I really do need to post more often! I have been doing tatting...really! I've just been so busy, I forget to let you all know what I've been doing. So, this post is going to be picture intensive.....I'll put a little blurb in with each photo too...(go and get a cuppa, I'll wait....)
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| Lacey Bookmark done with shuttle |
This bookmark is tatted with a size 10 Grey thread that I had intended on using on the following Two-by-Two bookmark, but it was a different weight size 10 than the burgandy I did the center with....so, since the shuttle was already loaded, I made up this bookmark.
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| Celtic and Two-by-Two Bookmarks |
I really like the burgandy and cream thread of the Two-by-Two, but really think the bookmark would have "popped" more if I had been able to use the grey thread...ah well. I LOVE anything Celtic, so this bookmark was a joy to make. What a lot of color combinations you could use to make this gorgeous bookmark!
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| Jane's Bookmark (shuttle) |
This little bookmark has to be one of my all time favorite patterns to work, needle or shuttle!
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| Color Challenge |
These bookmarks are the results of an interesting Color Challenge that one of the ladies from
InTatters put on. Tat something with a Variegate, then with the Variegate and a Solid Color, then reverse those colors, then the Solid Color. I had a limited amount of the size thread I wanted to use, so that is why my solid bookmark is Cream instead of White.
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| Jane's Bookmark |
This is Jane's bookmark again, using all of the thread leftover on the shuttles from the Color Challenge. Not enough for a "full length" bookmark, so I added ribbon to both ends.
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| Hematited Bracelet |
This bracelet is made with Split Rings and Hematite Beads (alternating round and square), then the Chain done after all the Rings are done. I made this bracelet to give my youngest daughter when we picked her up at the airport right before Christmas.
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| Greenman Necklace |
I made this necklace with Split Rings, various sizes of Hematite Beads and 4 Garnet Beads (right near the Green Man). The Green Man was a gift from my friend when I went to visit her in Upstate New York late last Summer. Originally, I just had him on a silver chain, but it just didn't "work". I think this necklace works really well with him.
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| My Christmas Earrings |
Ok, last tatting picture for today. These are the earrings I made for myselft for Christmas. I had made another pair that was similar and when I was at a Craft Show in early December, a lady wanted a pair of Christmas Earrings, and I didn't have any on display. I was, however wearing a pair that I told the lady I could make a pair like them for her if she wanted. Well....in the end, I just ended up selling her the pair out of my ears...lol....so I had to make myself a new pair. The thread is actually some that I plied myself. My OH made me a spindle, based on the CD/dowel spindle and I used 3 strands of Machine Embroidery Thread. After plying the thread together though, it had way toooooo much twist, so I found both ends and let it "untwist" onto itself, essentially re-plying itself again in the opposite direction. I really like how the thread ended up and will be making more of it to tat jewelry with.
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| Christmas Craft Show 2010 |
Here is the display from the Christmas Craft Show that I did. I sold a few cards and actually sold quite a few of my tatted earrings.
I have another show that I am getting ready for on February 12 that will be at the Country Club again. I can just hope that i do as well there as I did at the Christmas Show.
Now that you have seen what I have been doing since I posted last time, I will "try" to post a bit more frequently so my posts aren't this long again...
Sending you all hugs
Carol
