tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326750242024-03-07T12:50:52.540-05:00Glow TatsThis is a journal of my tatting and other needlework adventures. Oh the picture isn't me, it is my fairy me, the me that can fly off in to the woods, forget all my troubles and tat pretty lace all dayGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-47566121429109470862007-10-23T09:15:00.000-04:002007-10-23T09:39:53.934-04:00TaggedI have been tagged by <a href="http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/">http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/</a> , Gina.<br />She has tagged me as a gentle nudge to update my blog, she is kind that way, subtle. It's like a nice warm hug that says, you are too quiet, I miss you. Thanks Gina.<br /><br />Here are the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged.<br />1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.<br />2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.<br />3. Tag 3 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).<br />4. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.<br /><br />Facts, just the facts, ma'am!<br />1. I am happier at this point in my life than I have been in years.<br />2. My grandmother taught me to tat when I was around eight years old, she used sized 80 thread, and the old traditional rings, chains, tie and cut tatting, done in reverse riegeo.<br />3. I'm no longer five feet short, I'm even shorter, sigh.......<br />4. After a thirty year relationship, my husband left, to be with a younger woman.<br />5. I think the word divorcee sounds sooooo sexy!<br />6. I talk to my betta fish, Flip and Finnigan. "Here fishey fishey, do you want a nice freeze dried blood worm?"<br />7. My knitting habit has become an obsession.<br /><br />I tag Sue <a href="http://yorkiesuetatting.blogspot.com/">http://yorkiesuetatting.blogspot.com/</a><br />I tag Sherry <a href="http://ladyshuttlemaker.blogspot.com/">http://ladyshuttlemaker.blogspot.com/</a><br />I tag Sharon <a href="http://sharonstattedlace.blogspot.com/">http://sharonstattedlace.blogspot.com/</a>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-22525378004472143932007-08-30T08:55:00.000-04:002007-08-30T09:11:09.043-04:00Summer Vacation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczmLFmbB5Z_Bq6o6dkvsc39jxOdRPjP2bMZ9DtJS5iKDQUGAGEVtnAqShHrVZxns5ZqtJy5U_UFTWtjWT9ipz0oZxGiFTfHnoeGtR3aIFwxgeS6uGoS6eYWh9vkeymiUrL4R9ig/s1600-h/burdadone.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104476960296383554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczmLFmbB5Z_Bq6o6dkvsc39jxOdRPjP2bMZ9DtJS5iKDQUGAGEVtnAqShHrVZxns5ZqtJy5U_UFTWtjWT9ipz0oZxGiFTfHnoeGtR3aIFwxgeS6uGoS6eYWh9vkeymiUrL4R9ig/s320/burdadone.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>What I did on my summer vacation: I knitted, I sewed, and I tatted, but clearly I didn't blog. My daughter, the computer hog, snort snort, has gone back to art classes, yipee! She's happy, I'm happy, and I get some computer time, wheeee.</div><div></div><div></div><div><strong>Motif 18</strong>, yea I'm still working on last year's 25 motifs, is that ok. The doily from the front of the Tatting from Burda book is finished. I have learned a few tricks along the way and am pleased with the result. </div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-31920668285449219702007-06-28T22:24:00.000-04:002007-06-28T22:35:37.531-04:00Worth Waiting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDffu9MTF67YWQV5xojaDun4Q7YzlAgGQFg5iqsCm3PXrPEDMK_ekrqgNNdDsDnd4a4BMsAU1mrntHD1yRF7VeUD_FRv1hD8Zb7rvJ884-gMUf_w6ufGksjh4BMIBMJaFX73YsSg/s1600-h/ladyslipper.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081308560758525714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDffu9MTF67YWQV5xojaDun4Q7YzlAgGQFg5iqsCm3PXrPEDMK_ekrqgNNdDsDnd4a4BMsAU1mrntHD1yRF7VeUD_FRv1hD8Zb7rvJ884-gMUf_w6ufGksjh4BMIBMJaFX73YsSg/s400/ladyslipper.jpg" border="0" /></a> I've had this orchid for 2 1/2 years, I think it was worth the wait.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhn8DYkYcgxn-UTr40tNHAvvgq07qm-HnWHX7Cooj_O5UZ-HmWinqAnWK2MWkdtts6dUKwSa9dBOUFjWx4y37BxiMYl0KxY4qJkAcRVvnLzUFl0mfKF_EP8moGTkr2PXade7KU2w/s1600-h/ladyslipper.jpg"></a></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-39631554908140632912007-05-24T11:33:00.002-04:002007-05-24T11:45:41.057-04:00Lesson Learned<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqbCfww4_4Y-WLj9X4KMja6CVylTdGyVqYu3GnZLoalh2typs-sLEhDxO5eI5EkDRsTpqLe8g6M76Ohs2s02_SY2kV207KsW5kthFQQVLEFS138LQiPtgMb2EMmi0ykg-3XPDkg/s1600-h/tank+front.