Today was day six of my friendship bread experience. For the past few days my new hobby was uneventful. Everyday I got up ran to the direction sheet and read the days instruction, so far each day was the same "mush the bag". Seems no specific requirements on how long or even how to "mush " the bag were given. It was left to each new recipient to use their own creative license to come up with their own technique. On day three I left it close to the air conditioner.  I am bonding rather well with this starter so I just intuitively knew that this cant be good for her. She wasn't puffed up and she just looked wimpy. I found her a new and warmer location, she liked it much better and we were both happier for it! Today was a big day! Today I added more sugar, flour, and milk to the mixture- and to celebrate I mushed vigorously to old rock music! Well needless to say we were both worn out from the jubilation that we both retired early.

Lace and friendship bread!

   Lately I have gotten involved in a lace making group. It would seem an odd thing to do when lace is machine made now days and sold by the mile for a price about anyone can afford!! Well that's me I am always off re-inventing the wheel so to speak. The group I joined is a well diverse group of women from all walks of life. I have always wanted to learn to tat and make bobbin lace. Over the past thirty years I have collected bobbins for lace making, in hopes one day I would settle down and try and learn. The day has come, and I have created the ugliest lace book mark known to man, and in doing so have learned the basics for bobbin lace making! Lets just hope it gets better from here on out. As far as tatting goes I have been able to make a few things with this. But I find I enjoy decorating tatting shuttles the most. I now can feel some of the pain my parents must have felt on Christmas morning as I spent time making forts of the boxes while a ton of beautiful toys sat ignored. I have stacks of pretty threads who sit idle while I am busily decorating shuttles!! Last nights meeting was fun and everyone was in good spirits. At the end of the meeting a member announced she had friendship bread starts if anyone was interested. How exciting! She handed me a bag of "starter" and an instruction sheet. Day one, do nothing! I can do that!! We are off to a grand start. Day two, mush the bag! I can do that too! I'm practically a genius at this bread stuff!!I intend to blog this adventure as it goes along! We have a demonstration at Fort Walla Walla this weekend for lace making and weaving and spinning. All of which I do and enjoy.  Really, I hardly have any time at all to go to work, but since supplies are not usually free I guess I will have to find the balance.