Happy 4th of July, it sure doesn’t feel like I
should call it Independence day since we are working on day 113th of quarantine. However, our county is
finally moving into phase 2 so I hope we are moving toward better days.
I am pleased to announce that I am actually all caught up on
posts so these are actually the doodads for today’s holiday. I am even more
excited to say that these went out in time for everyone to receive them by today. These are another holiday that I
had completed last year but not sent out.
When I went to put these together I found a good reason why
they probably didn’t get sent out last year...these poor stars are super sad and
look terrible. I believe I must have gotten the idea for the star off of a
picture on pintrest because I could find the actual pattern. I found a couple
of trial stars that looks like I tried to figure out the pattern but clearly, I
didn’t do such a great job. Looking at these today I know there must be a much
better way to do these.
I used Aunt Lydias Metallic size 10 thread and I remember
this thread was an absolute nightmare to work with. I used 2 rolls of this
crochet thread and I only ended up making 10 of these. I would have liked to
make more of them but the thread is awful to work with and it is quite
expensive so I decided not to put myself through more torture by making more. I
know I should use tatting thread instead of the thread I usually use (artitste)
but it is much more expensive and I have to think ahead and order it online so
I just use the stuff that is readily available at our nearest craft store which
is a hobby lobby about 35 miles away. I also find rolls of this at our thrift
store that is just down the road from us so I usually grab it when I find it. Yes,
this does add to my massive hoard that I have in my craft room. In fact it
takes up a pretty big space since there is not a really good way to store it
all.
These stars tended to curl up and were very fiddly. They
seemed to press out ok and I probably could have blocked them and got them to
behave a bit better but I wasn’t sure what would happen to the metallic filament
if I put glue on them. The little beaded
uncle Sam came from a pattern I bought off of ThreadABead that can be found here.
The card idea was my husbands and I tend to think that it is
very relevant for this years holiday. Our governor of the state has made it mandatory
that we all wear masks. I hope that whether you are in the group that thinks
that this is a good idea or the group that refuses to conform that we can just
be kind to each other… NO MATTER WHAT!!
