Just a peak, an award, and a tag

First of all I want to thank TattingChic for thinking of me for an award, and Barbara for including me in her friendly game of tag.

As much as I appreciate the thought, I'm going to have to take the disclaimer clause as a way out of both of these honors. I really am working hard, trying to get my pattern book done! Photo above is just a peak at a detail from a pattern I will be including.

I also have a couple of interesting colorways for HDT that were custom ordered, so I am getting those underway as well - you'll be seeing those soon. Just a hint...one of them will make you feel cooler, and the other will make you feel rich!

Starting from the top

This is a peak at something that I hope to add to the little pattern book that I'm working on. I wanted the threads to come out of the top of the item. Starting with a chain simulates half of a ring in the photo. When I come around back to that area, I'll tat another chain coming out, to simulate the other half of a ring. That way, all the threads will end up at the same spot, and can be left out as a tassel or tail, for use as a bookmark. No ends to hide!

Progress on the book: 2 patterns finished and tested, 3 more started and partially typed. I hope to put at least 10 patterns in the book - so I am getting there!

"Purple Punch" dye batch has a mind of its own

Well, some skeins have a light lavender section, and some don't. And the skeins in the mini sets that were supposed to be dark purple turned out blue, instead. Sigh...well I think they are pretty, anyway. These are hand dyed, after all.

I started some tatting with the "Purple Punch" in size 40, combined with white, to give you an idea of how it works up. Some people who already have my "Lola" batch may see a similarity, but "Lola" purposely had a lighter blue in it. BTW, the beautiful tatting shuttle in the photo is a handmade ceramic shuttle by LadyShuttleMaker.

Linen threads in 3 sizes were included in this batch, for the bobbin lacers, etc.

Purple Punch

This is a small, experimental batch of my HDT. I plan on doing a bit of tweaking to the "recipe", and then doing a larger batch.

Demonstrating tatting at Kenosha's Civil War Museum Grand Opening

That's me in the green outfit, wearing my "Enclosed Rock" tatted necklace and green "Polyclay Teardrops" tatted earrings. The photo shows me with two of the interested folks of all ages who stopped by the table to see what I was doing. A few even took the time to sit down in a chair next to me for a tatting lesson! This sure was fun - as you can see, we look happy!

I was able to take part in this event as a member of the "Lighthouse Lacers" lacemaking guild. Several of the other members demonstrated bobbin lace. We also had someone crocheting. So people got educated on how several different types of lace were made.

"Summer Trail" dye batch

Pastels in the dull purple, dull green, yellow-gold ranges. The wool/silk yarn took the dye darker than the cottons and linens.