Tat's All She Wrote
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Butterfly Four

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More of that yellow Cébélia size 30. This is a butterfly in profile -- by default. I started it as a butterfly with wings on both sides. ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Butterfly Three

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Again with the yellow Cébélia size 30 (maybe I can use the whole ball this way) I made the first attempt at this butterfly. It wasn't ...
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Butterfly Two

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This is one of the "ewwww, that's icky" patterns reworked until I like it pretty well. The first one in Cébélia size 30 has n...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Butterfly One

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Progression of the middle butterfly... The first incarnation in yellow Cébélia size 30 had too much going on in the center -- lots of chain...
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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Wasting thread

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That's what I've been doing. When I couldn't tat, I was making all these complicated butterfly patterns -- without stitch coun...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Finishing Up One More

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A long-sleeved "onsie" for a winter daughter. My sister did the tie-dye and I put a neck decoration on it in shades of pink. The...
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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Tag I'm It? What?

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I've been tagged by Sapna -- it didn't hurt though. Here are the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged. 1. Link to your t...
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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Learning to Tat?

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This is how I learned to tat. I bought this brand-new book for 50 cents (in 1974), a metal Boye shuttle with a bobbin, and used some of my ...
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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Never Again

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Except for the color -- which I like -- what an absolute waste of two nights and a morning pretending to block this awful thing. I say pret...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Blocking at Least

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Lucky Clover by Blomqvist and Persson in Tatting Patterns and Designs is one of the last things I finished before hand surgery. It's t...
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Tatting while listening to audio books is what I call relaxation. I get home from work, get dinner out of the way, then park myself in my favorite chair. I pick up my lap desk covered with shuttles, patterns, strings and beads, stick the earbuds in and say, "Checking out!" Nobody bothers me then -- until it's time to go ride the stationary bike, that is.
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