Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Hearts and Countdown to Spring

 

My first try at the "Strong Ukraine" heart pattern designed by FairyLaceAndMore. It's a very clever pattern! I enjoyed the challenge, and was happily surprised to discover a matching blue crystal in my stash.☺ 

New batch of "Thistle" hand dyed thread.

This picture got a lot of views on social media a couple weeks ago. The thread is hand dyed "Tourmaline", the pattern is my own "Heart Aglow", and the steam engine is from a board game box.

Crocuses are beginning to emerge from the cold ground here in my corner of Wisconsin. A welcome sign of spring!

This Lego set is for building a model of a Saturn V rocket. It actually belongs to one of my kids (who's not a kid anymore) so it's been sitting around several years. I got it out as sort of a calming pastime to keep my mind off of worrying about things I really can't do much to change. 

2 comments:

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

That heart looks like quite a challenge, and it's beautiful! I was just looking at my supply of hand-dyed threads this past weekend. You do dye some lovely color combinations, and Thistle is one of my favorites. We have no Spring bulbs in our garden. We talk about it every spring, and then we forget. Maybe this will be our year.

picotsnkeys said...

That heart is spectacular! I must tat it!