This just in! I found Girl Scouts! I bought cookies!
*happy dance*
Wasn't that just an adorable Snoopy dance? With all the fluffy bunnies clapping and cheering him on? Dunno about the rest of you, but I'm really in the Easter spirit now.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
A Giveaway — No Foolin'
For many, April 1st is a day for tomfoolery, pranks and hoaxes. But for tatters it is a day devoted to furthering a lace-making art.
Did you know that April Fools Day is also International Tatting Day?
Many tatters still don't know about our special day. So in the interest of getting the word out far and wide, I am having another giveaway!
Enter for a chance to win this pampering set from New Hands Soaps and Lotions.
Amber Romance Gift Set
NHSL is my twin sister's Etsy shop. In February Igoya prepared a Posh Petals custom set for me to use as a prize. In it was an indulgent combination of chocolate lip balm, champagne and strawberries linen spray and posh petals soap.
As good as that was, this gift set is even better! Amber romance is a warm and mildly aphrodisiac scent with black cherry, creme Anglaise, sandalwood, sensual amber and Egyptian musk.
Included in the prize package is a 6-ounce lotion and two 7.5 ounce bars of long-lasting, handmade soap.
And since we're "partyin' like its our birthday," I'm throwing in a skein of Tatskool's Vanilla Sky hand-dyed thread. Just in time for Easter or Spring tatting projects.
1. Leave a comment on this post. You must leave a valid e-mail address to be eligible for the prize. Comments without valid contact information will not be entered in the drawing.
2. Cut-off date for entries is Wednesday, March 31.
3. Winner will be announced on Thursday, April 1st.
2. post about this giveaway on Twitter to qualify for an additional entry.
Be sure to add a (2) or (3) to your comment, just like in LadyShuttleMaker's Mondo Monday Giveaways. Kindly include a clickable link or the name of your blog so I may verify your entry. Once verified, you will be added to my giveaway spreadsheet a second or even a third time.
Winner will be chosen via random number generator.
Wanna see my past posts for International Tatting Day?
2009 - International Tatting Day – No Foolin'
2008 - No Foolin' – International Tatting Day
Each year in honor of International Tatting Day I sit down to tat with my fish-shaped shuttle. Over the past two years I have searched in vain for a Celtic fish pattern. If anyone finds one please do forward details or a link.
That said, it would be remiss of me not to point out that Jane Eborall offers many wonderful animal patterns for free, including an impressive goldfish in three sizes, small fishy earrings and even a starfish.
Special thanks to Georgia Seitz for making my beloved fish shuttle and Lady Jane for sharing her limitless creative artistry.
If you're still reading, click on this link to read a lovely poem called The Name of a Fish by Faith Shearin.
Now, let's all spread the word about International Tatting Day!
Did you know that April Fools Day is also International Tatting Day?
Many tatters still don't know about our special day. So in the interest of getting the word out far and wide, I am having another giveaway!
Enter for a chance to win this pampering set from New Hands Soaps and Lotions.
NHSL is my twin sister's Etsy shop. In February Igoya prepared a Posh Petals custom set for me to use as a prize. In it was an indulgent combination of chocolate lip balm, champagne and strawberries linen spray and posh petals soap.
As good as that was, this gift set is even better! Amber romance is a warm and mildly aphrodisiac scent with black cherry, creme Anglaise, sandalwood, sensual amber and Egyptian musk.
Included in the prize package is a 6-ounce lotion and two 7.5 ounce bars of long-lasting, handmade soap.
And since we're "partyin' like its our birthday," I'm throwing in a skein of Tatskool's Vanilla Sky hand-dyed thread. Just in time for Easter or Spring tatting projects.
HERE'S HOW TO ENTER:
1. Leave a comment on this post. You must leave a valid e-mail address to be eligible for the prize. Comments without valid contact information will not be entered in the drawing.
2. Cut-off date for entries is Wednesday, March 31.
3. Winner will be announced on Thursday, April 1st.
For more chances to win you can
1. post about this giveaway on your blog to qualify for an additional entry.2. post about this giveaway on Twitter to qualify for an additional entry.
Be sure to add a (2) or (3) to your comment, just like in LadyShuttleMaker's Mondo Monday Giveaways. Kindly include a clickable link or the name of your blog so I may verify your entry. Once verified, you will be added to my giveaway spreadsheet a second or even a third time.
Winner will be chosen via random number generator.
Wanna see my past posts for International Tatting Day?
