Thursday, October 28, 2010

I finished up the teal bookmark and it will go in the guest book for our lace exhibit. The ecru one goes in the dyepot. I ordered some additional dyes for our stash on Tuesday and they were already in Indy last night from California. I hope to tat two more oak leaves and maybe a pumpkin teapot bookmark for the dyepot but I doubt I can get all that done tonight. Friday night I will be at the opening night of our exhibit.

Interweave Press sends out a crochet newsletter by email and today's issue offered some guidelines about making a vest. While they are referring to yarn and crochet stitches, you can still use the information about measurements to help you design yourself a tatted vest.

Please tell me that isn't maniacal laughing I hear in the background!

If you've tackled a tatted runner or scarf, you can tat a vest. The amount of labor and the total amount of thread/motifs is probably going to be about the same.

12 comments:

  1. I am beginning to HATE my computer... Just wrote a LONG message to you and it shut down and said I was signed out! In the middle of my message!

    Was talking about Jane's vest - lots of time
    invested in tatting a vest. Way too much time for this tatter!

    Then I said how much I liked your little motifs and especially the cords.

    I was wondering if you pop the shuttle over after every 5 or 10 ds on the tail to keep the continuity? They are beautifully even.
    Fox : )

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  2. Bummer! But don't be too quick to blame your pc as the same thing happened to me just a few days ago while making a comment. I think it has something to do with the changes Blogger is gearing up to do. They had mentioned that the regular html editor I use has a limited life span and will be going away so I think it's whatever they're diddling with to make that happen. Very frustrating, I know.

    the cord is the ricrac cord - x number of 1st half stitches followed by the same number os 2nd half stitches and keep repeating. One has a 3-3 sequence and the other has a 4-4 sequence.

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  3. Your teapots are so cute!!!!

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  4. Fox, I also meant to add that Jane's vest is tatted in insanely fine thread. LOL! I would tat in size 20 or maybe 30, but not much smaller.

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  5. I love the teapots. Where could I find the pattern?

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  6. I don't think I'll be tatting a vest any time soon, but I think I'll check out the info anyway! I love the tea pots, especially the teal!

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  7. Love the teapots and what a great idea to use them for bookmarks!

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  8. I was not laughing, promise. I remember seeing a tatted vest pattern in one of the Japanese books. I think you may have the book too - Tatting Lace. http://umintsuru.blogspot.com/2008/12/japanese-tatting-designs.html

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  9. Love the teapot bookmarks Gina, I will have to make me some now.

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  10. I've never seen tatted teapot bookmarks! They are so pretty.

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  11. Beautiful! I'm chiming in as well to ask about the pattern.

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  12. I answered one person privately as I thought most people already knew about Martha's book of teapots but I guess not. I used the small square teapot out of her book which can be ordered here:
    http://my.att.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=338545&ck=
    There's a free teapot pattern there too.

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