tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22858486347582015622024-03-13T11:41:42.398-07:00Kathy's Thread Sample ExchangeAnnually I run a thread sample exchange amongst the tatting lists. This blogs shows the threads that I have received through this exchange and the patterns I have tatted with this thread.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-67161640022187152042011-02-11T08:51:00.000-08:002011-02-11T09:30:00.614-08:00<div><div><div><div>My goodness, 3 posts in less than a month. That must be a record for me.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBE5IOrgY7reVp7_-4yGtPQnmPP2uIqmJc272JP0PKalHFn96nOvbVbJ39QbYJOdro9XFsCta60jI-veU7Znq82CnwO8hegBTn9wc7pavX2Q7Q1Auyn1cVIDYM0qndd57Yrw3hDa3gJR8/s1600/S_IMG_0584.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572482281696735906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBE5IOrgY7reVp7_-4yGtPQnmPP2uIqmJc272JP0PKalHFn96nOvbVbJ39QbYJOdro9XFsCta60jI-veU7Znq82CnwO8hegBTn9wc7pavX2Q7Q1Auyn1cVIDYM0qndd57Yrw3hDa3gJR8/s320/S_IMG_0584.JPG" /></a></div><div>I had another request. This time to see my shawl in progress, as you can tell by the turned over edges and the hanging threads. I was thinking it was small enough to scan, but apparently I've made more progress than that. It is sitting on the cushion of my couch. </div><br /><div></div><div>I figure that 20 motifs to a side is my finished goal. Figuring on a good day it takes me 30 minutes to make a petal, and there are 6 petals to a motif... I don't want to do the math and find out, I may stop <g>. </div><div></div><div>The main time that I work on it is during my lunch break walk, much to the amazement of my coworkers. They wonder how I can walk, tat, and listen to my MP3 all at the same time. I sometimes have to stop walking to make a join. And before you get concerned, my walking course is the inside upper balcony of where I work. I wouldn't think of doing this outside on the sidewalk. This is also the piece I grab when I have to wait anywhere (you know the drill) or when I'm doing demonstrations or listening to a concert in the park.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQoYxQVNa5WFJZg1FqEaZsu7E0j_9Q2wIyxoYGM53WmDK4TK7qwlNXUrl8wuha_jc99vpaWl9-MlMD6LmXzgjnUzonKy9VkvdCLcZRbB27HyCPWBsVeyLUjzd-Edci5EkmQijOmIywekU/s1600/S_shawl.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 192px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572485075051483970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQoYxQVNa5WFJZg1FqEaZsu7E0j_9Q2wIyxoYGM53WmDK4TK7qwlNXUrl8wuha_jc99vpaWl9-MlMD6LmXzgjnUzonKy9VkvdCLcZRbB27HyCPWBsVeyLUjzd-Edci5EkmQijOmIywekU/s200/S_shawl.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div>The base motif is from Jan Stawasz's tatting book. I see by his webpage that is currently out of print. He used it to make a vest and hat, but I have more of a need for a shawl than a vest, so that is what I am making.</div><br /><div></div><div>The thread that I am using is Valdani Pearl Cotton, color JP 10 and I get it from DS9Designs. While the colors of the Valdani thread are just wonderful, it is far from my favorite thread to tat with. It is extremely soft and sometimes isn't very uniform. I had to stop, cut, and add a thread last week because I encountered a poorly done splice that I just couldn't tat through. As a shawl, though, the thread is just perfect.</div></div></div></div>tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-88748297891506527022011-02-03T08:34:00.001-08:002011-02-03T08:51:46.878-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-7LOqHwR03SXubTM1Doj1NV7vDED0lZuwGGVllpLfSy-vjsVrkmhS-7s8QcuPMe6gtqcxjFePseOqYMML1kGHHruYcUSXK1fzgGc85vyaYxrip_N_tVfOJXS-tG7IP6VgVNUc9ilS1d1/s1600/S_horse_crop.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-7LOqHwR03SXubTM1Doj1NV7vDED0lZuwGGVllpLfSy-vjsVrkmhS-7s8QcuPMe6gtqcxjFePseOqYMML1kGHHruYcUSXK1fzgGc85vyaYxrip_N_tVfOJXS-tG7IP6VgVNUc9ilS1d1/s200/S_horse_crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569506914233267058" border="0" /></a><br />I probably should post this, since it came up on the tatting lists. This is Black Beauty. He won "Best of Show" at the Los Angeles County Fair last summer. He is the third horse I have made, the first two being Silver and Mr. Ed. I would post them too except I don't seem to have any pictures of them at the moment. Once I do you would be able to see the evolution between Silver (the first on I made) to Black Beauty (the last and best so far). I need to do 3 more to complete the set.<br /><br />The base pattern is from Ineke Kuiperij's "Nostalgie" (carousel) book. I just had to embellish it a bit though. When I got the pattern, I couldn't understand why the tail and mane weren't tatted, so I designed my own. After seeing a European carousel, I now understand why. They use horsehair tails on their horses, duh. I also added a flower to the rear as both a decorative element and a stabilizing element. I some redesigning on the head to make it a bit longer. That gave me a bit more room to play with decorative bridals and reigns. And after a bit of creative thinking, I managed to get colored hoofs in there too.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-89180605280010039592011-01-12T08:05:00.001-08:002011-01-12T08:52:05.768-08:00I think I'm on a roll. Let's see how long I can keep this up. Hopefully I will get caught up with my backlog.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhhYljDjwFtwma6DV0I8LCpWHJsU8jc_dKDV3b2MsgVklc_mkGiEHTv9yfwfmAiEA6uDSYeYdD4Wl8NJpe2XwboNIo057V4HwRf2R3jTJdNXs-FzX4wqEYQDetsGn-bzmYC_EEa2pvIe1/s1600/08-25-10_0362Confirmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhhYljDjwFtwma6DV0I8LCpWHJsU8jc_dKDV3b2MsgVklc_mkGiEHTv9yfwfmAiEA6uDSYeYdD4Wl8NJpe2XwboNIo057V4HwRf2R3jTJdNXs-FzX4wqEYQDetsGn-bzmYC_EEa2pvIe1/s200/08-25-10_0362Confirmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561331731180308642" border="0" /></a><br />This thread is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Excella</span></span> Embroidery Silk. I used all the strands. The pattern is from the March 1962 Workbasket. The thread was sent to me by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Nivedita</span></span> Sen of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kolkata</span></span> India.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWw5N6AeWIFB52eHY15LHvYb7wESj51ymhkSFmmGwaEuBHgQFjUS5csIVUE9Y7o-kuKQug8ZbFNSVvWABTZaGJ94aM1KaH8G8otycRYFsGntZOPyyvud5VeCPwbADAoYPnR5krvptM2b_3/s1600/11-54_confirmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWw5N6AeWIFB52eHY15LHvYb7wESj51ymhkSFmmGwaEuBHgQFjUS5csIVUE9Y7o-kuKQug8ZbFNSVvWABTZaGJ94aM1KaH8G8otycRYFsGntZOPyyvud5VeCPwbADAoYPnR5krvptM2b_3/s200/11-54_confirmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561332862062381138" border="0" /></a><br />I got this thread from Lily Morales of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Yucaipa</span></span>, CA. It is Anchor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cordonet</span></span> Size 20. The pattern is the November 1954 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5B7dc8qjdmhq43W_0NuzvqeIUSfOVMoSAqC3MWksQO0zq6xl3gsoQ9QIRzrnfkX2UXKBNd3wgyuKgxjbWNsD3UigCrKcbuAvV3fumcboEt05qvI-8oNZN7ATGA-RSQRI_92SedyuCL7D/s1600/0152_confirmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5B7dc8qjdmhq43W_0NuzvqeIUSfOVMoSAqC3MWksQO0zq6xl3gsoQ9QIRzrnfkX2UXKBNd3wgyuKgxjbWNsD3UigCrKcbuAvV3fumcboEt05qvI-8oNZN7ATGA-RSQRI_92SedyuCL7D/s200/0152_confirmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561333980222670114" border="0" /></a><br />This next motif is actually an edging pattern from the January 1952 Workbasket. It started really curving on me, so I just let it keep going until it met itself back at the beginning. The thread came from Roberta Lawson of Queensland Australia. It is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Cebelia</span></span> Size 20, color 814.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKhyu0oEdO8ablyl7IoHosc0_SW0gxdmG_lSuXdtCMGW7GH2pKLvIFjXB3ygNeXg-H1KkA28aEmtIhaOtOCik74wplwMdZXMEa98f5LKCGUg8FXNOinDXnHitHC0vwr1LsHuw2ANXDwAm/s1600/Marcella.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKhyu0oEdO8ablyl7IoHosc0_SW0gxdmG_lSuXdtCMGW7GH2pKLvIFjXB3ygNeXg-H1KkA28aEmtIhaOtOCik74wplwMdZXMEa98f5LKCGUg8FXNOinDXnHitHC0vwr1LsHuw2ANXDwAm/s200/Marcella.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561337089170584450" border="0" /></a><br />Shirley Burger of Iowa City, Iowa gave me both the thread and the pattern for this heart. The pattern is designed by Marcella Alcantara and the thread is DMC Size 80 color 55<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC46a0IkqUfNHZ4Zt0GZvaxImHu6MCglpaXGKWxLs59-76XA4RHMXYELhYxbz1re6KEAdvNZgIX7oac8p98S3pL7VqOZ27c8ssfNa5RDIs0fBKcyV-JXjQn7j3hMLISeeU71yVyyeiFA6/s1600/08-25-10_0161_confirmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC46a0IkqUfNHZ4Zt0GZvaxImHu6MCglpaXGKWxLs59-76XA4RHMXYELhYxbz1re6KEAdvNZgIX7oac8p98S3pL7VqOZ27c8ssfNa5RDIs0fBKcyV-JXjQn7j3hMLISeeU71yVyyeiFA6/s200/08-25-10_0161_confirmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561335474014443794" border="0" /></a>Yes, this thread is as thick as it looks. It is a size <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">perle</span></span> cotton made by Royal Coats and Clark. The color is 0006. The pattern is from the January 1961 Workbasket. It was given to me by Deborah Craig of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Bern</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ville</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Pennsylvania</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZG0uEZecliI9VaZUmUuR4BNcQH2WtK0LMT3Kul_yVZ9_3w0tDjjLL_FpUCF1PyreDfymWIH0Xlgrs8uotWBLVM9PWl3h0JhB6Fj78WWros8unYusqKhvNE4O5HT93M-tHCLBfT_gafl7/s1600/08-25-10_0166_confirmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZG0uEZecliI9VaZUmUuR4BNcQH2WtK0LMT3Kul_yVZ9_3w0tDjjLL_FpUCF1PyreDfymWIH0Xlgrs8uotWBLVM9PWl3h0JhB6Fj78WWros8unYusqKhvNE4O5HT93M-tHCLBfT_gafl7/s200/08-25-10_0166_confirmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561342081193999746" border="0" /></a><br />This is the last thread sent to me by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Nivedita</span></span> Sen. It is Modi Thread Size 40. The pattern is from the January 1966 Workbasket.