Tatting Along
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I miss Jon Yusoff's Tat-a Renda blog, it was one I read regularly.
Apparently Jon has moved to Facebook. I followed a link to a tat-along
doily Jon is pres...
curled and celtic
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Overcoming the lethargy to work with beads means I take the opportunity to
work a few projects in quick succession! This time it is *Ninetta’s *ice
drop w...
Ice Drop #6
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This is tatted in Lizbeth Size 20 Col. 604 Black with gray Delica beads DB
252. This measures about 3 inches in length. The glass drop is blue
although t...
Another choker
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Remember the black choker?
Well the same lady wrote and ordered a pink and green one too as I
mentioned in that last post about the black one. Want to see...
Valentines
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I've been making little hearts. Lots of little hearts. This pattern is from
Gloria Nelson. I've shuttle tatted it, and needle tatted it. The smallest
is s...
Misio "Limolek" z nici Limol
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Kocham Len - uwielbiam ciuchy z lnu i wszystko co z niego można zrobić.
Wpadły mi ostatnio nici Limol z zawartością 40%lnu i 60% bawełny.
Grubość mojego mo...
Valentine
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El encaje y el amor van de la mano.
Lace and love walk hand in hand.
Corazón rojo en frivolité/Red heart (tatting)
Jon Yusof
Corazón dorado en encaje de b...
Be my Valentine
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Here's a listing of the hearts and the pages with the patterns. They're
listed in the order that they were designed and the list below links to the
pattern...
2 weeks already?
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I missed last week because I was on my monthly date with CC. We ended early
because we were both tired, but still didn't get an entry done after.
Google+ i...
put to good use
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Now, this little doodle is with my mum, I'm sure she already put it to good
use. I could tat it again, even though, next time, I think I'd change
something...
Having a break from Tatting
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Sometimes you need a break from things, call it a holiday (vacation),
respite, whatever. Don't get me wrong I enjoy tatting but I was finding
the time I s...
Jan's Doily
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The final version of the doily has been tatted and the pattern can now be
found in my Etsy shop. Click here to go directly to the listing.
Below is a photo...
Ceramics (and a tiny bit of tatting!)
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Still busy enjoying ceramics at the moment. Throwing is getting a bit
better though very inconsistent!
The little cups at the back have tatted snowflak...
Beaded Baby Flake
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I’ve been working on a few big projects, but they aren’t Tatting so I do
miss it. Here’s a little bit that I worked up today as a treat. Sharon’s
Baby Fl...
Yarnvent Calendar
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I love advent calendars. I make or buy them for my neices and nephews
every year. Last year I was amazed to realise that they do yarn advent
calendars bu...
Double Core SSSR Success (and failure)
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THIS POST was written in 2009 but it sat in my draft folder until today.
Now I am looking for the UFO and the Irish Crochet clovers that were made
for thi...
Yikes! I'm a bad blogger!
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*Yep! I just realized that my last web post here on The ShuttleSmith
website was in 2017! *
I have been busy with The ShuttleSmith projects in the last yea...
WHERE TO BUY MY BOOKS
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Dear tatting friends, thank you all for your nice comments on the new book,
comments are always much appreciated. The new book "Fantasia 6" will be
availab...
Fair results 2018....woohoo!
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I went to check on my Fair results today. I went at the normal time, and by
this, I mean the same time it has been for 18 years, and the building was
not o...
Still Alive
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I'll make this quick. I keep meaning to post, but never seem to have the
time. I've been mostly knitting for the past four months or so. I did do a
little ...
Heel goed nieuws
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*Hallo Allemaal,*
Ik kreeg van Jane een mail doe je weer mee met de TIAS
Ik riep heel hard JAAAAAAA
hier is haar introductie:
Welkom bij het Tat It And See...
INFORMATION REQUIRED
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You may have noticed that some of the posts for the 25 Motif Challenge are
extremely long. That happens when I get busy with things like vacations and
reno...
The Wedding
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2017 has been a rather exciting year so far for me. I got to travel twice,
to Japan (as I had blogged about earlier) and then to Nordic countries
during J...
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I haven't posted awhile but maybe just maybe I will get back to it. Anyhow
I am excited to be a teacher at Palmetto's Tat Days this year. I will be
teachin...
Addictive useful potholder instructions
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These are really, really good pot holders/trivets/coasters and I've been
obsessed by them for months. I've nearly always got one in progress in my
purse...
Ice Drops are Little Wonders!
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Yup they sure are!
This is the second variation by Lace-Lovin' Librarian.
A pretty white snowflake with a clear Turquoise Glass Glob.
My Hand Dyed Threa...
How to empty a shuttle and fall onto a usable piece
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*Emptying my shuttle*
After a bigger project there is always some thread left on the shuttle.
This is how the flowers of the butterflies pile up in our box...
I HEARD that!!!!!
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Almost six months ago I received some shocking news related to my hearing
ability.
The prior post explains everything you need to know to get caught up....
Merry Christmas and Life
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Hi Everyone and a belated Merry Christmas.
I was going to post this yesterday but as usual life got in the way. In the
morning my partner had a bad fall and...
Looking at your design
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How are your designs coming along? Did you have difficulty coming up with a
second round to the little motif? Remember all of those little bits of
edgings ...
On Hiatus
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This is just a quick note to say that the blog will be on hiatus for a bit,
though I won't. My computer has decided to finally bite the dust. I'm
posting t...
New Beginnings..
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Hi all! I know most of you might not remember me.. It's been almost two
years since I've last posted.. Well, things have been both rough and
strange at the...
Ups - et år har vist gått!
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Og ingen blogginnlegg fra meg! Det betyr ikke at jeg ikke har gjort
handarbeid - det har jeg. Jeg har bare ikke blogget om det. Så, for å komme
i gang igje...
I'm back - and I brought shuttles!
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First, there was one ... I had to save up for it, but it gave me time to
decide on the kind of wood I wanted. Randy Houtz directed me to a website
with pi...
Instagram 500 Follower Christmas Giveaway!
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So excited! I have 500 followers on Instagram after being there only a few
short months. To celebrate I'm having a giveaway - on Instagram that is! If
you'...
Fair, Glasses, HDT, and still settling in...
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So, with a title like that, I shouldn't have to say to much, right?
I entered Livi's Doily in the local fair. It won a blue 1st place ribbon!
The doily is ...
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Time to Tat!
A minor miracle here as I’m able to tat for an hour at a time before my
right hand gives out.
I decided to finish the biggest piece I’d begun,...
The Single Stitch According to Riego
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*Tatting* by Mlle. Riego, 1850
In this first English book devoted entirely to tatting, the join as we know
it has not yet been invented, so Mlle Riego ove...
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I took a class today with the wonderful watercolorist Rena Brouwer!
Unfortunately, I didn't do it justice. She gave lots of great tips and
advice - I just ...