2009 - International Tatting Day – No Foolin'
2008 - No Foolin' – International Tatting Day
Each year in honor of International Tatting Day I sit down to tat with my fish-shaped shuttle. Over the past two years I have searched in vain for a Celtic fish pattern. If anyone finds one please do forward details or a link.
That said, it would be remiss of me not to point out that Jane Eborall offers many wonderful animal patterns for free, including an impressive goldfish in three sizes, small fishy earrings and even a starfish.
Special thanks to Georgia Seitz for making my beloved fish shuttle and Lady Jane for sharing her limitless creative artistry.
If you're still reading, click on this link to read a lovely poem called The Name of a Fish by Faith Shearin.
Now, let's all spread the word about International Tatting Day!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Green Rant - I Need a Cookie!
Here it is St. Patrick's Day. My first "wearin' o' the green" with Ciarrán. Woot!
While I look forward to sharing the day with a bonafide tatting leprechaun, I do have one mean, green rant to vent.
I have not eaten a single Girl Scout cookie yet this year. No thin mints. No Do-Si-Dos. No Tagalongs. Not even one of those smelly Lemon Chalet Creams. This is a crisis.
Show me the cookies
At the risk of sounding like the Clara Peller of cookie-dom, where have all the Girl Scouts gone?Not a single green sash or vested gal has graced my doorstep these past three years. Usually I see a table set up outside of the grocery store with girls hawking cookie boxes. This year, nary a representative of the Girl Scout movement is anywhere to be seen.
Luckily for you, I did find this cookie locator online. If not for that, y'all would have suffered through a fractured Bonnie Tyler lyric. (Think "Holding Out for a Hero," only crying out for a cookie!)
Good luck trying to get that song out of your head. Hope you have a cookie handy.
Today the sun is shining and I have high hopes of getting out of the house.
With a bit of the "luck o' the Irish," I will go ISO cookies to add to the rapture of warm rays and you all will be spared more fiendishly fractured songs or pallid poetry!
Tomorrow - Watch for a giveaway announcement.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
"Hope" is the Word
Ready for more Knot-Tea Fun?
Dedicated to All Tatters Everywhere
Lyrics adapted from:
Grease, "You're the One That I Want"
Hope © 2010 Sherry Pence
HOPE
I got Hope, it's multiplyin', and I'm losin' control.
Cause the power it's supplyin', is butterflyin'!
You better shape up, cause I need to tat, and my goal is set on you.
You better shape up, get your tools in hand, to my lace I must be true.
CHORUS
You're the one that I want, ooh ooh ooh, flutter
The one that I want , ooh ooh ooh, flutter
The one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh ooh,
The one I need (the one I need), oh yes indeed (yes indeed)
25 Motif Challenge
Hope was tatted using size 40 Lizbeth threads, in black #604 and Falling Leaves #100. It will be counted as motif 10 in my 25 Motif Challenge.
Thank you, LadyShuttleMaker, for sharing this inspirational pattern. And more thanks to Tatskool, for all the beautiful butterflies she has been posting on her blog. And how could I forget Wanda (Wanda's Knotty Thoughts), Jeff Hamilton (Bridge City Tatting) and Cindy (A Happy Bluebird). Their Hope butterflies rock!!
Don't be surprised if a few more of these flutters fly off my shuttles in the days to come. They are quick, fun and keep me thinking of Spring.
And by that I mean a sneak peek from Heather, the Tarnished Tatter's forthcoming book!
Large Swan © 2010 Heather Johnston
I tatted this large swan in Lizbeth size 40 Black #604 with hematite seed beads. Sadly, at the time I wasn't aware that black swans have red beaks.
Must make another one and give her a proper red beak.
Also, I have a white swan to show but haven't gotten her scanned yet. Watch for the white swan to be added later today.
Thank you, Heather, for granting me permission to post photos in advance of the book's publication date.
Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful.
See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!
Dedicated to All Tatters Everywhere
Lyrics adapted from:
Grease, "You're the One That I Want"
HOPE
I got Hope, it's multiplyin', and I'm losin' control.
Cause the power it's supplyin', is butterflyin'!
You better shape up, cause I need to tat, and my goal is set on you.
You better shape up, get your tools in hand, to my lace I must be true.
CHORUS
You're the one that I want, ooh ooh ooh, flutter
The one that I want , ooh ooh ooh, flutter
The one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh ooh,
The one I need (the one I need), oh yes indeed (yes indeed)
25 Motif Challenge
Hope was tatted using size 40 Lizbeth threads, in black #604 and Falling Leaves #100. It will be counted as motif 10 in my 25 Motif Challenge.