<br /><br />Well that catches me up with everything I scanned last August :-O! I have a few more scans to do to catch me up to date. Hopefully I can get them posted before next January.<br /><blockquote></blockquote>tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-27691736888856522922011-01-09T18:04:00.000-08:002011-01-09T18:49:07.634-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIHQLhxndYAieppDmLeuJq_tm9DlQsWPexv_njlxlV_jbNdrSQEVswMmujuWMhKpuQA5hLVSlpytmRrURemMmlm91mnnfZ13T8WH2ioktIz802hBnGCB1K71oNS90BUkRfDQZFsXLiqVV/s1600/08-25-10_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIHQLhxndYAieppDmLeuJq_tm9DlQsWPexv_njlxlV_jbNdrSQEVswMmujuWMhKpuQA5hLVSlpytmRrURemMmlm91mnnfZ13T8WH2ioktIz802hBnGCB1K71oNS90BUkRfDQZFsXLiqVV/s200/08-25-10_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560374291502965074" border="0" /></a><br />I guess it is time for my yearly update of my blog.<br /><br />This thread was given to me by Nivedita Sen of Kolkata India. It is Excella Metalic. The metalic thread was rather difficult to tat with so I kept the pattern as free of rings as I could. The pattern is from the March 1962 Workbasket.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJWk_m9DLJ5mMSxiRQ5HHrHNHFNFl27_EbHSkHwMIwZoNLOoQLqPbnutcNH1Vw0eeUdtBlikIwEHvbkpQ7VursbzuaNAyUBojdUf8PuFSyn3EKaIStNEoKn0pylDQ44NAOpMlo40hl3s6/s1600/08-25-10_0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJWk_m9DLJ5mMSxiRQ5HHrHNHFNFl27_EbHSkHwMIwZoNLOoQLqPbnutcNH1Vw0eeUdtBlikIwEHvbkpQ7VursbzuaNAyUBojdUf8PuFSyn3EKaIStNEoKn0pylDQ44NAOpMlo40hl3s6/s200/08-25-10_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560375614797384178" border="0" /></a><br />Shirley Burger gave me this Handy Hands Lizbeth thread. It is size 20 color number 121. The pattern is from the November 1960 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7OD8D2H6VhUUXumb3ISsDHAP3RCBDuSmet-MniFnccitI7q9GjfuP3r28hbdeiKJN9UvRzPxSysCS2mZ44a_lb6KxI3C3ReF6GqhArx_u8BtHyUIN4G5eqf2GBbgezW5hUvP6YS5t7xp/s1600/08-25-10_0004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7OD8D2H6VhUUXumb3ISsDHAP3RCBDuSmet-MniFnccitI7q9GjfuP3r28hbdeiKJN9UvRzPxSysCS2mZ44a_lb6KxI3C3ReF6GqhArx_u8BtHyUIN4G5eqf2GBbgezW5hUvP6YS5t7xp/s200/08-25-10_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560377413614058962" border="0" /></a>This is a March 1964 Workbasket pattern tatted with Optima Size 10, color 110. The thread was given to me by Lisa Sweeny of Kettington, Ohio.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgV67hg4dCxgwpxWRp7QMuAmyUdQAyK323DXoW3Eq6hl_Vnik1rSp4ftYdV8ABOAOwNS05ELjogAIrfkgtqqAguax3QI4aZmrdKVIt32JlKzPFsAbm-UlXjSPL96ybIOLqFaWGpVQhVuz/s1600/08-25-10_0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgV67hg4dCxgwpxWRp7QMuAmyUdQAyK323DXoW3Eq6hl_Vnik1rSp4ftYdV8ABOAOwNS05ELjogAIrfkgtqqAguax3QI4aZmrdKVIt32JlKzPFsAbm-UlXjSPL96ybIOLqFaWGpVQhVuz/s200/08-25-10_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560379498200712866" border="0" /></a>This is a very delicate antique thread from Lily Morales of Yucaipa, CA. I have included a scan of the thread tag. The tag says Hilanderia Planas Barcelona Algodon Perle Size 12. The pattern is from the May 1959 Workbasket and I selected it because it is exclusively chains. That was the best way I could think of using this thread without breaking it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiAh_2HsHGkAckGR5OijA5_yiuhObSmhwiwmlE63dDw5tw0QMyqO-FwAZObf8aGyGzpu4_Pu7WNOHkDwtKyII2QB_k-R1r1X3z-5D8UA_M1PsI9MKpSTIGUL1sCPz3M3ej6Z3nY1bZj-9/s1600/08-25-10_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiAh_2HsHGkAckGR5OijA5_yiuhObSmhwiwmlE63dDw5tw0QMyqO-FwAZObf8aGyGzpu4_Pu7WNOHkDwtKyII2QB_k-R1r1X3z-5D8UA_M1PsI9MKpSTIGUL1sCPz3M3ej6Z3nY1bZj-9/s200/08-25-10_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560380814669867058" border="0" /></a>This is DMC Babylon Size 30 made in France. I got it from Wally Sosa from Rome, Georgia. The pattern is the January 1959 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblaepH9OfA_uOdchS6SbEMw0UZq7Z8t00xT9EPEkYdIXkzmFKczczroYP3m7DlR8F-vJY4HiTaL4c51UweDIwefFGPTpvHXxHCXitDGW-Q08AzJGnS4pKPX6zK-V2LF2UrHR2zUv8gWP7/s1600/08-25-10_starbookmark_confirmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblaepH9OfA_uOdchS6SbEMw0UZq7Z8t00xT9EPEkYdIXkzmFKczczroYP3m7DlR8F-vJY4HiTaL4c51UweDIwefFGPTpvHXxHCXitDGW-Q08AzJGnS4pKPX6zK-V2LF2UrHR2zUv8gWP7/s200/08-25-10_starbookmark_confirmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560382027902937698" border="0" /></a><br />Elizabeth Zipay not only gave me the Oliver Twist thread that I tatted this pretty bookmark with, she also designed and gave me the pattern for it.<br />At the moment I don't remember where Elizabeth is from, I'm going to have to look it up. The thread and pattern came to me not from a thread exchange but from a secret santa exchange.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-25578207196726418912010-01-28T16:35:00.000-08:002010-01-28T17:00:07.701-08:00For some reason, every time I try to update this blog something comes up and I have to log off. Maybe this time I can get some things posted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrrrigrk4JuGWobF7kjw1qCoTgqxleFC7UBGHvaJcktLOkKNw3SNMkl8UfanhXeCq38QVvrzes9i5GhFZhvuF6Y2gGrfEcvftJdqRqkCCMTNJO-1EqlNBJ9_qYfvAFq6NTMxfWxhqK4eg/s1600-h/0867.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrrrigrk4JuGWobF7kjw1qCoTgqxleFC7UBGHvaJcktLOkKNw3SNMkl8UfanhXeCq38QVvrzes9i5GhFZhvuF6Y2gGrfEcvftJdqRqkCCMTNJO-1EqlNBJ9_qYfvAFq6NTMxfWxhqK4eg/s200/0867.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431954841816154146" border="0" /></a>This thread is YLI Machine Quilting Thread. The color is 04V (mango). Stacey Houston of Everett, WA sent it to me. The pattern is from the August 1967 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next thread is from Dorcas Newkirk of Evansville, IN. The thread is Flora size 20 color number 53. The pattern is from the October 1974 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRfLSkG1RxpdCqJPkowpvmgvdQ0bMFlvtomfl9D1Fkmbe23yHPPyG7FYY50tLKmxjyWmrcKem0-qNV-_jTTHu322MQ2kX1x397gMU2syGrNK1HGUmMOz7VhD_cC_AGRMbmvpjdDkXE-UX/s1600-h/1074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 52px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRfLSkG1RxpdCqJPkowpvmgvdQ0bMFlvtomfl9D1Fkmbe23yHPPyG7FYY50tLKmxjyWmrcKem0-qNV-_jTTHu322MQ2kX1x397gMU2syGrNK1HGUmMOz7VhD_cC_AGRMbmvpjdDkXE-UX/s200/1074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431955602714518226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This is DMC traditions Crochet Cotton. It is size 10 color number 5109. The pattern is from the December 1972 Workbasket and it is one of the many threads that I have received from Deborah Craig.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AcWA_FEmxQ5t6itfC6FJ6Fy5BEWH9wyxH5_5H6mXNK9RSj1gJuhl-1br5qKlmwnDee6LtpizBLtdgAiRjD-7rpaYr7L65lC2det2SS3wvpvEGlQrqeD-7wJtUUSvnPyHYZyHlSlzBRGN/s1600-h/1272.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 73px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AcWA_FEmxQ5t6itfC6FJ6Fy5BEWH9wyxH5_5H6mXNK9RSj1gJuhl-1br5qKlmwnDee6LtpizBLtdgAiRjD-7rpaYr7L65lC2det2SS3wvpvEGlQrqeD-7wJtUUSvnPyHYZyHlSlzBRGN/s200/1272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431956612182885410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jeanette Hasseman of Canton, OH gave me this thread. It is DMC Cordonette Size 40, Color number 320. The pattern is from the August 1978 Workbasket.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTwZPp8IUGxZRu7LwmjhQJpZq8n1gvn3iaCoDODFXYKnsgeJhnSN-ttIPu3i1gLGqT9uHK4zvfDmQrwGcQqvMVQWaGXifWtkuNWKW6-X_7Hu5KrT5JEB228qijuxceo5z-HgxjK5ocPAY/s1600-h/0878.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTwZPp8IUGxZRu7LwmjhQJpZq8n1gvn3iaCoDODFXYKnsgeJhnSN-ttIPu3i1gLGqT9uHK4zvfDmQrwGcQqvMVQWaGXifWtkuNWKW6-X_7Hu5KrT5JEB228qijuxceo5z-HgxjK5ocPAY/s200/0878.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431957370953413314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJWqG_xrfELjgU6s1baotGTmFqBFw52zspC-8qf_idG-uldQphlDxl-Pbpf9v1YRJ39eqqaEXp11MrtRU6zSFLErWsSFzvsOPBR5xLQhxkR9SQ3xm8-QTJHe6SDGzuetM4qzLVTI-DnZz/s1600-h/TIAS_2010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJWqG_xrfELjgU6s1baotGTmFqBFw52zspC-8qf_idG-uldQphlDxl-Pbpf9v1YRJ39eqqaEXp11MrtRU6zSFLErWsSFzvsOPBR5xLQhxkR9SQ3xm8-QTJHe6SDGzuetM4qzLVTI-DnZz/s200/TIAS_2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431958726311248914" border="0" /></a>ally, I decided to do Janes 2010 Tat It and See with an exchange thread. Since I was using an exchange thread, I didn't try to go digging though my collection to find other threads in the same size, so my rooster doesn't have any color changes. When I sent him to Jane, I called him an exotic rooster because he turned out to be all green. He kind of looked like a bird of paradise to me as well. The thread is size 16 Finca from Lily Morales.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-12170432007111909262009-12-18T15:52:00.000-08:002009-12-18T16:03:06.320-08:00Summer Vacation Part 3Bob Shotten of Wrexham, North Wales gave me the next two threads. I worked on this one shortly after boar<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7zUhFUHDIEP9lz2FXa5LbBFXKYrBym9zbWuRtve3YZ_xbkxPH9xHBhIJbipfbeRqpdcGSod8zTa9TaXNoiH3tYDei6XKmIf0xo_EbYiSgjJZ2LTMtGItnqiw22BHJWwooWB0IMdw56gl/s1600-h/0463.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7zUhFUHDIEP9lz2FXa5LbBFXKYrBym9zbWuRtve3YZ_xbkxPH9xHBhIJbipfbeRqpdcGSod8zTa9TaXNoiH3tYDei6XKmIf0xo_EbYiSgjJZ2LTMtGItnqiw22BHJWwooWB0IMdw56gl/s200/0463.