Monday, February 10, 2025

Catching up I guess

Been busy, so here's a summary of my activities since the fair, in reverse order. There have been some other mending jobs, and some other tatting. Some trips via train to see family.

 

beaded tatted lanyar
beaded lanyard (Kelly Slack wristband pattern)

Tatted 3 dimensional basket with handle and a button base
original button basket design

Beaded tatted strap with swivel latch on the end
beaded wristband (pattern by Kelly Slack from A Twisted Picot)

Loom knitted scarf in pogress, finished end has ribbed cuff and section of seed stitch before changing to garter stitch
My pocket scarf in progress (pattern by Loomahat)

3-dimensional tatted basket with handle, textured chains, and button base
A green and yellow basket (playing with Victorian Sets)

Tatted bracelet with large cube beads
Finally finished this bracelet

Tatted pendant with stone center, teardrop shaped
Finally put the jump ring on this pendant

Sock heel with visible darning stiches
darned a sock, and it's wearable

Textured sweater with small contrasting darns, a square, a web, and a flower
Some visible darning

Tatted heart
a heart pattern (from a Palmetto Tat Guild hybrid meeting, Jan 2025)

Knit tube with ends of a thin strip of cotton pulled through it
Loom knit scarf slide, on fabric strip as demonstration

Dorset button center of tatted star
Martha Ess's Dorset button star/flake

Tatted teapot with Dorset button center
Martha Ess's Dorset button teapot

Mason jar looking ornament with bits of thread
A year in thread pt1

Another view of same Mason jar looking ornament full of thread scraps
A year in thread (orts) pt2

Palm side of glove showing visible mending at base of thumb
Mended a glove

Side view of glove, showing visible mending on outside of thumb
Darning to keep the hole from developing

Loom knit tube
Scarf slide, loom knit ribbon yarn

6 vintage tatting shuttles plus a bone crochet hook
Look what I found at the craft resale shop!

Plaque recognizing the group Triangle Tatters for volunteering at Raleigh NC parks
Tri-Tatters got recognized for our demonstrations at Mordecai, etc

Dorset button with needle and thread still attached
Dorset button (linen thread)

Tatted drawstring bag with First Place ribbon attached, NC State Fair
Look Ma! A blue ribbon!

Tatted and beaded brooch with button center, attached to NC State Fair first place ribbon
Another blue ribbon!

3 Art Trading Cards in a sleeve, signs that 1 is missing, attached to 2nd place NC State Fair ribbon
The missing card was later found

 

My timing is now off

 I went to the fair yesterday. I saw my ribbons in person.

And I saw what beat my entries. Funny thing, I know both the people who made the entries who beat my framed tatting entry and at least I lost to worthy competition (not like the baby booties I entered a few years ago). 

I also found the hankie I meant to finish and enter this year. Guess I can now finish it and enter it next year. 

Spent some time talking to folks in the Village of Yesteryear, as usual. I don't get out to talk much while I'm working.