tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50197622012-01-29T17:14:06.913-05:00A journal of my adventures in tatting lace. Tips and tricks and inspiration...... Blog Contents Copyright 2002-2011 Regina A. BrummettGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.comBlogger14901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-49464624723089337342012-01-29T11:13:00.003-05:002012-01-29T15:50:40.630-05:00

Ever since I changed the way my comment window shows up, I've gotten tons of anonymous spam comments. They're really annoying. One was a friend so I hate not to allow anonymous comments but I think I'm going to have to go there. I'll be glad when Blogger fixes their glitches as I didn't have that problem with the embedded comment format. I still reject them before they appear but it's a pain

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No tatting. I got discouraged with the calf and have not decided what I want to do next. I've been working on other stitching and laces and just haven't felt inspired to tat.I do have to say I broke down and ordered this Pansy Shuttle from La Cossette after lusting for it for a few years. I got a Lily of the Valley one through my lace guild last year but this is the one I really wanted. It

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This one is for a leaf project with my lace guild - but now that I've scanned it, I plan to make a better one for the project. I knew the last chain seemed long for some reason and my corner didn't look too good either. This is really not that hard of a pattern and quick to tat but it looks like I'm going to have to tat it more than once or twice to get it to look good!It's been super cold the

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Oops! One of my half-moon rings turned back during blocking!This is a pattern by Yarnplayer. I've been meaning to make it for some time. It reminds me of a butterfly shape and I've considered leaving off the top rings and stem next time. I'll also rewrite it so I won't have to keep shuffling between papers. That slowed me down considerably! I think she captured the gingko leaf shape

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It worked out to 11 inches square in size 20 thread. The directions claimed 7 1/2 inches square but they must have used a smaller thread.There aren't a lot of tatted pineapple patterns available but I did find a few. Here is one by Doretha Albee, Pineapple Heaven, at http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1766.asp">Bellaonline.com.There are six patterns HERE by Teri Dusenbury. They include a bag

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I've really appreciated all your wonderfully supportive comments and thoughtful prayers. Life is good!I've been really busy this week but most of it will go on my lace blog. I'm almost done with the pineapple square doily - one more round which I hope to do today, block and then show tomorrow. Please don't ask me to share the pattern. I cited the source in the post.I met with my lace friend Sally

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Photo by Jim SorbieI saw my doctor today. I haven't posted anything about it but last fall it was discovered I had early stage small cell cancer in my left lung. After some pretty aggressive treatment during September - December, I'm officially in remission! That was the expectation, but still, I didn't want to constantly field questions while undergoing treatment. I go back to work in February.

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A few years ago, someone emailed and asked me to try to tat a pineapple from a very old vintage pattern. The instructions were somehow wrong and no matter how I tried, I could not get it to come out.A few years before that, I'd been fortunate enough to view in person the pineapple tatting by Camelia Crapo. She has made it an art form.You might remember I've mentioned I don't like to tat doilys. I

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TAST started this week and I finished my first stitch page. You can read about the details on my lace blog.Yeah....I just wanted a picture in this post!I've been tatting but it's for T.A.T. and I can't show it. Which I think is dumb. I understand about not passing the patterns on but I do think it would help their cause if they allowed participants to show what they are doing. I still haven't

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I've been tatting rosettes again. I have plans for them when I take Karen's Embroider, Embellish, Create class! I'm also taking part in TAST, Take a Stitch Tuesday, and between the two, I'll find even more new ways to use tatting as an embellishment.May you all carry over the good of 2011 into 2012 and make it even better!

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I decided to do something a little different today and bought some decaf Earl Grey which has a nice smell to it. I've brewed a pot for iced tea and it's in the fridge cooling now.I've read 8 of the 12 Laura Childs' teashop mysteries and the constant talk about different tea flavors got me motivated. I also got some iced tea from McAllister's today which is sooooooo good.No tatting yet today but

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Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!