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416728971122894578" border="0" /></a>ding the train for the return trip. I started it near Mendota, Illinois and finished before coming into La Junta, Colorado. The thread is Rubi Size 10. The pattern is from the April 1963 Workbasket. The pattern called for a tie and cut between each element. I tried to rework it so I wouldn't have to do that, but my first attempt didn't come out quite right as you can see. My second attempt did a little better, but it involved doing a lot of split chain work over several lengths between isolated rings. I finally gave up and called it good.<br /><br />This piece was started after a brief stop in La Junta, Colorado and<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWvNb4LY4bRaCNHG1u_jNq6eeqwJZ4teQGADr9zNiYQQ1XCA4_JKp_vyVOYDTl17I7aoBDrW3FlurGVcctvdTR6dXoirmgXi7tNAoXKSOGjh8H0KJpwJrvchogQrDwKvKGlxU60-E8jBA/s1600-h/0263.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWvNb4LY4bRaCNHG1u_jNq6eeqwJZ4teQGADr9zNiYQQ1XCA4_JKp_vyVOYDTl17I7aoBDrW3FlurGVcctvdTR6dXoirmgXi7tNAoXKSOGjh8H0KJpwJrvchogQrDwKvKGlxU60-E8jBA/s200/0263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416729427044760434" border="0" /></a> finished near Lamy, New Mexico. The thread is Oren Bayen Size 20 The pattern is from the February 1963 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br />This is one of my older threads. I got it from Georgia Seitz du<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEbLOAwX4cP0sPtdYejDwjY3aJXJaCdf1yXPhVnkT-pLAdotSH7mW0BOsVlAvaftuWNoZB63ftlvXD2vFaT1buEf-1Su11o0Fxcawe-sQuP4UTt0Ux0cE7I-H0geiXTzBBOX3K7dudg5I/s1600-h/0582.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEbLOAwX4cP0sPtdYejDwjY3aJXJaCdf1yXPhVnkT-pLAdotSH7mW0BOsVlAvaftuWNoZB63ftlvXD2vFaT1buEf-1Su11o0Fxcawe-sQuP4UTt0Ux0cE7I-H0geiXTzBBOX3K7dudg5I/s200/0582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416729821897580146" border="0" /></a>ring the 2008 IOLI in Rockford, Illinois and finally got around to using it. It is Lizbeth Size 20 Color 120. The pattern is from the May 1982 Workbasket and I tatted it from Lamy, New Mexico to Gallup, New Mexico.<br /><br />In contrast to our trip east on the train, the trip back west was running about 3 1/2 hours behind schedule. Just outside of Kansas City, Missouri, one of the coach cars developed an overheated bearing and had to be dropped off. I didn't really mind too much. Rather than waking up at a really early hour to get off the train in Fullerton at 6:00 am, John and I were able to eat a leisurely breakfast before detraining.<br /><br />Would we take the train again? If time is not an issue - absolutely. It was very relaxing, we saw a lot of the countryside, and there was no security to deal with. There were a few downsides, though. The shower only stays on for 2 seconds after you push the button, so the water never got warm. Also, during the night, they crank the speed up to close to 90MPH, so you feel every bump and rattle from the tracks. I finally had to knock myself out with some antihistamine to get some sleep. Otherwise the bunks were very comfortable. The food in the dining car would compare favorably with what you’d get at a chain restaurant. The food wasn't the same quality that you would get on a cruise ship, but it was better than you could get at a Denny’s and the deserts were great.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-38571289483402812542009-12-05T22:01:00.000-08:002009-12-05T22:09:23.338-08:00Summer Vacation Part 2We arrived in Naperville, Illinois, Monday afternoon. The motel we were staying at was great. They sent a van the train station for us, then took us back to the station Tuesday morning so we could take a trip into Chicago and see the sights.<br /><br />Our first stop in Chicago was the Field Museum. Actually, it was our only stop; we spent the whole day there and probably saw less than half of it. We're planning to go back some day and finish up. We did have a bit of a misadventure on our return trip to Naperville; we got on the wrong express train (right line, it just didn't stop in Naperville) so we had to get off at Lisle (the stop before Naperville) and wait a bit for a milk run commuter train to take us the rest of the way. Come to find out later from our hotel shuttle driver that he could have picked us up at the Lisle station just as easily.<br /><br />Wednesday was the beginning of the Windjammers Summer Meet. Each day from Wednesday to Friday we attended six hour rehearsals and recording sessions in the motel ballroom (with a good break for lunch). I discovered at the end of the day that I really shouldn't have forgotten my glucosamine. The fingers of my left hand (the French horn is a left handed instrument) were pretty stiff. Surprisingly, while my lips had a pleasant tingle, they didn’t feel like jelly.<br /><br />The music consisted of a variety of different pieces that were used through golden era of the circus. Some were the obvious circus classics, others were more obscure pieces that had been written by the great circus composers.. The publishing dates ranged from the late 1800's to the 1940's. What I didn’t know was that often the circus band would play what was called "The Center Ring Concert" before the show actually started. These pieces consisted of the popular music of the day or common dance tunes. In all, we played 80 pieces during those three days.<br /><br />On Thursday evening, we drove downtown to hear the a concert by the Naperville Municipal Band. This also gave us a look at where we would be playing on Saturday. The concert facility was wonderful. The city built a dual-purpose rehearsal hall/concert pavilion at the edge of the central park. The whole side of the rehearsal hall opens upward to form a stage that fronts an open air ampitheater. The acousitcs of the stage are fantastic. On the stage, you can hear from one side of the band to the other, and from the audience, you can hear everything, with minimal amplification.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa3FSR9m8qpqzsczwHEWuvtb9cGFGL8fTbIj44kmX-Eo1LpWdkv5_MoUEci8tA5AuofHcy7ZTLQhyphenhyphen9roPDmJ_SKCzxTVyMvYdUgSCPvuc30NY1RI78TpT_y2qesFFJjET6c3kPmJEc-56/s1600-h/naper_door.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa3FSR9m8qpqzsczwHEWuvtb9cGFGL8fTbIj44kmX-Eo1LpWdkv5_MoUEci8tA5AuofHcy7ZTLQhyphenhyphen9roPDmJ_SKCzxTVyMvYdUgSCPvuc30NY1RI78TpT_y2qesFFJjET6c3kPmJEc-56/s200/naper_door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412000011242413218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;">This is a picture of the facility. <br />The mural you see is actually<br />the big door for the stage.<br /></div><br />Friday evening was a banquet at the local vets hall. A small Dixieland combo made up of Windjammer members provided the after dinner entertainment.<br /><br />We had some free time Saturday after a morning rehearsal, so John and I decided to see what the DuPage County Fair was like. It was a very small fair, about the size of the Imperial County Fair in California. There were the usual things you'd find at a fair; the one thing we'd never seen before were the duck races (we've seen turkeys race, but not ducks). I didn't find any tatting or bobbin lace in the crafts, just the usual crochet and knitting.<br /><br />The big concert Saturday night was almost cancelled. A band of rain came through right when we were supposed to start playing. The organizer said that we would wait about five minutes and see how things went. At the end of five minutes, the rain had passed so they opened up the wall/door. The people of Naperville are a resilient bunch when it comes to summer rain (after all, it's just part of life in the midwest). Quite a few just settled under their umbrellas and others retreated to their cars and waited for the rain to pass. By the end of the concert, we had a pretty good crowd listening to us.<br /><br />The concert went well. We even had a ringmaster, all dressed up and in full cry. One bad thing about the great acoustics… his whistle was ear-splitting.<br /><br />Sunday was a day to say goodbye to everyone over breakfast, then back on to the train for the trip home.<br /><br />I do need to say something about the hotel we were in. It was the Holiday Inn in Naperville, and the staff was just wonderful. We had the doors of the ballroom open while we rehearsed and I think they enjoyed listening to us from the lobby. Aside from running John and me back and forth to the train depot several times, they also provided transportation to and from the concerts and the banquet. One of the evenings a small combo of Windjammers set up in the hotel bar, and the staff brought out extra chairs for the rest of us who were hanging around listening to them. If we go back to the Chicago area, we would probably make this hotel a home base for our stay.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-22326169681256674042009-11-15T17:22:00.000-08:002009-11-15T17:55:50.220-08:00Summer Vacation Part 1The majority of the thread exchange tatting I did this summer was during a train trip I took with my husband, John, from Fullerton, California to Naperville, Illinois. The trip itself was about forty hours (two nights) each way aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Of course I didn't tat the entire forty hours. I took time out to eat, sleep, nap, read, and a few other things. For the fun of it, I did make note of where along the route I started and ended each motif, or at least my nearest guess.<br /><br />The actual purpose for the trip was to attend a Windjammer's Unlimited Convention. The Windjammers are a group of people dedicated to the playing and preservation of traditional Circus Music (www.circusmusic.org, in case you're curious).