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068151368059081346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqbCfww4_4Y-WLj9X4KMja6CVylTdGyVqYu3GnZLoalh2typs-sLEhDxO5eI5EkDRsTpqLe8g6M76Ohs2s02_SY2kV207KsW5kthFQQVLEFS138LQiPtgMb2EMmi0ykg-3XPDkg/s200/tank+front.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some lessons must be learned more than once, blush, yes I have often made the same mistake twice. It starts innocently as a trip to a yarn shop, where I buy one skein of something wonderful to try, I like it so then I buy more later from a different person, and by the time I get to using it, my garment has multiple dye lots. This is the front of a great pattern from Art Yarns, triangle tank, it is modular knitting. The unmatched yarn is from South West Trading Company, 100% bamboo, really nice and I expect it to only get nicer, softer with washings. Notice the top band is a tad bit darker, yep different dye lot, but this pattern uses my ooops to it's best advantage, wink wink.<br /><br />Thanks ladies for the lovely comments on my doily, and yes it is still in progress, last round is better than half way around. The thread is a sewing machine decorative thread, sulky size 30 blendables, cotton and tats like the DMC 50.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-52698920264142705692007-05-14T09:59:00.000-04:002007-05-14T10:02:19.194-04:00Knitting UFO Finished<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6dJGdBElxfPPHVQ6NWQLBfK1GKOkY5d-kNlc6q89QYKyAwx50vw6IFnLGaqQiZ2L5jULmjHYw709bZbT_vcwtVSifu3i6rXDcOhc3RclsZ0l-IVnZ-ohWcKzEf6JscV54l5DXA/s1600-h/afghan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064415906426648626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6dJGdBElxfPPHVQ6NWQLBfK1GKOkY5d-kNlc6q89QYKyAwx50vw6IFnLGaqQiZ2L5jULmjHYw709bZbT_vcwtVSifu3i6rXDcOhc3RclsZ0l-IVnZ-ohWcKzEf6JscV54l5DXA/s400/afghan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Two seconds on the floor and the Blues Brothers think it is for them.</div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">Silly cats!</span></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-46822589375017371112007-05-11T09:55:00.000-04:002007-05-11T10:05:01.017-04:00Final RoundWoo Hoo, I figured out the problem that had this doily in danger of becoming an UFO. The snowflake book has a block tatted flake the looks similar to the center of this, and it starts with one chain of a block, goes to the center ring, and then back out to finish the block, yippee. This eliminates the need to cut after only one ring, or my solution of leaving one block with only four chains. I can't take credit for this genius, thanks Lene Bjorn, it's a simple and brilliant fix. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlell6kmpetwV4is5unwIdfrI0RrdRn6yfu8fyx0GyL9evTS6mo3oxesHwiAdEqUD3hNI4U_m654n5EQMavCQ-xyAYvyGhAwY9JWLrfofCDlkQL9ruWybVg1RWHI093bxkZpfaXw/s1600-h/blockdoilyend.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063301620111374370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlell6kmpetwV4is5unwIdfrI0RrdRn6yfu8fyx0GyL9evTS6mo3oxesHwiAdEqUD3hNI4U_m654n5EQMavCQ-xyAYvyGhAwY9JWLrfofCDlkQL9ruWybVg1RWHI093bxkZpfaXw/s320/blockdoilyend.jpg" border="0" /></a> Five done, fifteen to go, I think the last round is what makes this doily pop.<br /><div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-4121910073301202532007-05-09T11:12:00.000-04:002007-05-09T11:23:08.362-04:00Motif 17<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9vSLpiQYJ9BgX1eYQxX6ibnD3cZ5E25Q1VN2rjiwdZmP-WtWpoutRR9kydRjec2l8sJwsiXBawJgXE1Rt-QzHNggaOpeQ4tFxfWqxxt-V7OMY4l5LZ42hTiS9bFamyg5RhpFdg/s1600-h/crossa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062580791455119378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9vSLpiQYJ9BgX1eYQxX6ibnD3cZ5E25Q1VN2rjiwdZmP-WtWpoutRR9kydRjec2l8sJwsiXBawJgXE1Rt-QzHNggaOpeQ4tFxfWqxxt-V7OMY4l5LZ42hTiS9bFamyg5RhpFdg/s320/crossa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GO_6DNSZuTVAhFIDEi8D8PAbI14bja-vb5wnsj1aT3sf6Rtn12oRXcJeZbceP3tth3-v9K0facWzL0jlTjMslxbXyE23d3V-k5LfBKM-T0xJXcZip48dS7AsgSRgURl_q_l4Bg/s1600-h/crossa.