Having completed tatting enough lace leaves (despite being interrupted several times by more urgent matters) I was faced with the question of how to join them all together. One of those creator's block moments. Fortunately, I had some reject leaves left over to practice joining ideas on, which besides giving me an idea of stitch counts showed that green was not the color thread I wanted. Dark charcoal gray shows off the leaves much better! Similar to tree bark from a distance.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Progress on the leaf necklace
Monday, October 14, 2024
The Winner
The winner is "Glass Half Mindful" - please email me at yarnplayer (at) yahoo (dot) com (There wasn't a way to reach you at your blogger profile.)
It was wonderful reading all of the beautiful comments that were posted! So many acts of kindness happening, you all are making the world a better place! Thank you, Thank you!!!
By the way, I didn't include the one commenter who asked to not be included so that's why I put 1 to 31 in the number spinner instead of 32.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Random Act of Kindness Giveaway
To be entered in this giveaway drawing, you need to do 2 things:
Leave a comment on this post, and do something nice for someone. The world needs more kindness. ♥
The prize package includes:
a rare out-of-print book Minitats by Patti Duff,
a Japanese tatting pattern book (containing diagrams and excellent photographs),
a tatted necklace and earring set (handmade by me) in my own "Loopy" pattern,
a bobbin lace bookmark (handmade by me) in a pattern by GaliciaBee,
an assortment of my own hand dyed thread!
Readers of this blog from outside of the U.S.A. are welcome to enter this giveaway - but - be aware that even though I'll mark the package as gift, sometimes customs fees may still be charged, unfortunately. (It has happened before.)
I'll chose one winner at random on Monday, October 14. Please be sure there's a way for me to contact you if you win, either a blog I.D. or an email address. And, don't forget to do something nice for someone!
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Dark Matter hand dyed thread
This "Dark Matter" thread batch was inspired while touring the Yerkes Observatory recently. Dark matter is described on the NASA science web page as a mysterious substance that "doesn’t reflect, absorb, or radiate light – at least not enough for us to detect yet."
My new hand dyed thread is only my fun attempt to give the effect of "outer space" colors. ☺ Now listed for sale in my Etsy shop.
Here's some pictures I took of the telescope and observatory building, which was built in 1897. Learn more at the Yerkes Observatory website.
Monday, August 5, 2024
The tatted leaf project in progress