<br /><br />We could have flown in except that John won’t trust his trombone to airline baggage handlers. My French horn will fit in an overhead compartment, but his trombone would have to be checked. Taking the train ensured that the only person who would lay a hand on his trombone was him.<br /><br />John and I boarded the train Saturday evening in Fullerton, California. I didn't get any tatting done that evening, though. After settling into our sleeper, we went to dinner, then unwound from the hectic days leading up to our trip by just watching the desert landscape go by in the twilight.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnukYiiMPkMgk4CxtIfHMpy4JgjbCunK4PpAYbgLsYVt__JkwxynNdit9Mo0N3vgzg8ebtyit0Sw6eSlEZqAeFLjQVoFZUC5T1R44fmKLGIS3UbAh3YrQsI3cmPHH9Ob6LH_QO0swzf5p/s1600/0192-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnukYiiMPkMgk4CxtIfHMpy4JgjbCunK4PpAYbgLsYVt__JkwxynNdit9Mo0N3vgzg8ebtyit0Sw6eSlEZqAeFLjQVoFZUC5T1R44fmKLGIS3UbAh3YrQsI3cmPHH9Ob6LH_QO0swzf5p/s200/0192-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404507854451725746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I started this piece sometime before I started on my vacation. I didn't finish it 'til somewhere around the Arizona/New Mexico state line. Valery Stewart from Scott City, Kansas gave it to me. It is YLI Silk Floss. I used 3 strands of the floss. The pattern is from the January, 1992 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePKJ-8l0dn1AMUmu3wXQIFjNsMZ1NTKawTS0vxDwJP4JoCakkCDiCNwhtNX4MPYiaJC5TIXAB6E82jSdVBFbChnalVViPCyWSAgIVg-nXvJU-FMuLtdE1j60fp5uHLCx0n8YeiVjsJ7AA/s1600/0192-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePKJ-8l0dn1AMUmu3wXQIFjNsMZ1NTKawTS0vxDwJP4JoCakkCDiCNwhtNX4MPYiaJC5TIXAB6E82jSdVBFbChnalVViPCyWSAgIVg-nXvJU-FMuLtdE1j60fp5uHLCx0n8YeiVjsJ7AA/s200/0192-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404508708249507714" border="0" /></a><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Margaret Boos from London, Ontario, Canada gave me this thread. I worked on it from Gallup, New Mexico to Las Vegas, New Mexico. The thread is Altin Baesk, size 50. The color is number 365. This pattern is also from the January, 1992 Workbasket.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />As a side note, the train arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico early. Albuquerque is the longest stop on the route, but rather than the usual half hour or so, we had an hour and a half. That gave us an opportunity to walk into the old part of Albuquerque and look around a bit. The local historical society has done a wonderful job of putting pictorial plaques on the buildings that either described what the existing building started as or, if the original building had been replaced, what it was and what it looked like.<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTuiaRXh2jWrw5zNtzMa9onY9xKRxNDDbutZ_RqPllq8MhTz9D1wyxQTNyKFpg6a9hKB9e-VP12mBl7igIUH3Qc4B0I5ucG6mjqBDwnW9Hxv-F3toW3U44uL3Ky-hR8PL4IL2Oc0Pt-YM/s1600/0778.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTuiaRXh2jWrw5zNtzMa9onY9xKRxNDDbutZ_RqPllq8MhTz9D1wyxQTNyKFpg6a9hKB9e-VP12mBl7igIUH3Qc4B0I5ucG6mjqBDwnW9Hxv-F3toW3U44uL3Ky-hR8PL4IL2Oc0Pt-YM/s200/0778.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404509571862571666" border="0" /></a></p>Margaret also gave me this thread. It is Valdani Size 12, color number 0541. The pattern is from the July 1978 Workbasket. It was tatted between Las Vegas, New Mexico and La Plata, Missouri.<br /><br /><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRbiuvgdiIiYCdDZPBZiKqaNhelnm_CA5eFP0U6LKKyJ5TFmSDebknAda2bJXbxxkqsfnRxYNvWBpJYYUS4Vi3wFa4hf7wMQ68_udrwuRIVPBGaNvzrEsm7Kt2NcmsheVi9a2TcS2rItD/s1600/0782.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRbiuvgdiIiYCdDZPBZiKqaNhelnm_CA5eFP0U6LKKyJ5TFmSDebknAda2bJXbxxkqsfnRxYNvWBpJYYUS4Vi3wFa4hf7wMQ68_udrwuRIVPBGaNvzrEsm7Kt2NcmsheVi9a2TcS2rItD/s200/0782.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404510319691677250" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Between La Plata, Missouri and Fort Mason, Iowa, I worked on this thread from Bonnie Peters of Casadagy New York. It is Omega Size 30 and the pattern is from the July 1982 Workbasket.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1k7SqcqCJYJtBe_HJsgXd8PvFIW8oEJOAePAjmvJV7gpreeWAjyTmWH_cys7WQlefrHGpxSkdeee9hYemfqJkW5fiNIqObLqjq_ka8vKHK9fLFzrvxZoIBJnMBqVgbs-Swz-Vf1EQVdK/s1600/0361.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1k7SqcqCJYJtBe_HJsgXd8PvFIW8oEJOAePAjmvJV7gpreeWAjyTmWH_cys7WQlefrHGpxSkdeee9hYemfqJkW5fiNIqObLqjq_ka8vKHK9fLFzrvxZoIBJnMBqVgbs-Swz-Vf1EQVdK/s200/0361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404511144550997906" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p>The last thread I worked on for the trip east was this Flora in size 10, also from Bonnie Peters. I started it in Fort Mason, Iowa and finished it at Mendota, Illinois. The pattern is from the March 1961 Workbasket.<br /><br />Stay tuned for part 2.<br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-41871104611761505982009-09-01T06:55:00.000-07:002009-09-01T07:15:38.222-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxw-C1oVL8BdKKpxt30ojHfM-pgej1O6MT20dn1IShL-xaT1qjczighjjr0LP6uDicRRWpRYFCGjWUgP4fpkRVAXXyEwbyK6DWyzwBFSR16k5czgx4jLM8B_H4_J3mgW6SHmQUwr0sIFt/s1600-h/winnie_07.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxw-C1oVL8BdKKpxt30ojHfM-pgej1O6MT20dn1IShL-xaT1qjczighjjr0LP6uDicRRWpRYFCGjWUgP4fpkRVAXXyEwbyK6DWyzwBFSR16k5czgx4jLM8B_H4_J3mgW6SHmQUwr0sIFt/s320/winnie_07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376502160229501586" /></a><br />My old dog Winnie(Winnefred) died last night. She was 10 1/2 years old (average for a bulldog). My husband, John, and I think she had a heart attack.<br /><br />The poor girl was on a lot of meds this past year, so this really was not a surprise. Last summer she was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and Cushing's Disease. She also had to have a bladder stone removed. John and I decided at that time that if anything more happened, we would just let her go. We were giving her a pill to keep the crystals down in her urine, a blood pressure med, a beta blocker, Melatonin for the Cushing's Disease, as well as an antibiotic for a never ending eyelid infection.<br /><br />The last thing Winnie did was her most favorite thing in the whole world. Go for a ride. When we leashed up our other dog, Sadie, Winnie found enough strength to get up and was right on Johns heels following him to the car. She died peacefully just before we got to the Emergency Vet Clinic. Sadie was with her the entire time, so Sadie knows she is gone.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-37947089655237677022009-01-27T08:44:00.000-08:002009-01-27T09:05:07.925-08:00What a year! It seems like I haven't had time to do anything other than work. I did get the M finished before Christmas, but didn't have time to sew it down, so it will now be a birthday present (Feb 15). The sweatshirt has turned into a tee shirt (I couldn't find any sweatshirts that didn't have anything printed on them).<br /><br />I have found sometime to work with my exchange threads again. I also have a new scanner, so my scans are much clearer than before. <br /><br />These next 2 threads were sent to me by Abby Calson of Rock Island, Washington.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMp6cRq4OWKa9WOFYc0VNyrk27Rk6-fs_oDWFTUnlXG3zokez34hq77K8pLdLCbNzqFDzz2meohsEhB8v1kWs4aCSgt9MnDRoaXrw9fNjING_7rXg0fBLTcHLdy1n-mNuJf4yEA8XpVJR/s1600-h/Abby_heart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMp6cRq4OWKa9WOFYc0VNyrk27Rk6-fs_oDWFTUnlXG3zokez34hq77K8pLdLCbNzqFDzz2meohsEhB8v1kWs4aCSgt9MnDRoaXrw9fNjING_7rXg0fBLTcHLdy1n-mNuJf4yEA8XpVJR/s200/Abby_heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296017139235778242" border="0" /></a><br />The heart pattern is "Small Tatted Heart" by Betsy Evans.<br /><br />http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/vangogh/235/heartpattern.html<br /><br />The thread is Oren Bayan, Size 50, color 710.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTkBbVMA3a7dIJrBD8AtPwjxOg52Kz1A-Z567Ww9mNG2yLJ6PZZGWXcOu9WOLyCHu2KYk0ruq7buYpX1HJIFdH3JSkWtaZ5Fzmy8dx0HWy25c3nKTeQArd2Qpbsfntl37AGOPqPwN5_Ut/s1600-h/0156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTkBbVMA3a7dIJrBD8AtPwjxOg52Kz1A-Z567Ww9mNG2yLJ6PZZGWXcOu9WOLyCHu2KYk0ruq7buYpX1HJIFdH3JSkWtaZ5Fzmy8dx0HWy25c3nKTeQArd2Qpbsfntl37AGOPqPwN5_Ut/s200/0156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296018243544985362" border="0" /></a><br />The 2nd thread Abby sent me is Altin Basak, Size 50, color 3053. The pattern is from the January 1956 Workbasket.<br /><br />Speaking of thread exchanges, I have started a new one. I'm not going to post the details here since this an open blog (I hope you all understand). The details have been posted to the assorted tatting email lists.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-30821612473041884652008-12-04T14:42:00.000-08:002008-12-04T14:45:44.928-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuXVEclnLOEYN7B0p2AWGKW-6DvCLoNTDA4mx1xtAlMQklUM49KTN8d1vw3YvkOwkf7Xub0-EyOvVaDpsC7WsC6CxZ6GAAlYnMnpQvNi2Y8720hEmqTsHnhUVjJP0VWH3ePp-kGPJrT2J/s1600-h/M_unfin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuXVEclnLOEYN7B0p2AWGKW-6DvCLoNTDA4mx1xtAlMQklUM49KTN8d1vw3YvkOwkf7Xub0-EyOvVaDpsC7WsC6CxZ6GAAlYnMnpQvNi2Y8720hEmqTsHnhUVjJP0VWH3ePp-kGPJrT2J/s200/M_unfin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276069831725698674" border="0" /></a><br />This is the unfinished M I'm designing for my niece, Maribeth. It will be sewn down to a sweatshirt. Never fear, I am dutifully recording what I'm doing so I can post a pattern. I'll post it in January (hopefully - but don't hold your breath.