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>From the book Tatted Bookmarks-cross-shaped design by Lene Bjorn, this one is Camilla. I really like this book, patterns are diagrammed with a few written instructions. I also have the tatted snowflakes book by Lene Bjorn, very impressed because they seem to be designed to climb out of each round, limiting extra joins. All the crosses have the fancy tassels coming off the top of the cross, it just looks like antenna to me, it makes me giggle, so I put them at the bottom where it just seems more natural.</div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-53535912629366400022007-04-29T16:11:00.000-04:002007-04-29T16:24:55.854-04:00Motif 16<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx1YCaGMg9SApKkM5JgzwzYquLY-GovAcbELqTuvjxhFFsgPbP7TpfO93R9Kflnjl85kywGyGuFucGw1dkN-O3rJ95VBfhbLGBijPLykE7SulRdI7hHRY8FiYlVsirQVHpasClw/s1600-h/burdaagain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058945655689836530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx1YCaGMg9SApKkM5JgzwzYquLY-GovAcbELqTuvjxhFFsgPbP7TpfO93R9Kflnjl85kywGyGuFucGw1dkN-O3rJ95VBfhbLGBijPLykE7SulRdI7hHRY8FiYlVsirQVHpasClw/s320/burdaagain.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Yes, I know I'm should be finishing this same doily I started earlier in a variegated yellow orange, but I was helping a friend get started on one for her and my sample just took on a life of it's own. The new shuttle was a what I gave myself as a consolation for not being able to go to Lafayette Lace Day. It's one of Sherry's ceramic shuttles, love the colors, had to file it with the sandpaper she sent to get it to take the size 40 thread. I didn't expect the ends to be that nice and tight, well as you can see, haha, it seems to tat very nicely. The next row is the hairy row, all the threads poking out to mark the following row's joins, I sort of like it at this stage and might just see where the design leads from here.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-38454232191874771072007-04-27T15:24:00.000-04:002007-04-27T15:31:51.979-04:00Motif 15<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XZzO4D__vtmBz4O8ipJjT5hGSJByIhGXg-8GaxenDFH13t1B-0hvzG26aSMowFNPxIc8lYdaaGwis5rZtRZkrgp3-2EnNCVurcQo2PhsWQEwrWqBbd7B6OI6UPgLYmo3n54YjQ/s1600-h/easteregg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058191029935929314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="281" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XZzO4D__vtmBz4O8ipJjT5hGSJByIhGXg-8GaxenDFH13t1B-0hvzG26aSMowFNPxIc8lYdaaGwis5rZtRZkrgp3-2EnNCVurcQo2PhsWQEwrWqBbd7B6OI6UPgLYmo3n54YjQ/s320/easteregg.jpg" width="285" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I purchased three inexpensive ceramic eggs at Hobby Lobby, $1 each, thought I'd cover them with tatting for my Easter basket. This motif was going to be one side, top or bottom for an egg, but the three rows of chains I like so much, make it not want to mold around the egg. These kind of design issues can put the whole project on the side line, or as a knitting friend says, she puts her projects in the time out chair, where they get punished for not behaving. Now I think it will become two projects, a small doily or coaster and then a restart fresh for the eggs, maybe next Easter.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-61174523558536361712007-04-25T18:39:00.000-04:002007-04-25T18:50:46.023-04:00Sarah's Bag<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5EqM3EAnoF3eAJ94TVuAvD0MaLJ9tXa9akBDSY1p42yT3bwMh5UZtUJlWRP6tkpayDpRbL8yViO5NOOTodslpBO2RumNqijFH55LSwyjTt_kcECNgwxI7JmlxWrk8FKOli0F_w/s1600-h/sarahbag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057499312568006610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5EqM3EAnoF3eAJ94TVuAvD0MaLJ9tXa9akBDSY1p42yT3bwMh5UZtUJlWRP6tkpayDpRbL8yViO5NOOTodslpBO2RumNqijFH55LSwyjTt_kcECNgwxI7JmlxWrk8FKOli0F_w/s320/sarahbag.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is Sarah's first hand spun yarn . She handed it to me and said "knit something with it" So here it is finished, a bag to hold projects, yarn, or unspun fibers. A basic circular bottom, straight sides, reduce stitches slightly in last round and then add a 3 stitch I cord edge for stability and handles. A simple no brain no pattern fun knit. Her multi colored batt made pretty yarn and striped nicely in the bag. Normally I would felt this kind of a bag but with her handspun I really wanted to save the look and texture of the original yarn.