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Many years ago, when Maus hosted various tatting round robins, one that I participated in was a Christmas Round Robin. I tatted this rocking horse for one of the participants and always thought I'd make one for myself. Well, yesterday was that day!The pattern is from Pam Palmer's Tatting Treats Two. I see Deb Arnold is selling it for $15.00 and I'm sure many of the tatting vendors also still

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We had our family Christmas today at a local clubhouse. It was great seeing all my family together. We had a White Elephant exchange that was laughingly well-received. One son asked if we were going to do it again next year - he is determined to bring his gift back - a huge stuffed Santa.I haven't been tatting much or else the tatting was something I can't show yet. I tatted this bookmark

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Blogger says my post published but it's not even in my published posts. It may show up tomorrow and I'll have to delete one!Jane Eborall kindly sent me a sample of the Pink Cocoa in Lizbeth and it just happened to match some of my clothing perfectly so I tatted it up in my Beginner's Beaded Blossom Brooch. Do you know how hard it is to find brown beads? I ended up using a glass 11/0 in brown

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Unfortunately, I've either not been tatting or when I did, it ended up in the wastebasket. I've been without the Net for quite awhile today. I finally unplugged everything and let it reset which worked but I was beginning to wonder. My TV signal is still not coming in right. I guess it's just being one of those weeks!My tree last year broke and I've been deliberating on what to do this year. I

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Years ago when I first started tatting, I found this tatted bow in Old-Time Crochet (Summer, 1994) in an article by Rebecca Hollenbaugh. I thought it was her pattern but as I read the article today, I found the pattern was originally in Better Living, April 1952. No author was credited.I've always wanted to tat this bow but it looks a bit complicated and if I'm going to go to all that trouble, I

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The motif on the left is from Patty Duff's Minitats. The other tat is just to get the thread off my shuttle. The amount needed was not as much as she had stated in the book but I noted it for future reference.The thread is Lizbeth Christmas size 20. I already know I don't like this colorway but I tried one more time. It's time to find a new home for it but that will have to wait until after the

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I started this Praying Angel from Nine Tatted Angels by Monica Hahn last night and finished it up this morning. I know the I.O.L.I. Library has a copy but I'm not sure it's available elsewhere anymore.Most of Monica's angels tend to have pointy wings and I like rounded or gently sloped wings. She likes to use clunies for the hands too but not being a very cluny-oriented person lately, I decided

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Yes, I'm done, The End.These are Figures 20 and 21 of Plate III to complete the final motif!I've gotten more detailed with this last one. I used split rings and split chains and switched shuttles quite a bit as I threw rings off of chains. You can use rings for the outer round or take liberty with the pattern as I did and make them Josephine Rings instead. Use 2 shuttles, with 6 yards on the main

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Here's Figures 18 and 19 of Plate III for the #24 Motif in the 25 Motif Challenge.Pattern link is here: Plate III Figure 18 Medallion Pattern.Pattern link is here: Plate III Figure 19 Medallion Pattern.

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This time I did my homework. The butterfly is all rings so it matters how much thread is on the shuttle. I've found that 25 winds around a Clover shuttle is about one yard. I couldn't remember how much I wound the last time so I wound plenty this time, about six yards worth. Well....80-90 turns will complete the butterfly and leave a 10-12 inch tail for sewing. That's a tiny bit less than

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I made an incorrect join but it's getting easier. No break this time between sides (well.....very briefly!) So maybe the 3rd time will be the charm! The thread is size 20 DMC and the beads are silver seed beads size 11/0. Tatted in less than an hour!

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I'm posting Figures 16 and 17 of Plate III for Motif #23 of the Challenge. This way I can fit all the medallions of Plate III in.The original photo.It really does help to read the pdf file which is linked later in this post and also in the sidebar. I started with a paperclip on a chain for the center. Yeah, cut and tie but the next part is also started with a paperclip on a chain with 2

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Update: Only the patterns tatted in each post will be linked. I have them done but only Figure 15 was posted today. Once I am through the challenge, each individual pattern will be here, but today's is only Figure 15. There has been some confusion about that!This is what prompted me to do the 25 Motif Challenge again. I loved these medallions from the DMC Tatting Library. I actually tatted