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-70677728795141687212008-08-19T06:54:00.000-07:002008-08-19T07:41:39.220-07:00I went to IOLI this year in Rockford, Illinois. Since I was in the neighborhood, I extended my trip to include visiting my brother and his family in Monroe, Michigan. That gave me a lot of time to work on my thread exchange threads waiting at airports, on planes, waiting at the train station and on the train.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-QXvF31WXpqBez8FLrm13-sgoO58_xm5Kp-BuFo2IoDu8viP3s0xWrYIb3S8kkTfOIdnFVyKOxccp8K4q5W5Yr0IqPSt9xOdZWvu7ehUkT4QwKxPp9sFqTVYG2vBjlthU0LgGXuROgqa/s1600-h/1160.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-QXvF31WXpqBez8FLrm13-sgoO58_xm5Kp-BuFo2IoDu8viP3s0xWrYIb3S8kkTfOIdnFVyKOxccp8K4q5W5Yr0IqPSt9xOdZWvu7ehUkT4QwKxPp9sFqTVYG2vBjlthU0LgGXuROgqa/s200/1160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236236088711862066" border="0" /></a><br />I started this motif in the Long Beach Airport and finished it on the plane to Chicago. It is DMC perle cotton size 12 that has been hand dyed in red, white and blue colors. Krystal Kubiszewski of Minneapolis, MN gave it to me and she says the dying was done by shatteredshardsofme.net. This thread came to me several years ago (I really have to spend some time catching up on my exchanges) so I doubt if it is still available. The pattern is from the November 1960 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd9QqDi48VnViin_ph-2d5Q3LJGA4zCN6Z_8bVcgVKanZZHYezbPs36unQXum4i0h6U6UrkuTaqvkolqgEx_qQ3f_XG_hqzQlW1G3CbWg8bAolKqVZK4qCmmGu0zh9k9UW-MaAA23xoC7/s1600-h/0867.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd9QqDi48VnViin_ph-2d5Q3LJGA4zCN6Z_8bVcgVKanZZHYezbPs36unQXum4i0h6U6UrkuTaqvkolqgEx_qQ3f_XG_hqzQlW1G3CbWg8bAolKqVZK4qCmmGu0zh9k9UW-MaAA23xoC7/s200/0867.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236236268319785698" border="0" /></a><br />This edging was started on the flight to Chicago and finished on the bus to and from Rockford. It was also given to me by Krystal Kubiszewski. It is Olympus Size 40, Color number 221. The pattern is from the August 1967 Workbasket.<br /><br />I didn't work on any exchange threads while at IOLI. I was too busy working on homework for Georgia's class or learning Romanian Point Lace. Those projects aren't quite finished. I'll post them when I get them done. (If I get them done.)<br /><br />After IOLI I caught a train from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a very relaxing trip and I would highly recommend to anyone who wants to ride the rails to upgrade to business class. It will be the best $11 you ever spent. I didn't tat that much on the train, I kinda fell asleep for the first hour of the trip. OK, I did fall asleep. That week of lacemaking was tiring.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMi6AZEWRhXujwlC0KH0gkFq69dzqpdXMIKBDFkQZpz_V0HRwq-WbumwBnS9MebLSFTDUMaCJAtSPZI5wDW_bl2l36gClTPl7hyvue7_OgMCsU49CTxSC_b31I5W1SOzgdiVNOzSDavvI/s1600-h/1166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMi6AZEWRhXujwlC0KH0gkFq69dzqpdXMIKBDFkQZpz_V0HRwq-WbumwBnS9MebLSFTDUMaCJAtSPZI5wDW_bl2l36gClTPl7hyvue7_OgMCsU49CTxSC_b31I5W1SOzgdiVNOzSDavvI/s200/1166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236236441371806850" border="0" /></a><br />I guess this was an edging trip. This next thread was tatted on the train to Michigan. It is Manuella Size 20 in Ecru. The thread was given to me by Dianne Warren of Wichita KS. The pattern is from the November 1966 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwTChbOvaPhV4lu-uGxQDuEcqR_oR6k8KGGuitZ3YGjn-TkuccCUzp2ouwn2066FrRHjJ6WOb_4OT9Wilf8MUTc_m8h_ohV8EbQbYaeoCRyOuoBCli-ZzAXO7pSvEgQ6SFOndUqUlWdgY/s1600-h/0477.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwTChbOvaPhV4lu-uGxQDuEcqR_oR6k8KGGuitZ3YGjn-TkuccCUzp2ouwn2066FrRHjJ6WOb_4OT9Wilf8MUTc_m8h_ohV8EbQbYaeoCRyOuoBCli-ZzAXO7pSvEgQ6SFOndUqUlWdgY/s200/0477.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236236646579156898" border="0" /></a><br />This thread was also started on the train to Michigan and finished on the flight from Detroit to Phoenix. It is also an edging pattern but I decided to double it back on itself to make a motif. I didn't realize till I scanned it that I goofed on a join. A little too late, the ends are already hidden. I suppose I can cheat and pull the last ring back into place with a bit of invisible sewing thread. I'll think about it. The thread is Knit Cro Sheen in rainbow colors. It was given to me by Jeanette Hasteman of Canton OH. The pattern is the April 1977 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02shH62875Mz_vFDGvUs4kXnrDkQAfVpBLRhN1U3L3e7xnANW6qw4m_xVpHCo4WC-_iwxnXcZZXRiPPKQyHBB8fofdhT9ZKR9XG-yhuyl6Oq0Uvi8zwdGLMBvnDIJqG0pbDrjLgaKimBn/s1600-h/stacey_heart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02shH62875Mz_vFDGvUs4kXnrDkQAfVpBLRhN1U3L3e7xnANW6qw4m_xVpHCo4WC-_iwxnXcZZXRiPPKQyHBB8fofdhT9ZKR9XG-yhuyl6Oq0Uvi8zwdGLMBvnDIJqG0pbDrjLgaKimBn/s200/stacey_heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236237476942835282" border="0" /></a><br />This heart was also completed on the flight from Detroit to Phoenix. Stacey Houston of Everett, WA sent me this thread. It is Olympus Size 40 in color OL-101. The pattern was designed by Birgit Phelps. (http://www.geocities.com/birgit_ph/sweetheart.html). This is a great pattern and I enjoyed tatting it.<br /><br />I started one other motif on the flight from Phoenix to Ontario, CA, but it is sitting on my desk waiting to be finished.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-40160603875375556882008-07-31T20:49:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:03:20.206-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexHJkO0QsYmzDVOzsrhKPOvjeWIkGgNlX6tZvUg23-09yEaZPodCS5k9YCI9i-SunqQPDtwisbY3fGFSzQRD2kHIQ0sAuL_v_UH78i7bw5exSNszaWifvvnsWX-1lqHZ7-vUqDe9PRtW4/s1600-h/all.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexHJkO0QsYmzDVOzsrhKPOvjeWIkGgNlX6tZvUg23-09yEaZPodCS5k9YCI9i-SunqQPDtwisbY3fGFSzQRD2kHIQ0sAuL_v_UH78i7bw5exSNszaWifvvnsWX-1lqHZ7-vUqDe9PRtW4/s200/all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229392131797074002" border="0" /></a><br />Just a quick post of the gifts I received from the Here-Be-Tatters Christmas In July exchange.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-69vx7oTwUn6trIIPfkjzIXL09-55igh3jzBTvkA-vtEwIasMQBzLPTXD6AOPU9ONBkgCFz2FGAdl72VQ2LQOGCslk0775e8UX_wu-PhZKNHhTvA61Zm0OyhR3E_UoYTTsfZI67ZMRLg/s1600-h/pin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-69vx7oTwUn6trIIPfkjzIXL09-55igh3jzBTvkA-vtEwIasMQBzLPTXD6AOPU9ONBkgCFz2FGAdl72VQ2LQOGCslk0775e8UX_wu-PhZKNHhTvA61Zm0OyhR3E_UoYTTsfZI67ZMRLg/s200/pin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229393068568483698" border="0" /></a><br />Here is everything.<br /><br /> This is the ribbon pin.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaCVJA1NUl_g-6NSXj_XFzVpgw5cjUJPzYlBUUccF6GQ6OA3IUWsYvv3qwUbFKAN-kdjPEnB9Tu4QYOB6VaGjsCcI1ZxkS-iTEdyBkXgMRIC2sOKNOsC4HiFLNiQv2_aij_z2zV1W6U9l/s1600-h/ornament.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaCVJA1NUl_g-6NSXj_XFzVpgw5cjUJPzYlBUUccF6GQ6OA3IUWsYvv3qwUbFKAN-kdjPEnB9Tu4QYOB6VaGjsCcI1ZxkS-iTEdyBkXgMRIC2sOKNOsC4HiFLNiQv2_aij_z2zV1W6U9l/s200/ornament.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229394032081634610" border="0" /></a><br />And this is the ornament.<br /><br /><br /><br />My partner is Valerie Stewart from Scott City, Kansas.<br /><br />I'll put up a few pictures of that intriguing box tomorrow when I have more band width and a photo editor that can cut down the size of the pictures I'm trying to upload.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-47854276031652272742008-07-21T13:12:00.000-07:002008-07-21T14:04:19.495-07:00Whew!! Fair projects are finished, my Guilds Lace-In is over, all the summer concerts have been played (almost) so now I have time to work on my thread exchange threads again. For those who are wondering, I am planning to getting another thread exchange going in mid September before I have to start tatting for the holidays (again).<br /><br />I have been busy designing for this year's fair. There is a story behind this design. I am a Rat. My Tai Chi Chuan teacher also makes tee shirts. Some years he does one to commemorate the Chinese New Year. I started late last year asking him to design one for this year, but he said he couldn't think of any Tai Chi Chuan move that would go with a rat. So, I decided that if I wanted to have a tee shirt, I would need to do it myself. So here it is.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO_maDReTdcNgVYQmOoVsNZaF-6kp3ecjFNY4JW5p-mhihHUWDKQ76Fwyx16bOISXBwjOfVM8TWA12pDOOM22uxBGCSzKjHbzhXJddmtQgvIOUWSjV4xX2yjPlIhoBp5602pxL6UWsGC9/s1600-h/IMG_2062.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO_maDReTdcNgVYQmOoVsNZaF-6kp3ecjFNY4JW5p-mhihHUWDKQ76Fwyx16bOISXBwjOfVM8TWA12pDOOM22uxBGCSzKjHbzhXJddmtQgvIOUWSjV4xX2yjPlIhoBp5602pxL6UWsGC9/s320/IMG_2062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225565046537774130" border="0" /></a><br />I do have the pattern scribbled down on pieces of paper, I haven't had time to get them into a word file. I'm not even thinking of how long it will take to diagram them. If you are planning to go to the IOLI convention this year, I will have my scribbles with me as well as a few stray rats.<br /><br />I also have a few motif entries. All three of these threads were given to me by Brigitte Henneberger of Wurzburg Germany.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzsiGpaIQ5cpMT69s4O5pd1qibYfl2UCnfdXMcJi3zdObp7YMeGNDFAXQQC-vx0a8M3NMB2vUjDciUTLKU4kDg351w2xoKsFVEDrrg_cbEdUDpFC0Xp-ShnpCmnLNWKShWenVHU30DI8I/s1600-h/0858.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzsiGpaIQ5cpMT69s4O5pd1qibYfl2UCnfdXMcJi3zdObp7YMeGNDFAXQQC-vx0a8M3NMB2vUjDciUTLKU4kDg351w2xoKsFVEDrrg_cbEdUDpFC0Xp-ShnpCmnLNWKShWenVHU30DI8I/s200/0858.