<br /><div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-61815619598049502802007-04-24T20:10:00.000-04:002007-04-24T20:24:49.786-04:00I'm Backkkkk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3YYm5pCCj96EwxY9axIhuEwldq1xqS8A1hV50UdprzfDEaEEC7mUsvyel_D6gdFa6CwuXsLYx-_WVC_eIyMAACnq5OhBFXT8E-JzVW-j04nHdkfYnVrr8QV8EG3jjFNCZRphpA/s1600-h/Picture+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057152410069591858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3YYm5pCCj96EwxY9axIhuEwldq1xqS8A1hV50UdprzfDEaEEC7mUsvyel_D6gdFa6CwuXsLYx-_WVC_eIyMAACnq5OhBFXT8E-JzVW-j04nHdkfYnVrr8QV8EG3jjFNCZRphpA/s320/Picture+026.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span> yea I've been back from Vegas a long time, but just haven't gotten back into my routine of blogging. I knitted those socks, partly, while lounging at the pool at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tropicana</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ahhhhh</span>, warm sunshine, very nice! See who wanted in the picture, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hehe</span>. Elwood plopped down on me for a snooze even before I could get the camera focused, silly cat. Elly is a big baby. Oh the trip was fabulous, we did nothing of redeeming value, played slots, some blackjack on a machine, hung out, had a few drinks, laughed lots, and behaved badly, great fun, great friends.</div><div> ( yarn was a cheap <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wallymart</span>, crochet thread, it knitted nicely, colors pooled instead of striped, wants to fuzz slightly but would use again)</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-24901145009850444122007-03-21T17:38:00.000-04:002007-03-21T17:51:59.160-04:00Welcome Spring<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN40oNXnasALOFVDTDEiQmw680Nv98i5pniaQZo4rzpmuOt-cD5GhEo4UiaVOlD_H3dLKUDlL8S-yQ4afDfyxD2rGHYffI1_K_Nb_aghclNCOIHQ9Mhp10N703ey-ROAntjmJK0g/s1600-h/daffs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044495793447649986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN40oNXnasALOFVDTDEiQmw680Nv98i5pniaQZo4rzpmuOt-cD5GhEo4UiaVOlD_H3dLKUDlL8S-yQ4afDfyxD2rGHYffI1_K_Nb_aghclNCOIHQ9Mhp10N703ey-ROAntjmJK0g/s400/daffs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I picked my last bouquet of tiny dafodils from my old house, each bloom is only two inches across at the most. Aren't they sweet in the little one cup tea pot, just perfect for a beautiful spring day. </div><div></div><div>I will be gone next week on a well deserved trip with a couple of girl friends, off to Vegas, hehee. We plan on being very bad, but don't ask, because what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-41112990846200973302007-03-18T11:00:00.000-04:002007-03-18T11:10:08.282-04:00Next Round<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzj3GHY0pZT8ft-6gwU1OuonEhM9G_V82vK3FTyTZ1WIGG_xqyjjUalC9p1MR3n0gy_oGB4HyhKD0jNhTtFa5NCXLl0eZHkHifp5rY6BZLR6FMtmflkoO_UbuLfBy4Y9DlR8GCw/s1600-h/block+doily++.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043279723709728978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzj3GHY0pZT8ft-6gwU1OuonEhM9G_V82vK3FTyTZ1WIGG_xqyjjUalC9p1MR3n0gy_oGB4HyhKD0jNhTtFa5NCXLl0eZHkHifp5rY6BZLR6FMtmflkoO_UbuLfBy4Y9DlR8GCw/s200/block+doily+%2B.jpg" border="0" /></a> Now that the round is finished, I think I would do this doily my way again, it really went easier than I expected. Note to myself, remember the next time that the chain really doesn't need to be as big as you think, pull it up a little, so it is snugger and lays straighter. Blocking should help with that problem. The lines radiating out from the center surprised me, not apparent in the picture from the book but a nice design element. The last round should take awhile as it is made of 20 motifs very similiar to the center, 8 blocks instead of 10 around. I need to slow the tatting down and break this arthritis flare before my trip to Las Vegas next week.<br /><div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-40438144865500771202007-03-15T16:46:00.000-04:002007-03-15T16:56:25.564-04:00Hairy Mess<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoECM02Q0UjQ6Q7yEVxGeIIDm_iHsnMGAdiNLxYpjEeBJfGy-hdtrwOCd1duVXCiVyUaVQDvjOXcTjNfhOk5fyGUaQSDCBYt8te6N7FXUuyOv4kyd0briRZzJtxB3AxMiIr7CDw/s1600-h/block+doily.