Still adjusting to a “New Normal”
I’m so glad that I have crafts to keep me busy when we are limited to going out and about and our regularly scheduled activities are postponed. I have been doing a lot of punch needle projects, some small rug hooking projects and hopefully soon, a large rug. Having the right tools make the biggest difference as far as the enjoyment level. Frustration can make you want to give up on a new skill.
I love my spinner frame and stand from The Old Tattered Flag. I am in awe of Julie and Carol, the mother/daughter team who own the shop that has everything I love! They are in upstate New York and my best friend and I are so anxious for their new shop to open and take a road trip when we are able to. I have some of Julie’s patterns for sale on my Etsy site and I just completed this one this past weekend.
My friend and I went to the shore for the weekend, saw hundreds of baby hermit crabs on the bay (scooped up a handful to watch them move around, and placed them back with their families) and after a glorious day at the beach and a good take-out dinner, we settled in with our respective fiber art projects and watched a movie while we worked! It was heavenly!
I’m so easy to please, that I will tell you that when we arrived at my little place at the shore, I was so happy to see that my daughter had gotten a new trash can for the kitchen! I absolutely hated the one that was there because the lid was so difficult, and I just hadn’t replaced it. I think my disdain for it, and her hearing about it, helped prompt her to surprise me with a new one. I was quite pleased. I reminded her that I also don’t like the one recliner in the living room, but she informed me that she likes it. Sigh. I tried!
