Thread Giveaway!

The Giveaway is now closed! Winners have been notified. #1 a) Laivine (#15) b) Margie (#12); #2 Shannon(#11); #3 to Gail (#33).

Before I get into the details of this giveaway, I want to give you some background. A few months ago now, I got an email from a woman asking me if I was interested in her mother's tatting supplies. Her mother passed away last October and she herself did not tat but she wanted the goods to go to a good home. I agreed to take them and to find a good home for them. I pretty much have all the thread and books I want but I'm always happy to find ways to pass on what was loved and appreciated by the owner.

You might remember this has happened before. I've given away a lot of what I've received from Jane Smith's daughter and there was another woman who sent me several crochet magazines from her mother that I've only partly found homes for so far. So I want to tell you a little about this latest gifting because I think it's always more meaningful when you know something about the owner and the history of the materials.

Carol Louise Odendahl Moser was born on April 6, 1930 and passed on at the age of 80 on October 14, 2010. She lived in Texas and I suspect a few readers might have known her although I understand she didn't use the computer much and didn't participate in any online groups or exchanges that her daughter knew of. Her three children miss her very much. She was married for 60 years to James Moser. I believe he passed on before her.

She started and directed a handbell choir for approximately 20 years and loved music as the above picture testifies. She also researched geneology and put together several books related to the family history.

She was much appreciated in the family for tatting booties for every one of her 12 grandchildren. She tatted doilies and various other pieces including an unfinished tablecloth, pictured above, that she worked on for years. Her daughter has kept it.

I really appreciate this opportunity to find a new life for thread, shuttles, and books that belonged to a woman who loved tatting!

These giveaways will be for the thread only as that is all I've sorted out so far. These are the small balls of tatting cotton, probably size 70. This photo is of the full complete balls that are duplicates and I've divided them into two bags, the same thread in each bag, so there there will be TWO giveaways for this batch, 10 balls in each bag. This is giveaway #1.

I know this isn't the sharpest photo but these were all the full complete (or nearly so) balls that were the only ones in each color. This will be another giveaway, #2.

And then I have ONE more giveaway - which is all the leftover thread. Much of it is used on each ball and I don't know how old it is. I may have removed a few that were in this photo too but this is basically what is included. This will be #3.

I've been debating on how to do this giveaway because postage costs keep going up and I have more giveaways planned related to this group of goods. For this one, I'm still leaving it open to overseas tatters and I will stay pay the postage. I do ask that you be an active tatter however.

In the future, especially when it comes to books, I will ask for reimbursement on the postage, but I do want to leave it open to internationals and I want the recipients to be tatters.

So...leave a comment and indicate which giveaway you are most interested in. I will sort out those who want #1 or #2 and do a random drawing for those separately but I will include all comments for #3 unless you indicate you are not interested in #3. As I stated before, you must be an active tatter. You must also leave some way to contact you if your email is not accessible on your blog profile. I'm not wanting to be mean or unreasonable but I really don't have time to hunt anyone down.

The drawing will be next Sunday, July 10th, since I know a lot of people vacation during the 4th of July holiday for a week or two, so this gives everyone a good opportunity to get in on it. I will have to be out of town for my work a few days that following week and probably will not be able to mail the packages until the end of the week.

If you like fine threads or just want to try them out, this is the giveaway for you!

Happy 4th of July to all of us in the US. Let Freedom Ring!