FIRST WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY IS MY LACE DAY

FRIDAY WAS THE DAY TO SET UP FOR MAKING LACE ON THE WEEKEND. WE ALL MEET AT THE SAME "HALL" EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE VENDORS, AND LACE MAKING CLASSES, DOOR PRIZES PERTAINING TO LACING AND ON SUNDAY THEY DO A DELICIOUS LUNCH. A NICE SURPRISE, THE HALL WE MEET IN HAD A NEW SINK IN THE BATHROOM, AS WELL AS A LOVELY NEW TOILET. VERY PRETTY! OUR PRESIDENT HAD BROUGHT ALL OF THE TABLE COVERINGS (A MAROON RED) FOR BOTH THE TABLE TOPS AND THE FRONTS, AND WE HAD THOSE 25 OR SO TABLES SET UP IN A FLASH. (THEY ARE ALL FOLDED WITH THE CHAIRS ON THE SIDE OF THE HALL.) WE ALL HAD ICE DUMPED ON US IN THE NIGHT, AND WE DECIDED TO MOVE THE SET UP TIME BACK TO 3 P.M..AND BY THEN THE ICE WAS JUST RAIN.

ON SATURDAY:
ALL OF US MEMBERS DEMONSTRATE SOMETHING OR ELSE WORK THAT DAY. I TOOK MY "PILLOW" WITH MY RED BOBBIN THREADS AND WOVE THE DAY AWAY. PAT MORRIS WAS MY TEACHER. I LOVE THIS LACE MAKING AND THINK I MUST HAVE DONE IT IN ANOTHER LIFE TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAT!!!!

JIM GAVE ME MONEY TO BUY BOOKS AND I FOUND SOME TERRIFIC ONES THAT YOU CAN NEVER SEE ANYWHERE BUT AT THIS FUNCTION.

AND, SINCE IT WAS GROUND HOG'S DAY, PUNXATAWNEY PHIL TOLD US ALL THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER 6 WEEKS OF WINTER. IF IT IS LIKE THE LAST 6 WEEKS, WE CAN ALL STAND IT.

SUNDAY FOUND ME IN MY MUCH ANTICIPATED TATTING CLASS. THIS CLASS TURNED OUT TO BE THE MAKING OF A BEAUTIFUL HEART. I USED TWO SHADES OF PURPLE. IT TURNED OUT SO PRETTY. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I BEGAN A SECOND ONE IN A DEEP SOLID COLORED PINK, AND DID MY USUAL TRICK WITH THE BEADING. IN THE CLASSES THEY DO NOT TEACH THE BEADING, BUT WHEN I TAT MYSELF, I ALWAYS INCLUDE BEADS. I KNOW, I MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT WITH THE AGRAVATION OF THE BEADS SLIPPING INTO THE DOUBLE STITCHES, BUT AFTER ALL, IF I AM MAKING IT, I HAVE TO DO IT MY WAY. MY FRIEND SUSAN WAS THE TEACHER. SHE IS THE FASTEST TATTER IN THE UNITED STATES, I THINK. THANKS FOR A FABULOUS CLASS, SUSAN! SHE HAD INCLUDED SPLIT RINGS FOR ME, AND PURL TATTING, HIDDEN ENDS, ADDING ON INVISIBLE THREADS, AND WE DELVED INTO DOUBLE PICOTS. SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR, AND WONDERFUL FOR THE TIPS OF ALL THE SNOW FLAKES THAT I SHALL MAKE FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.

SOMEONE SAID THAT YOU WOULD NOT EVER GET ALZHEIMERS IF YOU DO TATTING AND BOBBIN LACE, AS IT WOULD KEEP YOUR MIND ORGANIZED. GEE, I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT YEARS EARLIER. I KNOW ALREADY HOW IT CAN BE TO GET "OLD TIMERS" OR IS THAT, "SOMETIMERS" ....NOW, TO STAVE OFF "ALZHEIMERS".....