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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Happy International Tatting Day!

Tatting class at Tatting Corner November 2014

 The traditional activities of International Tatting Day, established some years ago by a gathering of tatters, are to eat chocolate and tat. Unfortunately this holiday has fallen on a very busy day for me, so no time for either - yet!

I did edit some new original patterns which I can't show yet...spoilers :) But, that's not really tatting, that's editing - typing in directions, re-sizing photos, checking abbreviations, etc. So much more work than actual tatting...whew!

Earlier this week I did finish a colorful pair of earrings and matching bracelet. Both patterns are in my book, Marilee's Beaded Tatting Finery. I got the purple wire that I had ordered, so I made a purple clasp for the bracelet.

Hand dyed a batch of "Gold Dust" thread yesterday (I tweaked the old recipe a bit) so will rinse that out today. I should have it listed in my Etsy shop within a few days.

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7 comments:

  1. God's KidApril 1, 2015 at 3:32 PM

    Awesome earrings and bracelet!!! :)
    Love the colors!!! :)

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  2. Margarets designer cardsApril 1, 2015 at 3:58 PM

    Happy international tatting day,
    Beautiful bracelet,
    This evening I was doing a tatting class which i was told them about today. They enjoyed looking at your jewellery book tonight,
    Margaret

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  3. muskaanApril 1, 2015 at 4:40 PM

    Happy ITD :-)
    Very joyful thread colourway & impeccable tatting as always :-)

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  4. MirandaApril 2, 2015 at 1:58 AM

    I think doing work on a tatting pattern should count. Anyway, I completely forgot it was Tatting Day until I looked at the blogs this morning!

    That's a very interesting clasp on the bracelet. Did you make it?

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  5. Emilie L.April 2, 2015 at 12:26 PM

    It smells good spring ! I love your set.

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  6. Madtatter80April 2, 2015 at 3:35 PM

    This one is festive!

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  7. Marilee RockleyApril 4, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    Thank you, everyone!
    Miranda, yes, I made the clasp from wire. I learned how to do it from this class:
    Wire-wrapped Stones, Crystals, and Clusters

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