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Last year I purchased Marilee's Layered Ring Christmas Tree Pattern but just now got around to tatting it. The first time I tat something, especially with a little different technique than I normally do, it's not very good, but I'm okay with that because then I know what to improve in myself. I finished the first side and then laid it down to take a break and fix something to eat, allow myself

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I really didn't notice the Mirror Mirror bookmark in Martha Ess's new book, Playing With Picots as it wasn't one I test-tatted and it's further back in the book than I've tatted so far. But then, I saw Wendy's tatting of it, which you can check out HERE and HERE!.One of my early disappointments with Lizbeth thread was the way the colorway tatted out. Some were only 2 color but looked like more on

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Here's the original photo from the DMC Library - Tatting of Plate V, Figure 28. This is my 21st motif.Here's the tatted version with DMC Special cordonnet in size 20. It's done in two parts, the center 4 rings and then the chain surrounding the rings with Josphine rings thrown off the chains.This is the center four rings which are exactly the same - well...try to make the picot length the same!

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This motif wasn't put on net so I didn't have that aspect to consider. This is motif #20 in the 25 Motif Challenge which is based on the vintage publication DMC Library - Tatting - Editions Th. de Dillmont. This is Plate 5, Figure 27.I tatted the original in DMC Special Cordonnet in size 20, as I have all the ones before. The instructions designated the difference between rings and chains by

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I got the latest Tatting Times today so tatted the first motif in it. This is actually a Christmas Present Bookmark but I didn't complete it. I didn't add the beads or finish it in length but I got the idea of how it will work out. There are a lot of options - as it is, it can be a great Autumn leaf. With the beads and using green for the outer part, it looks like a miniature Christmas Tree.Yep -

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I was ingtrigued by "Mary's Butterfly" and finally found where the pattern was. You can access it HERE. Click on the word that says "aici". This one is done in Yarnplayer's Maple Sugar HDT. I didn't wind enough thread on at first so had to add more which meant ends to hide. Sigh....I seem to be doing that a lot these days. It takes about 4 yards on the shuttle.I also tatted A Happy

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It took me three tries but I finally completed Nancy Tracy's owl! I need to contact Nancy and ask her to check the text. I actually completed 2 owls without the beak but something was wrong each time. Finally I just followed the diagram only and then I still made one join one picot off but I'm done for now. I'm not normally an owl fan but this little fella just charmed me right away! He is

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Finca Green 4565 size 16Finca Peach 7646 size 16Metallic MLI #601 50 from JapanPattern: Nami's Goldfish You can also go to Nami's blog and download the link from there. I will make a few changes the next time I make it. I will add the bead to my shuttle thread as that is my preference for adding beads. I will also go back and forth using split chains rather than cut and ties but this thread

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Plate V, Figure 26Finally, here's #19 in the challenge which is based on the vintage publication D.M.C. Tatting by Thse. Dillmont which you can download FREE HERE.This is the center part which is all rings. They instruct you to go back and forth with "turn" and they do say to when to use short picots and when to use long ones but give no measurement so I was guesstimating. As you can see in the

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No pics today but brief update on what's coming up. This is a very busy week for me so not much tatting. However, I've been printing out a few exciting patterns - a fish by Nami, the cute owl from Nancy Tracy's Be-Stitched newsletter, and working on the next segment of my 25 motif challenge. No time to provide the links just now but just making a presence in tat-land!

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I found three more Old Time Crochet Magazines to pass on so I drew three more winners: #3, Marie, #20 Sharon, and #35 John. This is fun!*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*I think this is incredible! A friend sent it to me.Here's the video showing the making of it:Wouldn't it be cool to see one with tatting?

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I finally got the Winter Butterfly done after several aborted starts. I tried doing the body in white, size 30 and the wings in pale gray, size 30, along with a silver blending filament, but it simply looked like mismatched whites, so I took the body off (which I'd done twice already because I forgot the antennae and then added the upper wing wrong three times!) and made a new one in the pale

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The winner of the Old Time Crochet Giveaway is Betty Yount, #33 in the comments. Betty's email doesn't show as she had to send me a private email to comment and I did not add it when I transferred the email. Congratulations to Betty!