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225566634076546466" border="0" /></a><br />This thread is Amann Buttonhole thread. It is stranded silk. I was going to do a different pattern with it that involved onion rings, but the thread split so bad as I did the split chain join (or smooth join as I call it) that I had to give up and find a more conventional ring and chain pattern.<br /><br />The pattern is from the August 1958 Workbasket, but any resemblance between the written pattern and the picture is purely coincidental. <g> I had to mostly go by visual and tried it 2 different ways, neither of which look like the book. Oh well. You can put this pattern down and one I w</g><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx72eTLjO3zPcu9aJRJLn-AnB9wxOwRtJzuMoxCLPE6MUTCaxjdNvasZOJIhMKXX2zCdqfycdfIv7VDq1BI0R04eVLoRfhZzHzayBeXG0RPhmQDsY1ZzUHit6oxPJH_QMMnszOSuWdN0Lu/s1600-h/0176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx72eTLjO3zPcu9aJRJLn-AnB9wxOwRtJzuMoxCLPE6MUTCaxjdNvasZOJIhMKXX2zCdqfycdfIv7VDq1BI0R04eVLoRfhZzHzayBeXG0RPhmQDsY1ZzUHit6oxPJH_QMMnszOSuWdN0Lu/s200/0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225567920815224194" border="0" /></a><g>on't ever try again.<br /><br /><br />This next thread is Valdani pearl cotton size 12. The color is number 35 and is described as Mango-Kiwi-Papaya. The pattern is from the January 1976 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /></g><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilf8hKKFDD4b4oWXo4cKb5ViIhrM3Lu8DejRKRsA92H84xdy8RLBTdRTeM7Nb1_0tL7NboQmApj0OruHqw5t2743svLZhz1FqRwxAy37K3yJSA861TBd96qLT_nykGeejj43oXJhNP4ZGg/s1600-h/1153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilf8hKKFDD4b4oWXo4cKb5ViIhrM3Lu8DejRKRsA92H84xdy8RLBTdRTeM7Nb1_0tL7NboQmApj0OruHqw5t2743svLZhz1FqRwxAy37K3yJSA861TBd96qLT_nykGeejj43oXJhNP4ZGg/s200/1153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225568715860809826" border="0" /></a><br /><g><br /><br />Finally I have the same color n</g><g>umber as above but in the V</g><g>aldani Quilting thread. This is a really pretty color combination. I may just have to get some more for myself. The pattern is from the November 1953 Workbasket.<br /><br /></g><br /><g>I might as well keep going with this monster post, it is likely to be the last for a</g><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTs9am18CCuTkpUvk6MT4Nqqgl0j9PZZYxLJ47PthLm6x0zAauDqomEXjv16iZ74bDf6TXdIWZ2KwS1038dRFf0drDgkVp0BTSE_wn5RqkndGI0EUHM21p9WHqBkgqYp7wo2BBNbAE_16/s1600-h/IMG_2047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTs9am18CCuTkpUvk6MT4Nqqgl0j9PZZYxLJ47PthLm6x0zAauDqomEXjv16iZ74bDf6TXdIWZ2KwS1038dRFf0drDgkVp0BTSE_wn5RqkndGI0EUHM21p9WHqBkgqYp7wo2BBNbAE_16/s200/IMG_2047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225569848566228146" border="0" /></a><g> little bit. My lace </g><g>guild also demonstrated at the Orange County Fair last</g><g> week. Part of the requirement </g><g>is to put on a little stage presentation, so here I am, flapping my gums on stage. </g>They had a big screen TV in front of the stage so the camera man was able to really zoom in on my fingers. I could tell by watching peoples faces that they could see the thread flip.<br /><br /><g>Surprisingly we had a lot of positive response this year. A large number of people were asking about learning how to tat and make bobbin lace. I'm thinking it must have something to do with the current economy. It isn't so easy to go out anymore, so people are trying to find ways of keeping themselves occupied at home.<br /><br /></g>tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-23249948804294088572008-07-14T13:24:00.000-07:002008-07-15T09:07:24.494-07:00The Jail Break<p>Winnifred, the Godmother, is in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hoosegow</span>. She has ordered her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">henchwoman</span>, Sadie, to set her free. </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzTjv3dVVDJB-_YXlcrhqYizD4QFb_SGq00uLRwk5qL2vx53ItWdvFSjL91c97QdqaGoU099bg8_zBrWhVs6g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>I didn't teach Sadie how to do this. She figured it out on her own. If we really want to keep the crate closed, we have to clip it shut or she will open it every chance she gets.</p>The sound in the background is an episode of "Get Smart". I haven't figured out how to edit out the sound (or if I even have a program where I can) yet.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-72372333660915042262008-05-02T12:56:00.000-07:002008-05-02T13:14:29.032-07:00The reason I've been really quiet lately is because I've been busy tatting on much larger projects than my motifs. I'm almost done with one of my fair doilies. This one is using a workbasket pattern. But my other fair doily is my own design and part of it has had me scratching my head trying to get everything to work. More on both of these later.<br /><br />I have had one other iron in the fire that has taken my time. Back in January, I proposed a group project to my lace guild (The Hedgehog Lacers) and that was to make a banner (silly me). After looking over a few letter patterns they chose a block letter style for the banner. The majority on the members are bobbin lacers so, of course, the patterns were bobbin lace patterns. Then they proposed that since I am their current president that I get the honor of doing the H in tatting. No problem, I said. The pattern they chose looked like it could easily be mimicked in tatting. So here it is:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIADOYkLEGNbllVidkswsFnn5ZeutGmojInFTbSyDETF0TATr67IRvAL8eFrfF6lwIf-bMjMKccIZapmDjVUa1dugqK3ytq_TuxG0HnpmTkGkrVAo9vGwd4tSnzLSiMbNwpf7EmJZg0hWE/s1600-h/H_Kathy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIADOYkLEGNbllVidkswsFnn5ZeutGmojInFTbSyDETF0TATr67IRvAL8eFrfF6lwIf-bMjMKccIZapmDjVUa1dugqK3ytq_TuxG0HnpmTkGkrVAo9vGwd4tSnzLSiMbNwpf7EmJZg0hWE/s200/H_Kathy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195875195079013714" border="0" /></a><br />Another member of the guild is also tatting an L (Lily how is it going?) using the pattern I dreamed up.<br /><br />Now I have to sew the backing together so we will have something to attach all the letters to at our next meeting. (I'm not going to do everything myself if I can help it....I hope.)<br /><br />I do like what I have come up with for the pattern and instead of twisted picots, using bugle or seed beads on the cross pieced with a faceted bead where they cross. Later on, when my fair projects are finished, I think I will do an M for my niece, Maribeth, and sew it onto a sweatshirt for a Christmas present.<br /><br />If you are interested in the other letters my guild members are doing you can go to:<br /><br /><a href="http://hedgehoglacers.org/gallery/Banner/gallery.html">http://hedgehoglacers.org/gallery/Banner/gallery.html</a>tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-24009511119250113012008-02-04T13:00:00.000-08:002008-02-04T13:27:15.538-08:00I got a surprise envelope in the mail over the weekend. Stacy Houston was looking over my blog and saw my confusion on one of the samples she sent me, so she sent me some color swatches of the thread she thinks she sent me. It was enough for me to make a positive identification of the thread color. My guess was off by 1 number. Here is a repost of the thread she sent me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoNmDkITQUkvgchkLnuSljv-HeN4okc21Fy8Mq-hRjLtRWVfaEueWLLJLBBzC1RqJfAKPQ1d0nHep3v8OQC6evCCM2AB6c5Dov84EXbOwGVIr2SJU6oBNNnBqQe1sV7uD54QC4bkV5V6q/s1600-h/0474.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoNmDkITQUkvgchkLnuSljv-HeN4okc21Fy8Mq-hRjLtRWVfaEueWLLJLBBzC1RqJfAKPQ1d0nHep3v8OQC6evCCM2AB6c5Dov84EXbOwGVIr2SJU6oBNNnBqQe1sV7uD54QC4bkV5V6q/s200/0474.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163239345653671874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The thread is King Tut, Color 973. The pattern is from the April 1974 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Stacey also sent me some more King Tut in other colors to play with.<br />Thank you Stacey.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-83957177860684580972008-01-16T06:48:00.000-08:002008-01-16T06:58:06.475-08:00These are the other two threads Sylvia Free from Penarth, Wales sent me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9hMY4-TC2-yGUJxtEgXvwiv-Pb17XAbLy11ANykiNDM0AN_IGi5OfBfy1e0Geuzz0pzzhf-t4J9ue1tkySrMq-JaSbyC2fizAreZXldcx0G3idS2L5sMPdTS_DPcvkFWsCJLUF5xPvYB/s1600-h/1262.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9hMY4-TC2-yGUJxtEgXvwiv-Pb17XAbLy11ANykiNDM0AN_IGi5OfBfy1e0Geuzz0pzzhf-t4J9ue1tkySrMq-JaSbyC2fizAreZXldcx0G3idS2L5sMPdTS_DPcvkFWsCJLUF5xPvYB/s200/1262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156087596695257266" border="0" /></a><br />This thread is Manuella Size 20, Color M053. The pattern is from the December 1962 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctKV0th1UmIcZ9ZmGCy9iSAsDpGc9MZ_5BiJhCDmjbDbcJ4KV91gqedmX47IzQCSk_I1A-TF5LFyRqDnUATLy70_sCWIUHvBSLeoVuzLa0O46_JKaLJEFjJIdwsWuV9SUTzLcYofy-Twr/s1600-h/0548A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctKV0th1UmIcZ9ZmGCy9iSAsDpGc9MZ_5BiJhCDmjbDbcJ4KV91gqedmX47IzQCSk_I1A-TF5LFyRqDnUATLy70_sCWIUHvBSLeoVuzLa0O46_JKaLJEFjJIdwsWuV9SUTzLcYofy-Twr/s200/0548A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156087789968785602" border="0" /></a><br />This last thread is Altin Basak Size 50, Color 3051. The pattern is from the May 1948 Workbasket. The thread is nice to work with, but the pattern was not very cooperative. That 2nd and 3rd round of chains puckered like crazy. It would probably look better if I had really blocked it, but being at work, all I could do was mash is under a couple of heavy manuals for a while.