A Cochet Memory From Long Ago

16 years ago, in 2008, I was working on this afghan. It was being made for a young lady in Utah. Her mother had contacted me to see if I could create something pretty and girly for her. I found a pattern for a flower centered granny square. I edged the blocks in pink and white. Each of the flowers was different. I think I did a layout of 5 by 6 squares so that is 30 flowers with no 2 alike. I had quite the stash of baby weight yarn back then and this project helped use a lot of it up.

The only reason I have pictures of it is because I emailed them to the mom for final approval and payment and they ended up being backed up in my Google Photos. So much of what I have made over the years is not in pictures anywhere. I do hope that this project lasted long enough through childhood that is served its comforting purpose well.

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I Wonder...

Sometimes we stay in hotels. If you follow this blog you know that. I like and am sure it is reasonable to think it is not too high an expectation, for the room I check into to be dusted. I know hotel housekeeping is not an easy job. I assume the list for each room would include scrubbing the bathroom, made up the beds, vacuum the carpet and dust the furniture and appliances in the room and maybe more. 

This is the top of the coffee maker in the room. The lamps here look much the same. The bathroom does look clean thank goodness. 

I wonder when the last time was someone wiped off the coffee maker in our room for the night. Hmmmm?

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Christmas Thoughts in April

I am in a never-ending mission or so it seems, to use up what I have accumulated over the years in my craft insanity supplies. I found a partial ball of a discontinued color of South Maid crochet thread. I looked everywhere for more of this red, white and blue thread I could think of and couldn't find any for sale. This is it for my stars in this theme and it should be something you won't find anywhere else. This red, white and blue told me it needed to be stars for a patriotic themed Christmas tree. Does your yarn tell you what it wants to be or is that just me?

Distractable me with many other WIPs all over my craft tables in different project bags had to start the idea right away. I have found 2 star patterns in my stash of Christmas ornament patterns. What you see below are my first efforts.

I found some other colors to make my stars in and they can be made into sets of ornaments to sell at craft shows later this year. Now I have to get stiffening supplies to finish them up and little boxes to put them in for protection and maybe some tissue paper to make the boxes pretty. Getting more stuff to help use up stuff isn't that crazy, is it? 

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So, Yesterday an Eclipse, Did Ya Hear About It?

I spent a couple hours yesterday like many Americans looking up at the sky. I will add with proper eye protection. With cataracts already started I don't need more eye problems! We were in our own backyard with comfy chairs, cold drinks and phones that took crappy pictures of the event, which was at 70% where we live, in the sky so you get what I took pictures of on the ground instead.

My husband had not heard of using a colander to get images of the eclipsed sun. I had done this once before at an elementary school where I was a teacher's aide. You can see it works. Check out all those little crescents in the box. I brought the box out so I could have a smooth surface to put the image on since it eould be harder to see just on the grass. 

So, did you watch? What was it like where you were? I would love a relevant comment about your day of the eclipse since most of what I get lately is spam that I delete so normal commenters don't have to read junk or have bad links put in their face. Wherever you are and whatever your day has in store for you I hope it's a good one!

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Vintage & Halfway to Antique

I just looked it up. Vintage is from 20 to 100 years old. Antique is over 100 years old. My pitcher is nearly 50 years old. I bought it at a Tupperware party on Guam in the first year of my marriage. Our 48th anniversary is this summer. I use it to make big batches of iced tea. My current blend is a mix of black tea and hibiscus, both without caffeine and very refreshing. I am looking forward to making some peach iced tea when the weather starts getting hotter.

The design has evidently stood the test of time. I found it on Amazon in the Tupperware store in some new colors but the same style. 

The mint green is so pretty and the other in a color Tupperware calls papaya is so vibrant and cheerful looking. In my day everything was harvest gold or avocado green or the red like you see in my old faithful one.

I am an Amazon associate, and you can go shopping for one of these new and time tested designs with my links and I may earn a commission from your purchase. This post however is personal to me. I have used my pitcher through all these years, and it still works exactly as it is intended too. I don't know how you could get a better recommendation that that.

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Knitting Progress

Not a whole lot of excitement around here and that's okay with me. Jim submitted paperwork to have his Navy disability evaluated again. Don't know if anything will change but we'll see. 

Jim's back is painful right now. Of course, he won't take any advice on how to feel better, so I just leave him alone to get through it. He also got a prescription for Wellbutrin from his doctor to help with cravings to quit smoking. I am not seeing much difference in his behaviors so far. Oh well.

I got some quiet knitting time in yesterday afternoon. I have finished the first section of lace in my Serafina afghan. I have also nearly used up the first of many skeins of yarns for this project. I am feeling more comfortable with the process now but the next section is a new lace pattern so we will see how that goes. The good thing is that both patterns are over 10 stitches and I have markers in place now so I don't get too far off track in any row as long as I can count to ten. 

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National School Librarian Day

I love libraries. I love and admire the people who work in them. School libraries are a special place for students and I am so glad that nearly all schools have one. I don't spend enough time in libraries, and I need to do something about that. That said, what I want you to know today is that it is National School Librarian Day. 

I am sure that showing your appreciation for your school librarian would be welcomed any day, any time. I found a couple of book related gifts on Amazon (affiliate links in this post) that you might like to check out.

The shirt is right. There is no such thing as too many books.

This quote from Plato sums up how I feel about books and what school librarians can give to students through the books in their collections.

These items come from the handmade category on Amazon. Have you checked out that category lately?

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