Thank you, LadyShuttleMaker, for sharing this inspirational pattern. And more thanks to Tatskool, for all the beautiful butterflies she has been posting on her blog. And how could I forget Wanda (Wanda's Knotty Thoughts), Jeff Hamilton (Bridge City Tatting) and Cindy (A Happy Bluebird). Their Hope butterflies rock!!
Don't be surprised if a few more of these flutters fly off my shuttles in the days to come. They are quick, fun and keep me thinking of Spring.
Tatting Tea Tuesday
Now that you all have Knot-Tea song lyrics stuck in your heads, it's time to settle in for a nice Afternoon Tat. And by that I mean a sneak peek from Heather, the Tarnished Tatter's forthcoming book!
I tatted this large swan in Lizbeth size 40 Black #604 with hematite seed beads. Sadly, at the time I wasn't aware that black swans have red beaks.
Must make another one and give her a proper red beak.
Also, I have a white swan to show but haven't gotten her scanned yet. Watch for the white swan to be added later today.
Thank you, Heather, for granting me permission to post photos in advance of the book's publication date.
Wishing you all blissful me time to create something beautiful.
See you next Tuesday for more communi-tea!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
This Lousy Couplet
You know those T-shirts that used to be popular souvenir items? The ones that had "name went to place and all I got was..." written across the front?
Well, today's post is dedicated to those lousy T-shirts. Here's why.
(Say it with me.) All I got was this lousy couplet.
But look on the bright side.
Next week I will announce another giveaway!
Head on over to Heather, The Tarnished Tatter's blog. She's serving up a tasty treat!
Well, today's post is dedicated to those lousy T-shirts. Here's why.
Tatting Tea Tuesday dawned bright and breezy,So, instead of a nice, tatty post . . . ?
but Silly Hat Central woke dull and wheezy.
Done in by pink eye, bronchitus and phlem,
A stupor stole over each one of them.
Canine solidarity even kicked in. Imagine...
Sad-eyed hounds laying down looking grim.
(Say it with me.) All I got was this lousy couplet.
But look on the bright side.
Next week I will announce another giveaway!
Head on over to Heather, The Tarnished Tatter's blog. She's serving up a tasty treat!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Fox is Published in Piecework magazine!
Just got my copy of the March/April issue of Piecework magazine in the mail.
Imagine my delight when I opened it to page 12 to find a tatted edging submitted by none other than Fox in the Trimmings section. She must be so excited!
Congratulations Fox!
FYI--I have been to every news stand and bookshop in my area looking for this issue of Piecework magazine and haven't seen one copy. They might not have been delivered yet. The link above lists March 9th as the news stand date.
Keep your eyes peeled and if you spy one, drop everything and flip to page 12 to have a look!
Imagine my delight when I opened it to page 12 to find a tatted edging submitted by none other than Fox in the Trimmings section. She must be so excited!
Congratulations Fox!
FYI--I have been to every news stand and bookshop in my area looking for this issue of Piecework magazine and haven't seen one copy. They might not have been delivered yet. The link above lists March 9th as the news stand date.
Keep your eyes peeled and if you spy one, drop everything and flip to page 12 to have a look!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Lion or Lamb? And ♥ for Postie
How did March arrive in your little corner of Tat Land?
Gusting winds mixed with mild sunshine were the order of the day in ce petit coin, rather like a spunky lamb kicking up its heels.
This illustrative cartoon by PBS Stargazer Jack Horkheimer on In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb tells the constellatory story behind the old adage.
Whether or not you are a weather watcher, (Say that three times fast.) the early light of Spring is not far off. Lion Winter may not retire quietly, but we may take heart that light is just an equinox away.
Tatting Tea Tuesday
Hot tea has been a steadfast companion these past few days. Today instead of Throat Coat, I sit down with a comforting cuppa Rooibos Vanilla topped off with a splash of chocolate soy milk. Mmmm, so yummy.
Work continues on my ChocoRaspberry nine-sided motif but have decided not to show it until I finish the second round. Test tatting for Heather, the Tarnished Tatter continues too. Can't show you that either, just yet.
What I can show you is an Easter Egg and four goodies that arrived Monday via post.