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-16526396007643122682007-12-19T08:41:00.000-08:002007-12-19T09:03:40.482-08:00Someone asked a question about using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gutermann</span></span> silk on the lists. I am currently playing with the samples that Sylvia Free sent and one of them just happens to be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gutermann</span></span> silk. The first time I tried it I just grabbed the nearest available shuttle and wound some on. Big mistake. The thread broke while I was trying to close a ring.<br /><br />I'll tell you what I did wrong. First off I used a Peter <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Cua</span></span> engraved shuttle (black with a phoenix). This thread will catch on anything rough so it was snagging on the engraving. Secondly, this thread has a very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">definite</span> nap to it. To find which direction the nap is hold up a piece of thread (any thread) and run your thumb and finger down the length of the thread. Now turn hold the opposite end and do the same thing. One direction will be smoother than the other. When you wind your shuttle you need to make sure that the thread feels smooth between your thumb and finger as you wind. Sounds kind of elementary but for all my engineering smarts, I have to really think about which direction the thread is traveling when I pull a ring closed. For the second try I also went back to my trusty <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Aeros</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVHhGr5DkVcbm7wKDKSC4l4hVnGf9icaUch2WweSFdDqmUTI6x16o3ktSJWKElK9P1PgM9hnZDk-7B2O9cifJJGsAHMUUc5Hq8NWxrYa3asA5zPHf3qqK0powk5_cwAhis9ZOrMcx_LJF/s1600-h/1255.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVHhGr5DkVcbm7wKDKSC4l4hVnGf9icaUch2WweSFdDqmUTI6x16o3ktSJWKElK9P1PgM9hnZDk-7B2O9cifJJGsAHMUUc5Hq8NWxrYa3asA5zPHf3qqK0powk5_cwAhis9ZOrMcx_LJF/s200/1255.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145729205024161954" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, having the thread going in the right direction made a big difference. I also closed some of the more stubborn rings in stages, (inch that last bit of the ring closed between picots rather than just yanking on the core thread). Here is the end result. It is a but fuzzy, but very soft. It would make a nice edging for a handkerchief or scarf.<br /><br />Now for the usual particulars. This is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Gutermann</span></span> pure silk color 416. The pattern is from the December 1955 Workbasket. Sylvia Free lives in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Pernarth</span>, South Wales. (I had a kick addressing her sample from me. They have such <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">wonderfully</span> complicated addresses across the pond.)tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-14039180522231835472007-11-26T08:25:00.000-08:002007-11-26T08:39:47.859-08:00Someone on the lists was looking for a pattern for a canoe. I have done a boat but it is more of a gondola. There is a story behind this picture.<br /><br />This is what happens when you are reciting poetry while trying to choose thread within hearing distance of Lily Morales (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">loopylacer</span>.com).<br /><br />It started with a guild retreat. We were at a conference center in the mountains. Lily made everyone a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">backpack</span> type bag as part of the goody bag <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">giveaway</span> for the occasion (she was nuts!). Anyway, those attending were challenged with decorating it by the next event. (About a year away) My original idea was an owl in a tree branch, in keeping with the theme. But as I was musing on a suitable thread for the owl I starting saying poetry - it's a habit I picked up from my Grandmother.<br /><br />So, here I'm muttering "the owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat." Lily heard me and said "Oh! Oh! I have the perfect green for that!" And, well, the rest is history.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4y6P34N-FiNOgZJnjyk5V0iS2JK7DbCdAhN-mgNEYmfWelSpD1DRhW4-b1u4VkGB6j3seIDoygHqRMeoEu1RdZTGpHVzviSzc0PjelgRnbKPg1nKEYaO7DfkuUN0PFv4wL7cL5ar84O3s/s1600-h/owl_catf_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4y6P34N-FiNOgZJnjyk5V0iS2JK7DbCdAhN-mgNEYmfWelSpD1DRhW4-b1u4VkGB6j3seIDoygHqRMeoEu1RdZTGpHVzviSzc0PjelgRnbKPg1nKEYaO7DfkuUN0PFv4wL7cL5ar84O3s/s400/owl_catf_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137188901889017906" border="0" /></a><br />What you see here is not mounted on that backpack. I took it off and put it on a black backing so I could enter it in the Orange County Fair. It won first place that year. (2004 if I remember correctly). After that, I had it framed and gave it to my mother (with the blue ribbon) for Christmas since she collects owls.<br /><br />Now for the credits:<br /><br />The Boat, Moon and Water are my own design.<br />The Owl and the Pussycat belong to Jane <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Eborall</span> and the patterns can be found on her web page.<br /><br />http://www.e.n.e.btinternet.co.uk/<br /><br />THANK YOU JANE!!!!tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-11814073934480871222007-10-25T12:46:00.000-07:002007-10-25T13:50:15.552-07:00I've been on another trip, so I have a bunch of motifs to post at one time again. I forgot to put the tape measure into the pictures this time, sorry.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjKtWxZWQT93QLlbQ7of-SG1dlQQIAtr6pmL7YRPy9yfY-5k2bJ-Xq2yxqv6rr9VaNeFVbPxkqsEawhSeKxESEdQEBfjS-wVD6TKxjQRVwUqFpGRbkb60vxJldOb35q4aFksRK9Vvn3Fl/s1600-h/0971.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjKtWxZWQT93QLlbQ7of-SG1dlQQIAtr6pmL7YRPy9yfY-5k2bJ-Xq2yxqv6rr9VaNeFVbPxkqsEawhSeKxESEdQEBfjS-wVD6TKxjQRVwUqFpGRbkb60vxJldOb35q4aFksRK9Vvn3Fl/s200/0971.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125365510845359442" border="0" /></a><br />This first motif I actually didn't do while I was traveling. I started it before I left and finished it after I returned. You can see why. I don't like the idea of juggling and chasing beads while sitting on a plane. Dorcas Newkirk gave me this very colorful Manuella with beads to match. I had to do some looking to come up with a pattern that would be suitable for just 12 beads. When I first tried this pattern, I used the beads in place of the outer chain picots, but I didn't like the way they were laying. Just too big. I finally increased the stitch count enough to I could get the beads into the rings themselves. The thread is Manuella size 20, color M202-04. The pattern is from the September 1971 Workbasket.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyPyI7Eku4DyC436v10ZuL729GXnPcr8koMwHvozHoBbI0AIM2g-YK-hp7g-NsrvQudqIjFlVP4CMHrUdYivJyHn9q-4CQI9ONr-JUtmRKM0ZOg5rL0ecpurcwRXMIqdJGYutY0G_y2bv/s1600-h/0890.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyPyI7Eku4DyC436v10ZuL729GXnPcr8koMwHvozHoBbI0AIM2g-YK-hp7g-NsrvQudqIjFlVP4CMHrUdYivJyHn9q-4CQI9ONr-JUtmRKM0ZOg5rL0ecpurcwRXMIqdJGYutY0G_y2bv/s200/0890.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125366945364436322" border="0" /></a><br />This next motif I did do on the plane, with just one big bead, it was easy to deal with. The thread and the bead was given to me by Sharol Thompson from Boulder City, Nevada. The thread is DMC Perle Cotton Size 8. The pattern is from the August 1990 Workbasket. It is not a pattern I have in my own Workbasket collection, Sharol sent it along with her thread. It actually calls for a bead to be used in the pattern. I'm not sure if you can see from the scan, but the bead is decorated with pretty little flowers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-BCKqRIUphOiVB8H6LeRVEKySbdiHpZOqYEAx6Xei0ZioHrqf-Z5L2UlAR8ZNIHcN3q9v99XLdYjNGW3chN-8Cz3KggeNWTzq7OSYzCJp61RpVsEQKKu7cb-aLHf26DvTSnn0idGD714/s1600-h/0548.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-BCKqRIUphOiVB8H6LeRVEKySbdiHpZOqYEAx6Xei0ZioHrqf-Z5L2UlAR8ZNIHcN3q9v99XLdYjNGW3chN-8Cz3KggeNWTzq7OSYzCJp61RpVsEQKKu7cb-aLHf26DvTSnn0idGD714/s200/0548.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125367701278680434" border="0" /></a><br />Elizabeth Zipay from Schukil Haven, PA gave me this multicolored thread. It is Altin Basak Size 50. The pattern is from the May 1948 workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUikk9P8QfvaIP6sTPj7HLeiK_cKoklOwL5BwXW2yJGspGPa7_K7tYQnoFflZYkk4wTbtd0RaLyXCJG6tt4XgBZNJwnMp8psbAf2tmSNckfv7RH2z3FlkqEQAasedw6EasLXl1Tt9pmMl/s1600-h/1160.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUikk9P8QfvaIP6sTPj7HLeiK_cKoklOwL5BwXW2yJGspGPa7_K7tYQnoFflZYkk4wTbtd0RaLyXCJG6tt4XgBZNJwnMp8psbAf2tmSNckfv7RH2z3FlkqEQAasedw6EasLXl1Tt9pmMl/s200/1160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125368461487891842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the last thread exchange motif that I got finished during my trip. The thread is Perfect Quilter color 085. The pattern is from the November 1960 Workbasket. It was given to me by Lori Oliwen-Kluger of La Cresceta, CA.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The rest of my trip was spent working on this years ornament for my holiday cards. I'm doing Jane Eboralls Celtic Wreath this year. There is a bit of story to go with this. My trip was to visit my brother and his family in Michigan. While I was there I listened to my nephews orchestra rehearsal. My niece, Maribeth, was sitting next to me watching me tat the first round of the wreath. I finished the round and on a whim gave it to her. She promptly squeezed it over her little hand and wore it as a bracelet. (It just barely fit). The next morning she proudly showed me the bracelet I had made her for her birthday along side the one I just gave her. I was just thrilled, so I quickly wound some more thread (I didn't have much with me, but I did have lots of beads) and made her another bracelet. I used the central split ring of Jane's bracelet and alternated it with just plain split rings to make a really pretty bracelet in blue thread with gold beads. I finished it just before I had to come home again. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of Maribeth with all her tatted bracelets. I should have. We were a bit rushed that last morning to get me to the airport on time.<br /><br />I do have one of the clan.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbDQw9JQgEYC4WtyPdjk_d9dTkyO_ELHLd2HONkK2iAyikSt2ZLfMGU1OYYHZNWKa5Rufhr3jLthWPh7myf3NMmpoBCFnf-x0DVAkhnIgqN6OFVHCdjCg8C1bmK66gpaFgCDIYa-nHpbg/s1600-h/IMG_1859%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbDQw9JQgEYC4WtyPdjk_d9dTkyO_ELHLd2HONkK2iAyikSt2ZLfMGU1OYYHZNWKa5Rufhr3jLthWPh7myf3NMmpoBCFnf-x0DVAkhnIgqN6OFVHCdjCg8C1bmK66gpaFgCDIYa-nHpbg/s400/IMG_1859%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125372576066561442" border="0" /></a>From left to right in the back, my father, me, my oldest nephew Andrew, my brother's wife Kim, my brother Mike. In front, my niece, Maribeth, my youngest nephew Samuel and the character on the end, with the super big grin, is my second oldest nephew Jonathan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6S-WlhYWyXH5hEn2Ui_BJcL0QaP2PaEGrvphQ_qigZh329diX3MJQE_lVW7xhcK30NBaqH5VObU0kqHqqTK0TVOKdoV80TnGNyXeMS3U87aaQ4rZfH7WmtmiIcVv3WAcTJ8i2pno3rJN/s1600-h/IMG_1824%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6S-WlhYWyXH5hEn2Ui_BJcL0QaP2PaEGrvphQ_qigZh329diX3MJQE_lVW7xhcK30NBaqH5VObU0kqHqqTK0TVOKdoV80TnGNyXeMS3U87aaQ4rZfH7WmtmiIcVv3WAcTJ8i2pno3rJN/s200/IMG_1824%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125377631243068882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22vQHEtp2_6k_Y8y_GE6bk2Wjh7ebIgpvzplCNIxjqys2lrqBtjQ6xwmj005isXQLydDYh1oXclwKxGrcSASpgt6L6GO8w_SO8R3KmUzyc9QXQ6vkJOAsX93-bWnvibPbo2eNctSg3tVt/s1600-h/IMG_1822%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22vQHEtp2_6k_Y8y_GE6bk2Wjh7ebIgpvzplCNIxjqys2lrqBtjQ6xwmj005isXQLydDYh1oXclwKxGrcSASpgt6L6GO8w_SO8R3KmUzyc9QXQ6vkJOAsX93-bWnvibPbo2eNctSg3tVt/s200/IMG_1822%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125377442264507842" border="0" /></a>While I was there, we put together a little hoedown and played some fiddle tunes. Probably a first, fiddle tunes on a French Horn. (The only strings I deal with are the ones that move my valves.)<br /><br />I had a great time.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-27582375382635164822007-09-27T14:27:00.000-07:002007-09-27T14:35:30.388-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEOU3PaPiBlLlF_awtSy-I5l1aQ7JzSC0jc9opUMj6NHu995ziDZTKQ8VUY15WpLIdc350T3ZeHax-edS8AYqqG1W_JG0pQkR0NGgKZy51W0bn48oURVZ33r6vpeseuIOxwV1WRopfz1t/s1600-h/0169.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEOU3PaPiBlLlF_awtSy-I5l1aQ7JzSC0jc9opUMj6NHu995ziDZTKQ8VUY15WpLIdc350T3ZeHax-edS8AYqqG1W_JG0pQkR0NGgKZy51W0bn48oURVZ33r6vpeseuIOxwV1WRopfz1t/s200/0169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115000350832989218" border="0" /></a><br />This thread was given to me by Valerie Ho of Singapore. She said it was called Enjoy, 100% Cotton Lace Yarn in Size 40. It's made in Turkey. It tats very nicely, but didn't feel as stiff as a cordonnet or as soft as a cebilia, so I decided to take it apart. It separated into 2 strands then those 2 strands separated into another 2 strands making it a 4 strand thread. Very interesting. The pattern is from the January 1969 Workbasket.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-22985391004775247912007-09-19T07:29:00.000-07:002007-09-19T08:16:04.792-07:00I've been on a business trip so I've had a lot of time to tat while on the train, in my motel room, and the conference itself when the discussions got a bit tedious.<br /><br />Here are a bunch of motifs made with threads from my last exchange.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m7tGk-PusYNNWVVBIB924uaZi_QWii7M-XCOaohyphenhyphenHI3PfHJF4ITR9gS7d3wOObF5ziFABOmJfRtsp_gjIOc3B-mzfPfTXwa7lY9JEQCUumPE5gXaRxa0yQQ6k3EOwiegiLkGEYEm7UUL/s1600-h/0780.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m7tGk-PusYNNWVVBIB924uaZi_QWii7M-XCOaohyphenhyphenHI3PfHJF4ITR9gS7d3wOObF5ziFABOmJfRtsp_gjIOc3B-mzfPfTXwa7lY9JEQCUumPE5gXaRxa0yQQ6k3EOwiegiLkGEYEm7UUL/s200/0780.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111923494025350722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the 2nd thread given to me by Jon Faizon from Malaysia. It is Olympus size 40. The pattern is from the July 1980 Workbasket. I actually finished this before I went on my trip, it's just been laying around on my desk waiting to be scanned.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OnteIcvIHoqrmzwZGwtB3RNKwfhSL-L_Ke5KZkzv-_IprIQQIF_5a93fWtfuLVkcuqIDemUt2Lmd1TCk1DEqIb75cgA8rYx2S29AnRD33v30f0EhSHR70MWhz38zt7039VB56kWBGYBl/s1600-h/0954A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OnteIcvIHoqrmzwZGwtB3RNKwfhSL-L_Ke5KZkzv-_IprIQQIF_5a93fWtfuLVkcuqIDemUt2Lmd1TCk1DEqIb75cgA8rYx2S29AnRD33v30f0EhSHR70MWhz38zt7039VB56kWBGYBl/s200/0954A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925392400895570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This very colorful thread is the Valdani pearl cotton that is taking the tatting world by storm. It is one of 2 threads I received from Dorcas Newkirk. The pattern is from the September 1954 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjd_6QPBcO6WsB2MBYZXd8zpkwkoAmfssBz2BdkdQBol9z3L9QU-xKT2tGIx7Dv5nwXh04bwoTfkyLf3HNg_Ar0CY52ADAq6VbRaSlZTSB0OJzkN_XhmU0vKRUZ6oLHzw7zWjxZADocwTT/s1600-h/1061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjd_6QPBcO6WsB2MBYZXd8zpkwkoAmfssBz2BdkdQBol9z3L9QU-xKT2tGIx7Dv5nwXh04bwoTfkyLf3HNg_Ar0CY52ADAq6VbRaSlZTSB0OJzkN_XhmU0vKRUZ6oLHzw7zWjxZADocwTT/s200/1061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111926633646444130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I seem to have a number of very colorful threads for this post. This thread is YLI Quilting Thread. The color is V73 and is called Maui Sunset. I received it from Teofana Petkova of Texas. The pattern is from the October 1961 Workbasket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvahHqvnWB63EJ9q7GyJTbiS6F4V3yMPpx07UXV1cQrXIDAPwHe9vbvJhxmmWXS2QQKKldVWuYJhq85laY-uSOcXeiQVtjKs2zQHqLXGdBXsstfVwkgO-Gi1y8YDRRb_Cm-jZ3uVkzvPb/s1600-h/0672.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvahHqvnWB63EJ9q7GyJTbiS6F4V3yMPpx07UXV1cQrXIDAPwHe9vbvJhxmmWXS2QQKKldVWuYJhq85laY-uSOcXeiQVtjKs2zQHqLXGdBXsstfVwkgO-Gi1y8YDRRb_Cm-jZ3uVkzvPb/s200/0672.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111928102525259378" border="0" /></a><br />This is the last of the motif's from my business trip. It is Altin Basak Size 50, color number 3053. Clyde Page of Ontario, Canada sent it to me. The pattern is from the June 1972 Workbasket. Clyde was quite generous with his thread, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen such a large pattern. This was also one of the more poorly written Workbasket patterns. I had to do a lot of guessing and looking at the picture to get it done.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-27483278428128855462007-08-22T07:59:00.001-07:002007-08-22T07:59:59.132-07:00I got a note that the link to the maple leaf pattern was incorrect. This is the correct link:<br /><br />http://www.frontiernet.net/~TammyRodgers/mapleleaf.html<br /><br />I've also fixed it in the previous entry.<br /><br />Sorry about that.tgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285848634758201562.post-42203386547101426562007-08-21T07:36:00.000-07:002008-02-04T13:00:55.256-08:00Gee, I've finished it; and before the end of August too. I won't stop though, this is a good way to share all threads I have received in my thread exchanges. The downside of this blog is that all the pictures are the same size so you don't get an idea of how fine or thick the threads are. I'm thinking of adding a small scale of some kind to show what size the finished motif actually is.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjmfaeap4s3_Yf-FZ33GM3Dy8vsgOwDPryP0aKkThQAE1r4mjJtO-DnV3yV7ECM0lXDCwPYY-WQXHE6ScQlW68sPod9IFtnAxkomP-wtKysObMXbiS96T49ked8GpZB7_Bse9VCPgcKI3/s1600-h/0474.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjmfaeap4s3_Yf-FZ33GM3Dy8vsgOwDPryP0aKkThQAE1r4mjJtO-DnV3yV7ECM0lXDCwPYY-WQXHE6ScQlW68sPod9IFtnAxkomP-wtKysObMXbiS96T49ked8GpZB7_Bse9VCPgcKI3/s200/0474.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101165957742346178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Motif 25!!!!!!!! This is the second thread sent to me by Stacey Houston. It is also King Tut. The color she wrote down was also 912 so one of them is not correct. I just looked at Debbie Arnolds site (ds9designs.com) and I'm thinking that it is color 972 instead. The pattern is from the April 1974 Workbasket. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE</span> - Stacey just sent me a few color samples. The color is actually 973.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96ZrYzkZtTUVUJqsuyRvr8Dm71lrVvbnVNg2rSx4A1YKf1WYv5VasDalsunh5Wd_p3NKrUwjBQKACanRPQcGahVod2M36gBq0mpuBNp9jTeCiTGdrhC4gDQGP5KcifUftsrKhVSAqV9ze/s1600-h/1075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96ZrYzkZtTUVUJqsuyRvr8Dm71lrVvbnVNg2rSx4A1YKf1WYv5VasDalsunh5Wd_p3NKrUwjBQKACanRPQcGahVod2M36gBq0mpuBNp9jTeCiTGdrhC4gDQGP5KcifUftsrKhVSAqV9ze/s200/1075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101166219735351250" border="0" /></a><br />This next motif is outside of my 25 challenge, so I'm going to stop numbering them. This is the first of 2 threads sent to me by Jon Faizon from Malaysia. It is Hakelgarn Size 20. I don't own any balls of this thread yet. It tats very much like Manuella. The pattern is from the October 1975 Workbaskettgatekeeper1http://www.blogger.com/profile/07303887534682879466noreply@blogger.com2