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Here is the Canopy Bookmark from Martha Ess's new book, Playing With Picots.It turned out to be a quick tat, good practice for split rings and using a picot gauge. It takes about 8 yards total plus extra for the tassle if you use a tassle tail. I do have some beads for the tassle that are a perfect match in color but I hesitate to use them since I bought them in Ireland years ago and have found

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****Please note! I've already rejected one comment that did not link back to a profile or ANY identification that would allow me to contact that person.Have you ever wondered what happened to the tatters in those old publications? What about the names you never heard of before or since you saw it attached to a pattern? Was that their 5 Minutes of Fame? Now some online names may be entirely

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I saw Umi n Tsuru's post today about Martha's new book, Playing with Picots, and realized I had been remiss in not posting about it myself! I was fortunate enough to be a test tatter for Martha but the surprise and delight came when I saw the book and the patterns I did NOT test tat!So I set out to tat the first bookmark that caught my eye, loading up shuttles with Marilee's HDT, Purple Glory,

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No new tatting but I did finish stitching this down on the pillowcase. I do think I'll make a hen & chick edging for the edge. In fact, since that is such an easy on-the-go project, it will be perfect for my frequent comings and goings right now. It will probably use up this particular ball of Lizbeth thread too. I hope I don't need more as it won't match, I'm sure.I now have a section of

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I've actually been doing more crochet and embroidery on quilt blocks than tatting but I did want to show what I'm working on.This is an edging from a Norma Benopath booklet. I got it while I was in Australia in 2005. As you can see, it looks a little rough and that's because it's done so danged oddly! I will do one more of the big flowers and then see how it looks at the bottom of the bag.

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I finally got to the point where I felt comfortable enough with my new sewing machine that I thought I could finish this piece of embroidery into something. It decided it wanted to be a pouch, a pouch that seems to look a lot like a glasses case! I should probably line it with felt if I use it for glasses - or it could just hold balls of thread, etc. I wanted to add a little lace to it too,

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Whoo Hoo!Fnally, FINAlly, FINALLY!!! I managed to finish it!I had left off okay. I thought I was untatting but if I was, I didn't need to. I did have to untat one ring at nearly the end when I joined one ring too soon. Then I added a little chain loop at the end for a tassel. So HERE we are!!!It's been disconcerting to see how much we can lose in a short time. Otherwise preoccupied, I've

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I'm making progress on the Chinese Coin bookmark but again, was too busy watching TV and kept having to retro-tat. Stopped after my 3rd error. Maybe tonight!I'm also crocheting a hat from this red nubby yarn although neither the scan or photo showed the true red. Because it is so nubby, it's hard to follow but I think I'm making progress!

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Yay! Finally I made a second attempt at the Chinese Coin bookmark. I'm ready to make the turn and start up the other side. I will probably wait until tomorrow to finish it off.I am so behind in my tatting or any lace, for that matter. Palmettos is this weekend and I'll be watching for news from attendees. Also the gang at Fringe Element which is also this weekend. The Feast of the Hunter's

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My Lace Guild has a new blog, Lafayette Lacemakers, thanks to one of our newest members! Lelia, over at Stitches of Life II, is the creator of the blog. What a wonderful job she has done too!

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I did start the Winter Butterfly but haven't been happy with it so it's just laying there waiting on me. I'll finish it but I don't think it will go with the others. I don't want to make a final decision until it is complete though. It might look entirely different. One of the problems is that the colors are not as pale as I thought when tatted up. That may still be okay...it might just be a

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I sort of understand what it feels like to be Fox.This is the second time I've tried to tat Jon's Chinese Coin bookmark. The first time was a few years ago and the thread was way too fine for a first try. I abandoned it planning to try again later, not this much later, but later.I started this earlier in the week and was quite proud of myself for getting one whole side done. Then other things

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Summer!Tatted with Marilee's HDT Garden Afternoon and Lizbeth Leaf Green Medium, size 20 for both.Kind of reminds me of Monet's Garden.