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042255940945316034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="224" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoECM02Q0UjQ6Q7yEVxGeIIDm_iHsnMGAdiNLxYpjEeBJfGy-hdtrwOCd1duVXCiVyUaVQDvjOXcTjNfhOk5fyGUaQSDCBYt8te6N7FXUuyOv4kyd0briRZzJtxB3AxMiIr7CDw/s200/block+doily.jpg" width="250" border="0" /></a><br /><div> Not following the pattern can have it's own unconsidered results. The next round will either make or break it. I was suppose to do the next round free standing, unconnected to the center and then the round I just finished was suppose to put the center and the next round together. So all the hairs are marking joins in those chains for the following round. I hope it works out, it has to, everything else in my life has been a mess this week, I need this to work out, think positive. Oh, I did have to add more thread but there are still real no cut and ties, ha. </div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-68172544210467040832007-03-10T20:40:00.000-05:002007-03-13T10:50:35.430-04:00Motif 14<div>Look I'm actually tatting this week. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygfS-5Hz-LVT-Z_ArZIP0VdhSrLGqOmoDLdmmcuaK4kAs6WThK6bczpQi_UMXp0pCo5mqP7eLPP9l3rBVhzFa3PEWaMUcPGlK6clBLNSvXZXfb6WQ7HzMm5GRZ2QK60y28PtWQw/s1600-h/doilystart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041421141036894386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygfS-5Hz-LVT-Z_ArZIP0VdhSrLGqOmoDLdmmcuaK4kAs6WThK6bczpQi_UMXp0pCo5mqP7eLPP9l3rBVhzFa3PEWaMUcPGlK6clBLNSvXZXfb6WQ7HzMm5GRZ2QK60y28PtWQw/s200/doilystart.jpg" border="0" /></a>The fingers are slightly swelling and I'm not too sore, but I should rest it a day or so before I continue farther with this doily. It's on the cover of Tatting from Burda book. Yep I've already cheated on the pattern, so far I've done no cuts and ties. The lengths I go to, it's silly, it really isn't that hard to hide an end, but yet, I just want to go as far as I can and not cut. The first row of blocks has one with only four chains, since I climbed out of the center. A split ring got me to the second round, which I combined the next row of blocks into, then climbed out of the next two rounds with split chains. I am ready for the next round but it will have to be cut after that, sigh. It's a challenge, or a mind game, like tatting sudoku.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-35987906281338102132007-03-04T16:04:00.000-05:002007-03-04T16:20:55.382-05:00Black Shawl<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038178782272028946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD4QDQoCKCZpO9k19U6SwL1zpweIP9rSCjDmXRflOrywkxsZa5VD3f_Kqb32r0UY1EmYVtPk-SYZPWDk3Hue9c2GRliu9yBMzre88t9uLeWo24fKkkvnkMs174DIjFhMhvmivgA/s200/blackshawl.jpg" border="0" />It has been a frustrating few weeks, attempting to close the house I moved out of last year with sellers and their incompetent realtor. Instead of coming to a closing, they went to see a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">lawyer</span>, and now one week later they think they might want the house after all, if we release them of the previous contract, return their earnest money, they might write a new contract. It's so insulting! So I have done brainless knitting, a shawl, no pattern, cast on two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sts.</span>, increase in first stitch every row and knit until the yarn almost runs out, bind off. Keeps the fingers busy and the brain from thinking too much, just what is needed when dealing with not so nice people. Oh, I won't release then from the previous broken contract until I have a new approved contract. I'm not stupid!<br /><div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-30412431322958780052007-02-22T11:56:00.000-05:002007-02-22T12:14:05.074-05:00Shuttles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEJH-XoDdrv3H-ic6tvCh03RyiGoBl_M4KDKnB-xZCTRJsgBao-XlK42ZHXMWQplUYJzoVBOHhpLJjWU1MC0u2MfN5mL2jjdkzuiX9NhCNjQ7sDAf66Pzu_M1OtD09Ozt9sPsCA/s1600-h/shuttles1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034403840392257042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEJH-XoDdrv3H-ic6tvCh03RyiGoBl_M4KDKnB-xZCTRJsgBao-XlK42ZHXMWQplUYJzoVBOHhpLJjWU1MC0u2MfN5mL2jjdkzuiX9NhCNjQ7sDAf66Pzu_M1OtD09Ozt9sPsCA/s320/shuttles1.jpg" border="0" /></a> I love to look at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">everyone's</span> shuttles, so I decided to share a picture of some of my toys. These are my nicer old shuttles, collected over many years. Some I have had for 15 + years, others were gifts, and some were <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ebay</span> purchases. