This project had a two month rest.  I ran out of Gold thread.  It has been on back order since October!  Well, received an email last week that it was back in stock.  Placed my order immediately and received it yesterday.  Now to play catch-up.  Had a warm summer of 86 degrees and above.  It is nice to start using different colors now ..read more

 This year's anniversary trip was American Cruise Lines National Parks and Legendary River Cruise.  We started in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  National Parks were:  The Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier.  After a week on the road, it was onto the cruise ship for a leisurely cruise down the Snake and Columbia Rivers following Lewis and Clark.  I was amazed at how wide the rivers were.  Sometimes up to a mile wide.   The motor coach had us on the move everyday.  The hotels/lodges were very nice and the food exceptional.  The cruise was on a ..read more

Georgia Seitz mystery doily has come back alive!  Tat-a-Renda has started a Facebook page titled Georgia’s Mystery Doily Tat-along.  Not to late to join if your interested. Georgia had seen this doily in an antique store and was intrigued.  She published the doily online and invited tatters to solve the mystery of creating a pattern.  Vicki Reynolds and Patricia Dowden came up with a pattern.  They are similar but each has a slightly different count.   I had made this doily years ago.  Seemed to me I really had to tat tight to make the chains fit between the ..read more

 Getting my passion for tatting back!  Besides getting back to the temperature tat-along, there is a new tat-along getting started on Facebook.  Tat-a-Renda has received permissions and is reviving Georgia’s Mystery Doily as a tat-along.  Search Facebook for Georgia’s Mystery Doily Tat-along to join for those who are interested and have not joined in Starting date TBD ..read more

  Day 2 found me in Randy Houtz class for some more alternating thread samples (left side).  Did pick up his latest 2 books (Chain Around and Split/Rings).  Eager to make more samples and start a tatting notebook for samples.  Scraps of Knit-cro Sheen threadwas used. Next was the Cell Phone fob holder from Kelli Slack.  There were options for the wristlet.  I choose the challenge.  Worked from front/back side.  Unfortunately, the picture does not do it justice.  Colors is the green with a light blue (not white).  Used HDT by me.   I can s ..read more

Richard Embrey was my second tatter to test tat.  He is known for his Helix tatting.   The candy cane earring was nicely written.  Hard to see in photo.  Small but tatted quickly.   Size 20 Lizbeth. The Helix brooch was interesting.  Started with the chains, then Helix.  Thrown off chains with rings which joined later is a nice technique for dimension.  Size 20 HDT by me and Lizbeth for this creation. Now for the Helix Sea Anemone. This was quite the challenge to get started.  Had never done floating chains before.  Took some time and mes ..read more

       It was nice to see familiar faces that have not been for a few years.  Tat Days was held at Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina.  Rooms were convenient to classes, classes were very close to vending and the food was good.  Only drawback was signage to find everything.  Took a good day to really get the layout figured out between room/classes/dining.                  Thursday evening was Arlene Medder’s Solar Flare - top right. Made with HDT I had in my stash and beads.  The middle is t ..read more

 Volunteered to test tat for this year’s Palmetto Tat Days.   Martha Ess was the first one I was to test.    Nice patterns with no problem that I recall.  I enjoyed these.  The top has picots on top and bottom of ring/chain.  Challenging but nice technique.  Made with size 20 HDT by me.   The left has dimpled hearts with picots in middle.  The bottom has lots of joins which made a nice stiffer heart.  Both made with size 20 Lizbeth thread. The bee has over lapping/interconnecting rings.  Size 20 Lizbeth thread used here ..read more

I was cleaning up my tatting area when I came across this fella.  This was a test tat of a Helix Jellyfish for Richard Embrey.  I believe it was for last year’s Palmetto Tat Days.  Size 10 Knit Cro-sheen thread in four different colors.  ..read more

  Catching up on the temperature tat-along.  January at bottom.  Now working on June.  Got a bit behind due to a couple family members being hospitalized, watching grandkids, doctor appointments and a lack of wanting to do anything.  Now that things have again simmered down, I am feeling more energized to work on things again.  May has been warm being 80-85 degrees F.  June looks like it is following the same pattern. In the meantime, I have been using scrap threads to make butterflies.  These will be donated to The Palmetto Tatters Guild at Tat Days i ..read more