Day 6 - Art Every Day - Cuff Down Socks

Lately, I've wanted to learn to knit socks. Craftsy offered a discounted class so I ordered a knitting class on Cuff Down Socks. So, I spent and hour and a half watching the first three lessons.  Full of information so far.

Day 5 - Art Every Day - Design Ideas

Here's some tire tracks I took a photo of while I was out walking. These designs could be translated into stitching designs or zentangles.

Day 4 - Art Every Day - Tatted Angel

Today I shopped for groceries and cooked like a mad woman (green chili, beets with vinaigrette, broiled chicken so I'd have some to make chicken salad), so again I just had a little time in the evening to stitch. I would have gotten farther, but I made a mistake and had to cut it out. The up side of this is that I now feel more confident about fixing mistakes. I made another mistake too, but I went so far past it and think I can compensate for it (hope), so I left it in.  I'm pretty sure you can't tell where it is.  (-;  As you can see I got about half of the shirt done.

Day 3 - Art Every Day - Tatted Angel

I had a long hike today and only had a bit of time in the evening to stitch while I finished Movie 3 of the Narnia series.  I pulled out this piece of tatting.  Previously I had completed the chest, wings and the outline of her head.  Tonight I added the hair and started on her skirt.  I am amazed at what I can already do with tatting. I have tried twice previously to tat with little success.  I guess I learned enough to make it stick on the third try. Happy!

Day 2 - Art Every Day - Lace and Pearls Do-Your-Block

Elizabeth's blocks were stunning without embellishment. Here is my work on Elizabeth's block:

 Elizabeth sent a piece of irish lace with each block.  The tatting is mine.

Day 1 - Art Every Day - Tatted Trim

Vicki, from the blog "On the Curing Rack", http://onthecuringrack.blogspot.com/2013/12/art-every-day-reminder.html, issued a challenge to post daily on what we accomplished in art.  Today I put 2 repeats on a piece of tatting I've been working on.  I've been trying to learn to tat and have decided to do 6-inch lengths of various tatted trims to get better at it.  This trim is done in size 80 tatting thread.

Barb's block from Lace and Pearls Round Robin

Here is my embellishment of Barb's block for the Lace and Pearl's Round Robin in CQI.