Threads of a Tatting Goddess

Yep, one more angel! This one went to a friend who sent me several tapes that I'm interested in. I used the layered picot for the crow...

As I posted earlier, I celebrated five years of blogging about tatting on February 13, 2008. I wanted to do something special but I was crun...

You might remember from my last post that the vintage edging I tatted recently had me thinking of angels and I did have a go at creating one...

And I'm done!!!! The very last one is my favorite. I'll probably do that one again. #21 repeated one segment in the instructions......

I didn't feel quite up to speed yesterday, very tired and a headache off and on so I didn't do much. Napped and tatted. I'm mis...

My very first post! Tatting - that delicate wispy threading of air pockets that makes an enduring lace. It's become an obession with me...

I wanted to tat a bookmark for my daughter-in-law to-be whose birthday was last week. I only found out that day! I got her something else to...

It's a good thing I'm doing this as a challenge because I'm bored already and would probably stop at this point if I hadn't ...

I actually tatted #10 after #11 because I wanted a little time to figure out how to make those bridges from one round to another. The only t...

I don't want to complain too much about this book and yet, I do feel like I should point out the errors for those who want to make the m...

Calvin & Hobbes 1986 I'm guilty of this. LOL! Not of going to the library and filling out the cards but I do fill out cards for th...

Last Night blogger was down and I didn't really have much time anyway. I didn't sleep well the night before and I went to the gym a...

Isn't this a beautiful shuttle? It's described as a madras knotting shuttle in Needlework Antiques and the information about is sa...

Crochet Lace Machine I didn't know crocheted lace could be made by machine but it appears that there is a machine in China for that purp...

Here's motifs #2, #3, & #4 for the 25 motif challenge, same order as in the book. I broke the picot on #2 as I was hiding the end. ...

There is a film on Jan Stawasz's website which features not only his tatting but his instructions. Jan incorporates frontside/backside...

Apparently I am not getting enough tatting time in. I was up way past my bedtime last night working this earring from Judith Connors' b...

Done! Whoops - why's that one chain guy peeking up higher than anyone else? LOL! I enjoyed tatting this one. The tiny rings on the o...

I've mostly been knitting but the mitten is wrong side out right now and I didn't feel like turning it right side out to show progre...

Day 3 from Jane's Tat It & See series. I want to do it over so bad ! I forget to leave a space and doing teensy bits like this at...