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ebay</span> can be a dangerous thing, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">haha</span>. The larger bone crochet hooks came from my grandmother's sewing box, it screws together in the middle, not sure why. The small hook has a chain with a picot gauge, from Rosita. You <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ebayers</span> know Rosita, it's fun and I love it, but I'm not so sure it's authentic antique. One of the shell shuttles has a small metal pick at the end for joins, it can be turned back into the shuttle, it's quite different. The four silver shuttles are all Websters, nice to tat with, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">mmmm</span>. Above the silver shuttles are two made of wood, they are carved from one piece, so the ends are open, and the top one has an ebony inset. Only one is plastic, celluloid, or whatever, it's in the center and looks to be leaves. This came from an antique store and I carried it in purse or pocket for years not knowing I should be taking better care of it, well loved and well used. Ooops my picture is fuzzy when enlarged, I should take a better one.<br /><div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-12460387838244397112007-02-18T14:43:00.000-05:002007-02-18T14:57:56.872-05:00More Socks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gBaOirjxXOehx6o8mMibE2bsfskBexw505DEVotBlqmlVN_fSEBhRKjrkjbtuli6TY3McHzFvYKA2-cL5BZ06YErUbvsTmC-b3LtyPiJCnqmkBojNlWupR-XLZ3W1iiDdQk-Yw/s1600-h/nettesocks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032962623062500402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gBaOirjxXOehx6o8mMibE2bsfskBexw505DEVotBlqmlVN_fSEBhRKjrkjbtuli6TY3McHzFvYKA2-cL5BZ06YErUbvsTmC-b3LtyPiJCnqmkBojNlWupR-XLZ3W1iiDdQk-Yw/s200/nettesocks.jpg" border="0" /></a> Snow has been on the ground now for several weeks, so much snow it is in mounds everywhere and ice that it is hard to get the car up and out of the garage without bumping the van top on the garage door. A good case of cabin fever is the result. Stuck inside, I've done a set of socks in record time, for me that is. These are in a cotton wool mix, lana grossa, much softer than sockotta. The stitch is a lacey ribbing, simple and fun. I don't like to do socks in a complicated pattern, they are the knitting I like to drag around to chat and knit events. A complicated pattern makes for either not chatting, or to much unknitting later. These are a gift to my youngest, Jeannette, who will be 22 next week. She likes to wear dress pants, gray or black, wide at the bottom, with pin stripes, these should go well with her neutral colored wardrobe.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-81992691083923880572007-02-15T19:47:00.000-05:002007-02-15T20:09:16.717-05:00wool mitts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaxfVdbyurOjDW74rCUztncizOJLw7XHvyvFBpZ2JTW7MgSeoZ4j3aKLtYUnB8pH05736LKWOUxsGkONDUCNfikvWMxnh4B1CMv3YdbXhnjWZ4nfxGPexnin7VvdXEivnRSdu_Q/s1600-h/phone+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031927471519654946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaxfVdbyurOjDW74rCUztncizOJLw7XHvyvFBpZ2JTW7MgSeoZ4j3aKLtYUnB8pH05736LKWOUxsGkONDUCNfikvWMxnh4B1CMv3YdbXhnjWZ4nfxGPexnin7VvdXEivnRSdu_Q/s320/phone+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My poor hand spun hand knitted mitts have been badly abused this week in the Ohio snow, shoveling, they are all dirty now. They are spun from a fleece artist 50 gms of wool silk blend, Sooo Sooooft and yummmy! I worried and worried that there would not be enough yarn for two mitts and look I had enough for a headband also. I need to keep better track of how many yards in the hand spun yarn and LABEL it before I put the ball away. The pattern should also be marked how much yarn needed, use smaller needles next time or a few fewer stitches. They sure are nice and warm though, ahhhhhh.