I had a nice day today, spent it with my mom learning how to tat. I bought a class through Craftsy. The teacher is awful! She came highly recommended, but so far I'm not impressed. Just as mom and I are feeling like we must be unteachable (is that a word? and yes it is, looked it up) I started searching the internet for a YouTube video or something and found one. Yeah! Learned how to do the darn stitch that we'd been struggling with all morning in less than five minutes. So, guess it isn't us after all.
Today, we finally learned the double stitch, watched a little more of the paid for class to learn how to make a ring and picot, feeling totally frustrated again, went to my new YouTube teacher and learned in under two minutes.
I'm going to give it a try again in a few days, but if it proceeds as today, I think I will send Craftsy an email and let them know that they need to hire a new teacher and suggest the one from YouTube and her film crew. Here's the link, if anyone is interested: http://www.tattedtreasures.com/tutorials/ This woman is awesome, very clear and concise!
After our tatting adventure, we made dinner together, cedar-planked grilled wild-caught salmon with Ancho chili rub, roasted fresh asparagus with garlic, and 1905 salad from the Columbia cookbook. It was very good. For dessert, we had a piece of yesterday's cherry almond pound cake! Yum.
Oh and if you don't know what the Columbia is, it is an awesome Spanish restaurant in St. Augustine and Ybor City. Here is a link to their website, so you can check them out for yourself: http://www.columbiarestaurant.com/ . Just found out when I picked up the link, they also have restaurants in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. Worth a trip, if you are ever near one of these cities. I can recommend their 1905 salad, black beans and rice, pollo "Riojana", and the roast pork a la Cubana. Of course their flan for dessert is wonderful too.
Well, two days of food talk, time for some diet days and gentle exercises!
Until next time...
Today, we finally learned the double stitch, watched a little more of the paid for class to learn how to make a ring and picot, feeling totally frustrated again, went to my new YouTube teacher and learned in under two minutes.
I'm going to give it a try again in a few days, but if it proceeds as today, I think I will send Craftsy an email and let them know that they need to hire a new teacher and suggest the one from YouTube and her film crew. Here's the link, if anyone is interested: http://www.tattedtreasures.com/tutorials/ This woman is awesome, very clear and concise!
After our tatting adventure, we made dinner together, cedar-planked grilled wild-caught salmon with Ancho chili rub, roasted fresh asparagus with garlic, and 1905 salad from the Columbia cookbook. It was very good. For dessert, we had a piece of yesterday's cherry almond pound cake! Yum.
Oh and if you don't know what the Columbia is, it is an awesome Spanish restaurant in St. Augustine and Ybor City. Here is a link to their website, so you can check them out for yourself: http://www.columbiarestaurant.com/ . Just found out when I picked up the link, they also have restaurants in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. Worth a trip, if you are ever near one of these cities. I can recommend their 1905 salad, black beans and rice, pollo "Riojana", and the roast pork a la Cubana. Of course their flan for dessert is wonderful too.
Well, two days of food talk, time for some diet days and gentle exercises!
Until next time...
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