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I got an unexpected gift from Anika - two more of her hand dyed skeins! I have one wound onto a floss holder and tatted a tiny bit already. Otherwise, I really have no tatting to show. We had another heat record-breaking week and after trudging across campus several times each day, I literally dropped for a nap every day when I got home. When I woke up, I really didn't feel like doing

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Plate V, figure 25 I started on the motif last night. It's a simple 4 ring motif. 6-6-6-6 with joins at the side picots. At first, I miscounted the picots and had a 6-6-6 ring but then I saw there was no way to join at the corners for the 9 square center so I carefully counted again and found my mistake. I'd already made 2 rings. I didn't want to cut them off and have a knot and ends to deal

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P.S. I meant to add that the colors in this are so rich and so vibrant in person. You can't see it at all on the monitor screen. Another flutter! I realized I have enough of an assortment of the HDT to tat one for each season. This is Knitty Gritty with Warm Dark Chocolate. This one will represent Autumn. The one made with Rhubarb Pie will be Spring, Summertime Trail will be Summer and

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Isn't this pillow stitched by Evy on Fantaisies Crazy by Evy: Arts Nouveaux stunning? I found the link on Craft Gossip. Remember when I asked what everyone did with their bits and pieces and single motifs? This would work for some. I've wanted to do crazy quilting from way back when I started quilting, in my early 20's. Over the years I collected fabrics and books but have yet to sit

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This is the last edging of Plate 2 in the vintage D.M.C. Tatting publication that I'm using for the 25 Motif Challenge. Plate 2, Figure 14 It's a common one that I'm sure you've seen many times in various forms and I even have an example at the end of this post. The instructions are ....tiresome...and like I usually do, I sketched out what I was reading. They designate the 4th picot in the

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This is a pattern by Nancy Tracy at http://www.be-stitched.com/index.asp">Be-Stitched. It has long picots that are frayed. I hate the fraying part but love the result. The threads, Rhubarb Pie & Celery, are by Marilee. (Yarnplayer) The pattern is easy but I didn't read it closely enough. The chains outlining the center ring are supposed to be joined at the last picot in each segment but I

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This is a favorite butterfly pattern but it's only the 3rd time I've tatted it. The first time was for an exchange years ago. The second time seemed like only a few years ago but I can't find it on my blog. It was yellow and orange/gold but I made a mistake and got the upper wings attached wrong so that the long part of the segment was at the bottom. Only bothers me since I know it's wrong! So

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To find out the history of this project, check my post from July 30, 2011. This is Plate 2, figure 13 in the DMC Tatting publication. Here's my sample, knots and all. I couldn't bring myself to crochet the header but I think it's a lovely edging. It's upside down here. I made all the long picots as described in the instructions but if I were making it as an edging, I would have short joining

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These birds are addictive! And quick! Earlier in the summer, Val showed some motifs she tatted from Kimono Threads which she purchased during a visit to Hong Kong. I expressed an interest in them and she very kindly sent me some samples...twice. The first mailing apparently got lost in the mail and she went out of her way to send me another set of samples along with a pretty hanky and a tatted

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Someone mentioned I hadn't shown shaved cat #2. For some reason, it didn't seem like as drastic of a change with him. He almost always manages to turn away from the camera or shut his eyes. He didn't get sedated and it seemed like even more of his fur was taken off. It did NOT improve his disposition at all. He really is as fat as I thought he was but still not as fat as Diogi. He also has this

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Back to work today so my needlework production will slow down as well as domestic production. I did find a bookcase yesterday at Target for $25. It will hold the DVD's and videotapes until I find the cabinet type I'm looking for. I need another bookcase in my craft room so this one will eventually find its way there. Kitty #2 is getting sheared today but my son had to take him since I'm back

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You might remember a few posts ago when I mentioned Lace News and the Lace News YouTube Channel. Well, I was looking through some of the tatting videos and happened upon this one. I was intrigued by the way she made rings through the picots. I know in many of the antique patterns that they pulled the thread from picot to picot to get from one place to another but I've never seen a reference to