</div><div>Side note, this cable was a nice easy fun pattern, one row of cable, three rows straight . Why can I never figure out if I've knit two or three rows?, duh 1, 2, 3, cable. I can count to three really, I just can't remember if I'm at row 2 or 3. </div><div>I feel so silly. I don't do this with tatting, 1 &, 2 &, 3 & uuhhh 2&, 3 no 4 &.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-728383834711195742007-02-11T20:27:00.000-05:002007-02-11T20:32:09.529-05:00whewwwww<div>Dang, it was sure hard to get into my blog today, they made upgrade to the new blogger. Hope there aren't too many <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaGA8HydgIoJ5tb5qvexyY1MuCDgpxjaOXEx-Am6TdQBR-T6c735xwe7hLIDCDeDYKXb826pAjfxI_EfIiEVS2fCCIj4b-UITV2gmGO_heECOHYafXuntZlbwzxfQtls2laDovg/s1600-h/phone+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030454375046538258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaGA8HydgIoJ5tb5qvexyY1MuCDgpxjaOXEx-Am6TdQBR-T6c735xwe7hLIDCDeDYKXb826pAjfxI_EfIiEVS2fCCIj4b-UITV2gmGO_heECOHYafXuntZlbwzxfQtls2laDovg/s320/phone+014.jpg" border="0" /></a>changes to learn, I'm in the mood for keep it simple this week. Life seems too complicated, don't want the blog thing to be another brain drain. My drain today was to figure out how to load the pictures from my new cell phone to my computer and now to the blog. OK here goes. WooHoo My brain is so proud of itself, hehe. These gauntlets are knitted in wool, silk and are my first beaded knitting. Jeannette made fun of them as I was knitting #1 and before I could finish #2 she had claimed them as hers. They do look better on her long thin young wrists. They suit her style.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-1170436777548971822007-02-02T11:59:00.000-05:002007-02-02T12:19:37.576-05:00Motif 13<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/67658/onepass%20flutter.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/200/170806/onepass%20flutter.jpg" border="0" /></a> A one pass butterfly. How much do I hate to hide ends, so much I've redone this butterfly pattern so it can be tatted in one pass and only two ends to hide. The original was a guild member's estate sale find, so I have no idea who was the original designer. If no one objects? I can share my retake of this pattern for the calendar project. The lovely rainbow thread was a secret santa gift from Hope, thanks Hopie. It has no label but it looks to be a fancy quilting thread, isn't it great.<br /><br />Now I will always remember what Georgia said to me, that the variegated threads are fun but the design element of the tatting gets lost in the colors. So tatting in variegated threads rarely wins awards. I'm not interested in winning but what a shame to lose the design effect. So this thread will be reserved for fabulous edgings, bookmarks, butterflies, hearts, flowers, many fun things and my doilies and larger pieces will be done in a thread that has less personality.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!</strong></span>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-1170298314518103282007-01-31T21:35:00.000-05:002007-01-31T21:55:48.510-05:00Motif 12<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/14251/heartsring.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/14251/heartsring.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px" height="272" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/320/637592/heartsring.jpg" width="277" border="0" /></a><br />This is a heart that Gina recently posted on her Tatting Goddess blog. It was designed by Dorcas Newkirk, all rings are split rings but the point of the heart. Very neat design! Thanks Dorcas for sharing the pattern, and thanks Gina for showing it to us. Mine is tatted in thread that is probably a wildflowers by Caron, about a size 20, a soft thread that needs to be tatted loosely to close the rings easily. The beautiful colors make it worth the effort. Yep the picots on the right side are bigger than the left, took me awhile to get even tension going. Must be too much knitting lately and not enough tatting. Need to fix that.<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/14251/heartsring.jpg"></a>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-1169856190589551622007-01-26T18:53:00.000-05:002007-01-26T19:03:10.610-05:00SpinningMy middle daughter has become a spinner, yipe<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/40222/1_7_Knitting_013.