I'm just going to throw this out there, having lived in a Christmas-celebrating country all my life, it is weird to be in a place where it hasn't been all-Christmas all-the-time for the past month or so...not bad, just different. I am really looking forward to celebrating the New Year Russian-style next week! :)
Last night I watched "A Christmas Story" for the first time (yes, I know, it's a classic, how could I have not seen it before...sorry!) and managed to finish three more motifs!! :)
The first is LadyTats'
Threes Snowflake, which is currently on the tree but photographed on my leaf pants from last night...Isn't it pretty?!
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| Motif #56 on the year and #22 on the way to 25 by the 25th |
You will notice I reverted to white thread...we have no snow on the ground here (sniff!) so I'm making my own white Christmas!
Next I trolled the Internets for some other quick patterns and found
Tattypatty's
The First Christmas Snowflake of 2012
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| Motif #57 on the year and #23 on the way to 25 by the 25th |
And, full disclosure, I made a second "cheater motif" (although Tattypatty does say about the above motif, "This is actually the center of the large snowflake, but is a snowflake in its own right"...I just finished it off with a second layer of pretty to make another snowflake:
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| Motif #58 on the year and #24 on the way to 25 by the 25th |
So, it's Christmas Day (in Russia, still very much Christmas Eve in Iowa and many other parts of the world) and I'm one short of my 25 by the 25th. Chris and I have plans for the day, but I will do my best to squeeze out one more, small motif before midnight to complete the 25 by the 25th challenge! :)
Also, I have to say a VERY big thank you to
Carollyn for the wonderful gift that arrived in Vladivostok yesterday (Christmas Eve) and waited patiently under the Christmas tree until I opened it this morning...I love my new handmade shuttles, and I'm told the rabbit, which was made by her husband, is made with woolly mammoth bone, which makes it extra-special!
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| Also the box is actually like a small book and Santa's suit is fuzzy! :) |
So thank you to all of you for following and reading my blog this year, and for all the comments and encouragement!! I hope you are all having a blessed day whether you celebrate Christmas or not, and I wish you all the best in the New Year! :)
(And hopefully I get one more motif done, dusted, and on the blog before the end of the day!) :)
Two beautiful snowflakes, I hope you can get the last one done, which I am sure you will.
ReplyDeleteDifferent countries and different traditions, have a lovely Christmas and thank you for a lovely interesting blog.
Margaret
Thanks Margaret! Final snowflake is done! :) Thanks for all your comments this year! Here's to 2014! :)
DeleteKristen, thank you for posting. It has been wonderful to read about your adventure. And, fun to watch your adventure in tatting.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thank you! :) It's been a fun year, I can't wait to see what happens in 2014! :) Merry Christmas! :)
DeleteThat is a very nice snowflake he he he .
ReplyDeleteThanks for using my pattern and my suggestion.
I hope your Christmas away from home was Merry and that your New Year will be awesome.
congrats on all the tatting you have done.
He he he, it is a wonderful snowflake! :) I really had fun with your pattern! :) Also, thanks again for the suggestion...it got me much closer to that 25 by the 25th... ;)
DeleteHey, I just got back from my Christmas holiday, and hope we all manage to get all our other things done that we are supposed to be doing, I so glad your gifts got there was a little worried, We all have enjoyed your blogging and how nice are Happy New Year !
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks again!! So lovely! :) My collection of handmade shuttles went from 0 to 3 in the past two months...I'm working on a way to display them all, they are so great! :) С Новым Годом to your son and Happy New Year to you! :)
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