Rope Trick

This "rope trick" is something I'm going to show my students at tatting class. It may help the beginners to understand that the tatting knot slides over a core, that the roles of "knot" and "core" can change, and prepare them for the concept of the "flip".

I hope the LBS Spring Retreat students will like what they are getting in their kits. (Anyhow, it's what they're getting, regardless - LOL.) I put in a 2-pack of tatting shuttles, 2 colors of heavy size 3 practice thread, some white cordonnet size 10, some HDT size 10, a size 12 crochet hook, a size 16 crochet hook, a floss threader, an embroidery needle, and enough beads and findings to complete 2 "Lacy Treasure" pendants, along with the pattern. I'll bring along a variety of tatting books and samples of my own tatting for them to see as well.

Spring Treasury

What a nice surprise was in my Inbox this morning - Rosengarten has featured one of my HDT's in her "Spring Party" treasury on Etsy!

Today I'm going to dye another "Leafy" batch of greens. I was hoping to get it done yesterday, but it seems that always someone in the family has to be driven somewhere, someone needs a lunch made, someone needs help filling out forms, etc. Family first!

Inspired by a "Peace" rose

Pink to peach to very pale yellow, the "Peace" batch of hand dyed thread (and a few skeins of laceweight yarn) is now dry, photographed, and in my Etsy shop. I improvised lighting for the photos with a florescent light shown through a frosted plastic wastebasket, since the daylight around here has been so cloudy and dark - we've had more snow.

The winners!

The lucky names that were drawn (using a random number generator) are:

Cindy, winner of the "Summer Trail" HDT,
Diane, winner of the "Wondrous Window" tatted pendant,
Martha, winner of the "Tigereye" HDT,

and since so many entered this giveaway, I drew a 4th winner, which turned out to be:
Anonymous who commented, "I would love to enter this." The prize for this person is 2 skeins of size 20 from my current HDT batch, "Peace".

Congratulations to all the lucky winners! I'll be contacting you.

Thank you to everyone who entered! I enjoyed reading each and every comment, and I'm happy to know that so many enjoy visiting this blog. I'll do another giveaway sometime in the future.

Extremely very early spring giveaway

The area of the planet where I live is currently in the dead of winter, with no signs of spring as far as I can see...but we have hope! Anyhow, here are the prizes I'm offering:

One winner will receive two skeins of my size 20 hand dyed 6 cord cotton thread in "Summer Trail" colorway;

Another winner will receive one of my original "Wondrous Window" tatted pendants;

Third winner will receive a "big and little" set of two skeins "Tigereye" hand dyed - a size 3 pearl cotton and a size 100 cordonnet.

Just leave a comment on this post to have a chance to win.
NOTE: If you have your own blog, your comment will automatically link back to you. If you don't have a blog, please leave your email address so that I'll have a way to contact you if you win.

I'll choose 3 winners on Monday, February 22, using a random number generator.

Stardate 1002.06 - experiments

NEW original designs!
It's a mystery where design ideas come from - usually I just play around until something happens that I like. For those who have been after me to get going on another book, well... I made it as far as making a new folder on my computer - one small step at a time, you know.

More "Stardate" has been listed in my Etsy shop, in several different types of thread as well as the laceweight wool/silk blend yarn.