Easter Egg No 5
© 2004 Forleget Akacia
This is Easter Egg No 5 from Tatted Easter Eggs by Kirsten Wind Hansen, published by Forleget Akacia. It is tatted in two rounds using one shuttle and ball thread. I chose Lizbeth size 40 in Marble (color 121) for the rings and DMC Cordonnet Special size 40 in Ecru for the chains. The finished egg measures 6 cm by 7 cm or approximately 2 ½ by 2 ¾ inches.
Easter Egg No 5 is motif number nine for my 25 motif challenge. Lizbeth Marble (color 121) is a timeless, masculine colorway. Great for projects with bold, classic tones. It was not on my list of threads to buy, but jumped off the shelf and said, "Take me home!"
♥ for Postie
Postie brought lots of wonderful things yesterday. Three goodies from LadyShuttleMaker:
After poring over the butterfly books, I decided I couldn't wait and tatted Twitter last evening in bed. The instructions say it is a good project to use up left over thread on your shuttles. And it is!
Twitter © 2010 Sherry Pence
Twitter was tatted using 2 shuttles wound CTM with Lizbeth size 40 Marble (colorway 121).
Can you believe this wee flutter is the first butterfly I have ever tatted? So charmed was I that I tossed it on the scanner even before finishing off the ends.
Lastly, Postie brought the 40-page booklet entitled, Elgiva Agnes Nicholls, Tatter, Life and Career 1900-1982 by Heather Lickley for the Ring of Tatters.
Tatskool showed me her copy a week or so ago during a video chat and I knew immediately that I HAD to have this book for my tatting reference library.
It is a lovingly recorded and well-researched bit of history, with many previously unpublished photos of Elgiva and her work. If you are a collector, this booklet is a must-have for your library.
Gusting winds mixed with mild sunshine were the order of the day in ce petit coin, rather like a spunky lamb kicking up its heels.
This illustrative cartoon by PBS Stargazer Jack Horkheimer on In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb tells the constellatory story behind the old adage.
Whether or not you are a weather watcher, (Say that three times fast.) the early light of Spring is not far off. Lion Winter may not retire quietly, but we may take heart that light is just an equinox away.
Tatting Tea Tuesday
Hot tea has been a steadfast companion these past few days. Today instead of Throat Coat, I sit down with a comforting cuppa Rooibos Vanilla topped off with a splash of chocolate soy milk. Mmmm, so yummy.
Work continues on my ChocoRaspberry nine-sided motif but have decided not to show it until I finish the second round. Test tatting for Heather, the Tarnished Tatter continues too. Can't show you that either, just yet.
What I can show you is an Easter Egg and four goodies that arrived Monday via post.
© 2004 Forleget Akacia
This is Easter Egg No 5 from Tatted Easter Eggs by Kirsten Wind Hansen, published by Forleget Akacia. It is tatted in two rounds using one shuttle and ball thread. I chose Lizbeth size 40 in Marble (color 121) for the rings and DMC Cordonnet Special size 40 in Ecru for the chains. The finished egg measures 6 cm by 7 cm or approximately 2 ½ by 2 ¾ inches.
Easter Egg No 5 is motif number nine for my 25 motif challenge. Lizbeth Marble (color 121) is a timeless, masculine colorway. Great for projects with bold, classic tones. It was not on my list of threads to buy, but jumped off the shelf and said, "Take me home!"
♥ for Postie
Postie brought lots of wonderful things yesterday. Three goodies from LadyShuttleMaker:
- a skein of size 50 Treebeard HDT to pair with some Omega size 50 in color 1394 Brown Gray.
- The Exquisite Collection of Tatted Butterflies, volumes I & II
After poring over the butterfly books, I decided I couldn't wait and tatted Twitter last evening in bed. The instructions say it is a good project to use up left over thread on your shuttles. And it is!
Twitter was tatted using 2 shuttles wound CTM with Lizbeth size 40 Marble (colorway 121).
Can you believe this wee flutter is the first butterfly I have ever tatted? So charmed was I that I tossed it on the scanner even before finishing off the ends.
Lastly, Postie brought the 40-page booklet entitled, Elgiva Agnes Nicholls, Tatter, Life and Career 1900-1982 by Heather Lickley for the Ring of Tatters.
Tatskool showed me her copy a week or so ago during a video chat and I knew immediately that I HAD to have this book for my tatting reference library.
It is a lovingly recorded and well-researched bit of history, with many previously unpublished photos of Elgiva and her work. If you are a collector, this booklet is a must-have for your library.
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