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CMY Spectrum
I used the "CMY" primary colors: cyan, magenta, and yellow. If you buy printer ink, you'll recognize these as the printer's primaries. Because I wanted to choose the most accurate fiber reactive dye...
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Pizazz, Kinetic, and Wire
A fresh batch of Pizazz hand dyed thread is done and listed on Etsy. It's satisfying to see how bright these colors are when dry, since they're darker when the wet dye is applied.Leaf earrings using...
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Trying JTatter's 3D Tatting Platonic Solids
The very talented designer Yulia has an Etsy shop called JTatter, where she sells her unique tatting patterns and tutorials. Many are 3 dimensional and all are stunningly beautiful! I've tried a few of...
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A gift for you: Star Capella video and PDF pattern
Here's the link to my video demo: https://youtu.be/6CQSxeBsU-EThe link to download the PDF pattern: https://www.keepandshare.com/doc/8245543/star-capella-pendant-pdf-473k?da=yThe story behind this!...
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Early Beginnings of a Celtic + Floral Theme
Wishing everyone happy creativity in 2020!My first design experiment this year resulted in a necklace combining a simple Celtic motif with encapsulation (tatting over multiple core threads). The...
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Hand Dyed Thread "Roses"
Painting dye on thread New batch of hand dyed thread "Roses" is now listed in my Etsy shop. As always, preparing and dyeing the thread by hand is a fair amount of work, so each batch is small and...
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Extremely Very Early Spring Giveaway
For a chance to win the book Tatting Innovations by Helma Siepmann, plus the hand dyed thread and tatted Boomerang earrings shown in the photo, leave one comment on this post.I'll choose one winner on...
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The Winner!
The winner is Gloria Nelson! Congratulations, Gloria! I've sent you an email.To everyone who commented, thank you so very much for your wonderful words. Each of you is a inspiration and I wish I could...
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Handweaving
There's been a warp on my 24 inch wide, 8 shaft table loom since 2017, mostly ignored! I think what may have turned me off of it at the start was that I noticed a threading error, tried to correct it,...
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Flutterby Heart
Free tatting pattern for you! Instant download:https://www.keepandshare.com/doc/8248626/flutterby-heart-pdf-411k?da=y This is a design that I actually came up with in 2017. For some reason I set my...
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Hand Dyed Thread "Blue Skies"
In this batch I tried to represent the shades of blue in the sky on a sunny day: light warm blue near the horizon to darker cool blue farther up. It's a new colorway, different from the other blue...
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Just Working Quietly
Staying in, doing a little handweaving from time to time. Also, I'm in the process of writing up a new tatting pattern for a pendant and earring set. Not showing the picture here yet! Keeping it a...
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New Pattern: "Petal Portal"
Just finished! My original pattern "Petal Portal"for tatted pendant and earrings is listed for sale as an instant download in my Etsy shop. The tatting techniques used in the pendant are: ring,...
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Just Popping In
Just popping in for a minute to say blessed Easter and happy spring to you.I'm still doing hand dyeing of thread, but will wait to list them all until I have a good sized collection.These Lupines...
View ArticleStar Capella Pendant Left Handed
Trying to show the left handed folks some love, I've flopped my "Star Capella Pendant" video to be left handed. It mirror imaged the package labels, but everything else works. I hope this helps.
View ArticleLeft handed Tatting a Simple Motif
This simple motif is good for beginners to practice double stitches, picots, rings, chains, and the join.The right handed version has also been uploaded to my YouTube channel. Actually, the left handed...
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Macrame Nylon Loop Zipper Pull
How to add a zipper pull loop to a motif using macrame cord:Cut a piece of nylon or polyester macrame cord about 12 inches (30 cm) long. Fold it in half. Put the cut ends down through the motif where...
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In the Sand
"In the Sand" hand dyed size 5"Footprints in the Sand" Daylily inspired the "In the Sand" dye batchSince the new "Elisa" thread became available I bought a few balls to try for hand dyeing. I like it!...
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Tulip Jimmy
The pink and orange colors of this tulip inspired a new dye batch. Since the name of the tulip cultivar is "Jimmy" I'm calling this batch "Tulip Jimmy". Look for it in my Etsy Shop.
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Been Doing Macrame and Walking at the Beach
Macrame Flat Rose If you're interested in macrame, there are a great many excellent instructional videos on YouTube. I made these projects following the directions by Macrame Tita.Macrame Rhomboid...
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