct, but we don't let him know that because, well, why break his heart? It's not like there are any plans for mating, so he can be a he if he wants to be. :-P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also mentioned my pretty, pretty princess, Nala, so here she is, too:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I did not mention my cat, Aerosmith, who recently passed away, but I would truly be depriving you if I didn't show you his beautiful face. (Yeah, I'm keeping this part short. Hubbs is right here and, well, I don't like crying in front of anyone.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I really could go on for days posting pictures of my non-human loves, but it would probably take a full day for you to read and see it all, so I'll just leave it at that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, I guess this is long enough to post now. If I get bored later, be expecting another introductory post with crafts that I've done. ;-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">♥,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace</span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-48749501219976598942014-09-13T22:02:00.000-07:002014-09-13T22:02:17.269-07:00Quick Question<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What is Feedspot? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thank you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace </span>Stephanie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500547900197691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465464293989250726.post-34695895378244646142014-09-12T22:50:00.001-07:002014-09-14T21:03:41.936-07:00Introductory Babble<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here we go again. Here I am, starting over, hoping that I can hold my own attention long enough to give myself a place where I feel comfortable. My old blog, <a href="http://stephaniegracetats.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knots O' Grace, </a>was wonderful for a while, but things happened. My health went to crap and, even when I wanted to update, I felt like I <i>had</i> to talk about tatting and nothing else. Not this time. This time, I'm going back to basics. This will be a place for me to talk about everything in my life. It will be my place to really express myself. (Hopefully, it will also have a new look in the next few days, but I just want to start.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For those that have not encountered my insanity before now, I am Stephanie Grace. I'm a thirty-year-old housewife and I live with my husband, Hubbs, and our baby, Ozzy, a Yellow-Bellied Slider (turtle). I am also the proud mommy of a Lab/Chow mix--Would that be a Laow or a Chowbrador?--who lives with my parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm really a boring person. Everything basically boils down to me doing three things: I clean, cook, and craft. Each thing branches out, but everything pretty much fits into one of those three categories. (Then again, I guess reading and watching television really don't fit, but I do those, too ... Those are totally crafts, right? LOL.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm also outspoken and sarcastic. I'm really a love-or-hate kind of person. I tend to say it like it is and I usually ignore that little filter in my head that tells me that I should not say something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm just me ... and I'm okay with that! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">♥,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stephanie Grace</span><br />
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