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I've been woefully neglectful in updating the Events page but it is done now. Below is the same information but once we get past this post, you can easily click on the "Tatting Events" tab and see them again without searching through posts. Both Palmettos and the Fringe Element Tatters have fabulous Tat Days and since one is in the North and the other in the South, you shouldn't miss out

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If you don't know about the site Lace News, go check it out! It's about all the laces and includes tatting! In addition to that, Laurie Waters has undertaken the monumental task of listing all the Youtube lace videos in one spot. There are currently over 1,000 on the playlist. Here's the current pdf listing: http://lacenews.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/july_2011_playlist.pdf Tatting videos are

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Isn't this fabric tea set adorable? The tutorial is at Cherished Bliss. You'll need to be an experienced seamstress to understand it but whether you make it or someone else makes it for you, what a lovely way to highlight your tatting! Not anything to show today. I started stitching the trim on the pillowcase last night. It's slow going. I also crocheted some cord for a Romanian Point Lace

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I got to tat Bri's doily and used size 20 Coates variegated and size 20 Lizbeth dark purple. It's easy to tat but I had to pay attention and make sure I joined in the right places. I'm going to try it again in two solid colors as I think that will bring out the design elements more.The trim adapted from Plate 2, figure 12 is done! I think. I will pin it to the pillow case and make sure it

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So....those of you who have participated in multiple 25 Motif Challenges or exchanges or just tat a lot, what do you do with the pieces that keep stacking up? Do you tend to tat in the same color group? Can you categorize or sort your tatting into complementary groups? Have you tried laying it all out and then mixing and matching?I have a habit of tatting ONE motif to try a pattern out or to

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We've finally had a break in the heat wave! It stayed under 90º today and there was a nice breeze. The perfect summer day!I've been testing for Martha a bit more. This is just a hint. I think some things should be a surprise!Here are some earrings I ordered on Etsy recently. I only saw the big ones and ordered those, commenting about them possibly being too big for me to wear and she

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Remember Chewie, my little 7# dynamo? The one who follows me from room to room, jumps up on the arm of my chair every chance she gets, sleeps by my face when I nap on the sofa...with the very matted fur because she is aging somewhat ungracefully?I absolutely could not brush the mats out of her fur. It was actually felted in little knobs around her hips and under her neck and belly. I decided

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Yes! I'm still plugging away at this! For new readers, I'm participating in the 25 Motif Challenge hosted by Sharon Briggs. The idea is to tat 25 motifs of your choice within the span of a year. No penalties if you don't but many rewards when you do. It's one way to focus, to improve your tatting skills and to just have fun. So many people think they don't tat much but when you record your

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I've been saving this post so that I would have time to fit it in my header in a way that showed it off the best.I got home from work Monday to find an unexpected envelope from Wendy at Umi n Tsuru. Wendy has surprised me before and I'm always amazed at her talent and generosity. I knew she had some giveaways going on but had not participated. When I opened the envelope, I literally gasped at

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I am so sick of this heat. We had a break on Sunday but it's gotten hotter and muggier each day so that we are right back where we were last week. And the week before. And the week before. It has been relentless! The forecast isn't very promising either. I have enough AC to keep comfortable as long as I don't get too physical. I've had to be out several times during the day at work this week

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An anonymous commenter signed the name "mic" to their comment which follows:i have a question and it might sound odd ... but how do you attach your tatting? i've been working on an edging for my god daughter's dress and i can't think of how to attach it. i was thinking sewing it down by hand but i'm not sure that would be the best choice ... i'd greatly appreciate any pointers you could give :)

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I've been so busy the past two weeks that I couldn't post about everything but I'm trying to catch up today. I picked up my fair entries last Friday night.I really think you've seen everything before in single posts.The woman who was processing the checkout told me the judge (or someone) was intrigued by the pinwheel purse. I forgot I'd stuck a dime in there so that seemed to delight her too.

