Tatting done? Lots!
Projects completed? None!
Yarn drooled over? Tons (maybe literally)!
Yarn purchased? Sadly none (yarn diet until I use up some stash)
However, I am not on a tool diet & I bought 3 (buttonhole measure tool, herb shredder, & mini frame loom)
Friends seen? Many!
I worked for Piece Goods (sewing & craft shop) & part of my job was to sew display samples. Most important lesson I learned was difference between a beginner & someone who's experienced. Learning how to correct/cover up mistakes. Or to run with them.
just a general fake fur tip
Squared bodice of printed cotton gown
The 1st garment I ever made from a pattern, a nightgown for my mom. We bought the fabric from a textile mills 'by the pound' seconds outlet. Years later, I saw sheets with that exact same print.
#sewing #clothes #sewnClothes #MadeByMe
A friend who worked with fake fur a lot, would use a toothpick to pull the trapped fur out of the seams. She said it helped conceal the seams & make it look more unmarked.
I'll be part of a group demonstrating tatting tomorrow (3/14) at Carolina Fiber Fest. We'll probably be next to Sir Walter's Lacers.
#tatting #yarn #fiber #NC #Lace
carolinafiberfest.org
I'm sorry I'll miss this. Or rather, that I am missing this.
I need a napkin cause of the way I'm drooling over their yarn. Existential Mustache would make a lovely pair of sock, or shawl.
With difficulty. You may want to take a look at freesewing.org the patterns are literally based off your measurements.
They would have gone so much faster if I had had a hook that would have fit through those beads. I had to loop thin thread where the bead was going, thread that loop through a big eye beading needle, just to get the beads on the picots.
Two oval tatted motifs in metallic thread with beads, next to earring hooks, pattern title "Teardrop Earring by Jane Eborall" is visible
Now to put on wires
#tatting #lace #earrings #jewelry #metallic
Why did I choose such tiny beads with Lizbeth metallic?
#tatting #wip
Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
3 tatted snowflaked pinned out on styrofoam for blocking, 2 more with a single pin keeping them on the styrofoam, and a heart pinned in place over a star.
Blocking some snowflakes & a heart
#tatting #lace #snowflakes #pins #blocking
In the Ramtop Village they believe that no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock he wound up wounds down - until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvest. The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.' Terry Pratchett - Author and humanist #HumanistBookshelf
A great humanist sentiment by author Terry Pratchett for #WorldBookDay. He was our patron and is sorely missed. GNU Terry Pratchett
Yep. It's composed of sets of 4 rings to make a pixelated tapestry of the famous painting. She apparently spent a lot of time hunting down the exact matching thread colors.
Woman stands next to tapestry of Last Supper, Mrs. L. Concistre. Judging by her height, the tapestry is about 5' tall & 8' long.
If anyone has seen this tapestry, please contact the family. It was tatted in the 1940s or 50s & has not been seen since the 1970s. The woman is the tatter who made it & she was about 5' (1.5m) tall.
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
My sympathies.
I saw a pattern I thought was really cute (& in vogue at the time). I went to the store to try on a garment like it. So glad I did. Spared myself time & expense for a garment I'd never wear. Not even at home, in private.
And you are free to use or ignore, of course. But the picture in the magazine does not do it justice. I want to do one in white with red beads.
Depends on what you're sewing. My 1st project was very forgiving (t-shaped dress, just had side seam/underarm seam & hems).
Use the cast on for the yarn you are using (whatever loom that is) & use her pattern as a guide. My 1st hat was chunky & my next hat is size 2.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... It's free but I donated money to immigrant support in her name
The recipient loved them. Then noticed they were hand made & was more thrilled.
I just finished my 1st pair of loom knit socks. I really want to try another pair.
Look for Parra's loom knit pattern for it on Ravelry. That's what I used. My 1st try is junior sized (just a bit too small for my adult head).
correction, the pin I made is the Carnation brooch on page 4, with beads added to the chains. archive.org/details/NewT...
Oh, I wish they would. It throws me right out of the story when a character is tatting with bobbins.
This is lovely & my suggestion is an idea for a future year.
