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| That's me wearing a vintage Tat Days shirt, showing a tatting technique in one of the classes I taught at IOLI convention 2016. |
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| Koala from Australia |
When a lot of lacemakers get together, it's guaranteed to be an interesting week! In one of the tatting classes that I taught, I met a lovely lady from Australia who gave everyone in the class a soft toy koala! The cuddly critter can grab onto things, so in the photo at left he's clutching my scissors.
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| Sue Anna winding lace bobbins |
Sue Anna provided the transportation for the 2 of us all the way to the convention in Indianapolis and back home again. She took a bobbin lace class in Bedfordshire lace. She had a lot of bobbins to wind, so shopped in the vendor area for a bobbin winder. She bought one that she liked, then happily wound the rest of her bobbins and was all prepared for class!
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| Sue Anna's tatted "Amoeba" |
Sue Anna also took my "Amoeba" tatting class. I really like the orange and purple contrasting colors that she chose for her motif. This design provides a lot of opportunity to practice Catherine Wheel Joins! Comments that students made during class gave me ideas on how to make the pattern a bit easier to understand, so I'll add those improvements before I put the pattern into my
Etsy shop.
I wore my
Planetary Society shirt one day, and boy, am I glad that I did! It attracted the attention of a woman who actually used to work with Carl Sagan! In case you haven't heard of Carl Sagan, he wrote and hosted the TV Series
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. A short biography and video featuring his "Pale Blue Dot" quote can be seen at
this link.
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| Me with Jules |
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| Prize package with knitting by Lelia |
There were many raffle prizes given away. I was lucky to win this beautiful prize package containing a hand knit "bottle dress" including a bottle of dishwashing liquid, a hand knit dishcloth, a blue and white ceramic mug, and pretty notepaper.
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| The vendor room, stocked with lacemaking supplies! |
The dinners at the convention, as well as restaurants nearby, offered yummy choices! I only took one food photo, of the luscious chocolate cake dessert at one of the convention dinners. I wish I had taken a photo of the incredible rhubarb pie that I was served at Shapiro's Deli in the mall nearby. It was so good!
Being around so many people doing bobbin lace, I couldn't resist buying a beginner's bobbin lace kit and a book of bobbin lace jewelry patterns. I kept telling myself that I don't have time for yet another craft, but well, if you're a creative person you know we just have to find time to play with new toys :)
6 comments:
Looks like a wonderful time!!! :)
It looks like you had a great time!
This sounds like fun! It must be quite stimulating to be around so many creative people!
It seems to be a great time !
I've bought the same book as you for bobbin lace last year. The patterns are easy to follow. I've post an article on a bracelet I've made from this book. If you want to see it, it's on my blog : http://lanavetteauxbijoux.blogspot.fr
Sounds like you had a great time
Delightful read ! Love your tatted hair adornments :-)
I'd bought that adorable koala peg back in the 80s in Perth.(My favorite animal) Carried it everywhere on my pen/pencil. Gave it to a friend as a memory gift when she moved away.
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