Stay In Bed Day

Today is designated Stay In Bed Day as in, I should have stayed in bed today. Actually, I think I should have stayed in bed for the last six months, but who's keeping track anyway? Suffice to say that things are going wrong and there's a flu virus involved. It's cold and icky outside too and all in all everything is just contributing to a crappy mood. But, lucky for all of us this is not a blog about my life but about my hobbies! So ya'll are all off the hook - this time.

Anyway, I have pictures of the Christmas gift I made for my mother. This began as my first large tatting project and took me about six years - largely because it is my misfortune to have to work for a living instead of sitting around making things all day which is, believe me, what I'd much rather be doing. So, six years later, here it is:

I'm so proud of it even if I can still see every little mistake I made every time I look at it. Mom's going to frame it and I'm glad because she will finally have a large tatted piece to frame. My great grandmother, Ske, was a pretty prolific tatter and my grandmother has quite a few framed doilies that were tatted by her but none of these have trickled to Mom yet.

The only frustrating thing is that I can't integrate my binges (that's what I call whatever crafting frenzy seizes me at the moment). After I finished this, I went on a tatting binge and started a few things and then for some reason went on a knitting binge. I wonder why that is? It's very frustrating to be excited about starting a project and then lose interest in it just to get excited about another project in a different craft. I have about a million unfinished projects laying around and it's not like I need anything else to make be more blah today.

And on that note I guess I should end this entry before everyone has to hear about my currently pitiful existence. :) Peace out hommies!