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I've had a couple of very busy weeks. The first one involved farm inspections and took me out of town. It was fun, though work related and a nice break. But the real fun was this week!Some of you may remember my escapade with co-hort Gail Owens back in August of 2009. We kidnapped Jane Eborall and showed her the town! So when the opportunity came up again, we were all primed to say the

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Amusement Doily Pattern copyright of "Creations by Celtess" 1970 -?- This is all that was on my printout. I don't know if you can find it on the internet still.Thread is Summer Trail size 20 by Yarnplayer. I also used a bit of Omega Peach in size 30 to separate the rounds.I have wanted to tat this pattern for years. Seriously - years. I love this thread. I will probably frame it and hang it on

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If you've been reading Martha's blog you know she's been playing and coming up with patterns for a new book. I was fortunate enough to test tat the one she has shown on her blog.It's an easy tat and quick to work up in an hour or so. Just because it's quick and easy doesn't mean there isn't something new there. You get to play with a new technique and I think you'll enjoy it.I had to run to the

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The summer I was 17, Tommy James and the Shondells were ONE of my favorites.I remember all the hot starry nights. Fair time, carnivals, sweet corn, innocent dreams of hanky-panky.What's all that got to do with a tatting blog?Well...it's summer...my birthday is coming up...so I got myself a birthday present.Ever since I saw Shirley's shuttle made from a record, I had an idea brewing in my head.

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On Saturday I met up with my sister and her husband and went out to Delphi, Indiana to a new tea room. The owner is Julia who has a lovely space on the courthouse square which she has named Beyond My Garden Gate and there is, indeed, a lovely black wrought iron gate inside that you pass by. They're right next to the Opera House which the town is trying to restore.My sister and her husband

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I finished this up Sunday evening. I had pinned the rosettes so they overlapped a bit but when it came to sewing them down, it just didn't seem to be working so they are spread out more than I wanted. If I'd known I was going to end up doing this, I probably would have made the picots shorter. I did use a picot gauge but you can see they are consistently longer on one side of the split ring

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The Thread Giveaway is over now. Winners have been notified. #1 a) Laivine (#15) b) Margie (#12); #2 Shannon(#11); #3 to Gail (#33). Congratulations to all! I have either sent you an email or commented on your blog.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Three little motifs I've been tatting to add to something else. The thread is Omega size 30 and the beads are seed beads size 11/0. I don't especially like tatting

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Go HERE for the thread giveaway which ends July 10th!Yay! I got a new haircut and my new contacts! My old contacts didn't fit right and my eyes were itching and burning so much last winter that I stopped wearing them. I've worn contacts since I was 14 years old and I'm glad to have a good fitting pair again. Our county fair is coming up so I need to send in the registration form by the end of the

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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

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I'm home today, partly for vacation and partly to meet with another electrician for an estimate. My son came upstairs this morning and looked really groggy for someone who went to bed before I did. Seems he didn't sleep much at all last night. He fell asleep for a few hours only to be awakened by Diogi meowing and jumping on his bed. Jumping off to chase a mouse and then back up again. So he

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I was the appreciative recipient recently of some vintage newsletters from the 1980's, sent out by a Wisconson group and titled KNOTS & NOTES, editor Kathryn J. Johns. Each one is only 3-4 letter size pages but it's a nice step back into history that seems like only yesterday.The first one I picked up was dated March 1985 and on the next to last page, I found a name I recognized: Marilee Rockley

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Saturday I tatted the alligator bookmark from Dianna Stevens' Animal Bookmarks, A Tatted Zoo. It's part of an exchange I've arranged with someone. I love how it tatted up and it reminded me that I should mention something about this book because I've tatted other bookmarks from it. Dianna's directions are excellent for a beginner. Her diagrams are color coded plus she breaks down the tatting into

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This edging was easy-peasy too. This is figure 10 of Plate 2 from D.M.C. Tatting.You might remember back in February that I posted motif #5 which features a series of rings with the thread joined from the base of the ring to a picot at the top to produce a line of head to toe rings which we now accomplish with split rings. I tatted it according to the directions though and crocheted the header.