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" height="167" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/200/318459/1_7_Knitting_013.jpg" width="221" border="0" /></a>e, Sarah! Dad gave her a used ashford wheel for Christmas and she is doing well for not having one on one help. Wishing I lived closer. She sent this picture of her first yarns, singles, still needs to learn to ply. I can tell there is some improvement in the yarn on the right, it's more consistent. The family cats seem to be a spinning issue, won't leave her alone, playing with the foot pedal, the wheel the fiber. Today they found the lazy kate and had a great time unwinding all the bobbins and knotting it all into a mess. Bad kitties, heheheGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-1169667173856135312007-01-24T14:17:00.000-05:002007-01-24T14:36:34.093-05:00Felted Purse<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/297794/greenpurse1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/200/436192/greenpurse1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This purse was an asked for Christmas gift for my youngest daughter. Being an art fine arts major she had to help choose the colors and pattern style, four wool greens lt, med, mixed, and mixed darks, and add six fancy yarns, ribbon, fuzzy, or slubbed decorator yarns, almost all from existing stash and knit in many combinations of a wool and a fancy together. Lots of ends, but with felting projects, just pull all ends into the center and forget them, after felting they get cut <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/129467/greenpurse2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/200/425386/greenpurse2.jpg" border="0" /></a>short, simple no hassle. Using large needles this knit fabric grew so fast it was amazing, and at it's unfelted beginnings it was so large it was just plain funny. I gave this a heavy shrink so it is a nice sturdy purse, hope she decides to use it, as it would have made a pretty sweater unfelted, just loved the colors, mmm greens, bits of brown and hints of turquoise.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32675024.post-1169311332514938882007-01-20T11:18:00.000-05:002007-01-20T11:49:28.236-05:00Housewives<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/272242/housewives.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/200/198033/housewives.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Before Christmas I was busy making housewives, all but one have gone on to better homes. The red celestial to a local tatting guild friend, the butterflies to a far away tatting friend, and the sunflowers to my daughter a tatter. I'm wishing I had taken final pictures with the beaded fobs, pin felts, and other decorations, just as a record for future use. The garden cat one is still unfinished <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/1600/120608/pink%20flutter.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5445/3574/320/599519/pink%20flutter.jpg" border="0" /></a>and may become a knitting house wife for me. I do have a picture of a tatted flutter from the butterfly wife, this will be motif #11 in my challenge. It is a variations of an Adelheid Dangela book Tatted Butterflies, I love that little book. It is tatted in size eighty thread with size 15 beads added around the edges, fun.<br /><br />Warning whine zone ahead!<br />Speaking of housewives, I sick of being treated as a stupid housewife, a dumb woman, or an unequal to men person. I go to put my car insurance in my name, fine but they phone him and ok it imediately after I leave, grrrr, would they do that to a man. I can't take my cell phone number to my new provider unless he handles the exchange because it's in his name, grrrrrrrr, notice the grrr is getting longer. I go downtown to the housing authority to handle my missing rent checks and transfer paper work , but now I'm not a valid person, he must do it even if it is now my property, grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Maybe if I was six and a half foot tall, big and hairy, loud and rude, with a overgrown mustache, I would get some respect, hmmp. Gotta work on that, hehe.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894796745782303380noreply@blogger.com0