Hankering for Yarn

September 19th, 2008

Lace making in the 19th C

I have been in love with lace since I was a child. I began making lace when I was a little girl. One of my grandmother’s friends taught me how to make holes (on purpose!) in your knitting, and that was it for me….. addicted!
I’ve been making lace ever since. I started crocheting lace when […]

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August 10th, 2008

There’s more than crochet at the Knit and Crochet show

 
I love teaching workshops at the Knit and crochet shows….. workshops
I love to bring together lots of different fiber arts in my workshops: mask making, doll making, crochet, tatting, spool knitting, freeforming and all manner of other things unfold in workshops.
It’s always a ton of fun!
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July 24th, 2008

Invitation to join the Crochet Games of Ancient Greece challenge

Amy and Donna over at Crochetville have started a fun challenge.
It’s the 2008 Crochet Games of Ancient Greece Challenge.  It’s an invitation to challenge yourself to create a work of crochet that will be a challenge for you to complete from the opening to closing of the Olympic games in Bejing.
At first, I thought…. there […]

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July 18th, 2008

Tatted and Crocheted Lace Pouch

I have had a life long love affair with lace making.
I started making lace when I was a little girl, when one of my grandmother’s friends taught me how to knit lace. She showed me that wrapping the needle with the yarn made holes and that I could figure out how to make wonderful things […]

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July 17th, 2008

Red tatted and crocheted butterfly Shawl

I am working non stop on my new book, and it’s going great.
While it is still in the pre-publication stage, I really can’t talk about it in detail. But… oh boy…. once my publisher releases details, I’ll be happily yakking about it!
Can’t talk about the book, ‘cept to say that I am busting my chops […]

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July 8th, 2008

Sculpting recycled wood into a tatting shuttle-2

In my previous posting, I showed how I got started making the Lady Hoare tatting shuttle.
I took the bits of recycled wood back out to the workshop, and cut the 2 shuttles out on the bandsaw:

Then finished up the openings with a smaller saw:

Next, time to make some sawdust:

You can see how it’s looking more […]

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July 8th, 2008

Sculpting recycled wood into a tatting shuttle-1

My husband’s dad built a desk when my husband was a wee little guy. Sadly, the desk fell apart last winter. BUT!
The desk lives on in all manner of ways!
I have made bag handles and a heap of bracelets from the bottoms of the drawers.
And, today, I made myself another ‘Lady Hoare’ (I pronounce it […]

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July 7th, 2008

Inspiration - Ceramic tatting shuttles

 
Wow! Thanks to ‘TattingChic’  , I have learned about ‘Lady Shuttle Maker’,  who makes one  of a kind ceramic tatting shuttles and dyes tatting thread. Her work is gorgeous! Here’s the link: Lady Shuttle Maker 
Thanks so much, TattingChic!
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Tags: , inspiration, lace making, tatted lace, tatting, tatting shuttles

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July 4th, 2008

Happy tatted butterfly

I was so happy today to be able to say to my dentist:
“I really like you, but….
we’ve been seeing too much of each other.
It’s time for a break.”
She and her assistant both cracked up and we all merrily agreed that we are on a break. (we really have been spending waaaaaaaaaay too much time […]

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June 28th, 2008

Tatted and Crocheted shawl- new butterfly

I’ve been working away on a crocheted and tatted freeform lace butterfly shawl.
It’s been frustrating and challenging, because it just hasn’t been going the way I thought it should.
But! I have had a couple of breakthroughs that I am really pleased about.
The first is that I have finally settled on the thread that I am […]

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