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While I was surfing Etsy the other day, I came across this lot of tatted pieces for sale. I'm not sure which picture will come up when you click on the Etsy link because it just goes to the listing and not necessarily the one out of a group of photos that I was looking at. I posted it on the Tatting Goddess yahoo group in case anyone was interested in purchasing it although I think it is probably

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I was browsing Etsy yesterday, looking at all the pretty things related to lace and lacemaking. I came across this Dragonfly Chatelaine by Lady Dusty Rose which I found intriguing, especially since she mentioned tatting at the same time.These are her own lamp worked beads. There's a cutter (great for airplane trips!) and a hook. And see the thread wound around a cylinder? That's the ball thread

Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-25851880992369886262011-06-22T23:04:00.002-04:002011-06-25T23:38:58.969-04:00

I thought this one was going to be much harder than it was! This is Plate 2, figure 9 from the D.M.C. Tatting by Therese de Dillmont which I've chosen to use for my 25 motif challenge.The idea is to take the original instructions and tat them, updating with new techniques when possible. I also like to show some potential variations and use elements we have today that were not widely available

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Alrighty! I'm up to figure 8 in Plate 2 of the D.M.C. Tatting vintage publication. This is the 2nd of 8 edgings.Here's a close-up of the tatted part. There is a stitch count version at the end of this post. This is rings only and very simple. The hardest part is keeping the bare thread space consistent. I eyeballed it and you can tell, if this was a bigger picture, that I was off here and there.

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Six balls of thread (I put two others back), a spool of metallic thread, two commemorative bobbins, two plain bobbins to match the two I'm missing from a dozen (not pictured here), and a gift.Lunch at Omega's (a huge BLT plate with cole slaw, fries, a muffin and sesame bun) with some tatters!Who just happened to be these ladies, minus Diane. Sue Anna from Sue Anna's Blog, whose computer is on the

Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-65877945876537846222011-06-16T07:00:00.001-04:002011-06-16T07:00:15.375-04:00

Indeed, a good night! I finished up my Rose Ground sampler that I started the night before and then tatted the first part if Plate 2, figure 8 in the DMC tatting. Crochet will come later. It was as good as eating ice cream and drinking champagne, surrounded by scented colorful flowers.Good Times....

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Anyone notice I don't have word verification anymore? It was suggested in a blogger forum to remove it as a way to help people comment easier. They said Blogger has spam filters now anyway. So I still moderate to approve the comment before it shows, but it's one less step for you. I haven't started tatting figure #8 in the challenge but I wanted to show this because it has the crocheted

Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-7978243195410061562011-06-14T14:22:00.001-04:002011-06-15T13:38:26.915-04:00

Wild Olive had a Tea Party Week recently. I was so hoping to find time to make the tea cup mug, embroider it and add a touch of tatted lace, but it was not to be. Well....it could be if I wanted to delay this post even longer. But, I've been really lax about Tatting Tea Tuesday and so wanted to post something relevant. I have no tatting at all to show today. I ended up playing with bobbin lace

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I finished this up last night and blocked it before going to bed. It's tatted in size 16 Finca and the beads are probably size 10. They're slightly bigger than your typical seed bead. The ribbon is for scale. It's a 1/8" ribbon so you can see the edging isn't very wide, maybe 1/2". It was harder to work with in this size than the size 20 and seemed to take forever to tat.This time I tatted

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Yee Ha! I'm making up for lost time!Alrighty! This is the first of eight edgings in Plate 2 of D.M.C. Tatting. It's titled as Figure 7 and is the simplest, except for perhaps Figure 8, in the series. I used the trusty DMC Special Cordonnet size 20. It took 2 shuttles as a ring is thrown off of the chain. I suppose you could do the shoe lace trick but the rings are always a little wonky, leaning

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Surprise! I finished figure 6 of Plate 1 in the D.M.C. Tatting publication. This is the last one in Plate 1 and it is defined as a galoon. Remember a galoon is a surface trim, like braid, instead of an insertion or edging. I tatted it in DMC Cordonnet Special size 20. I didn't do a very good job with closing the gap in the clover on this one but I paid special attention there later. I

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