tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715079537027901272024-03-13T21:43:24.215-07:00Laivine TatsLaivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-75445775567601692062011-08-03T21:23:00.000-07:002011-08-03T21:23:10.306-07:00Pretty Threads!!Yesterday I got a package in the mail from Gina the <a href="http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/">Tatting Goddess</a>! About a month ago, Gina had a giveaway of some threads she had received from someone whose mother was a tatter. You can check out the whole story <a href="http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/2011/07/thread-giveaway.html">here</a>. I really appreciated that Gina explained where the threads came from- it gives it history. <br />
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The colours are sooo pretty! And the thread is very fine- Gina said it is probably about size 70. I have not tatted anything with that fine of thread yet, but it should be fun and very beautiful! The balls are like little candies.<br />
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And in true Tatting Tea Tuesday fashion, Gina also included a card with a teacup on it and some raspberry chocolate. The chocolate was a little melted from its travels, so it is in my freezer at the moment (but not for long!)<br />
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So in summary, I would like to say Thank You Gina for such generosity in sharing this thread and now its time for me to tat some more! :)Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-32506075406368038852011-06-26T22:12:00.000-07:002011-06-26T22:12:37.125-07:00Snood...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q57P2LrX_Kk/TggPHhRV6hI/AAAAAAAAACc/eJq_9ZRGIE0/s1600/snood+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q57P2LrX_Kk/TggPHhRV6hI/AAAAAAAAACc/eJq_9ZRGIE0/s320/snood+2.jpeg" width="311" /></a>Well, the tatting of the snood is finished. It was not well tatted by any means (I was using Clea crochet cotton I found at a local yarn shop- it likes to come apart which is not appreciated when tatting). Also, this was just to try out the idea, so I was not aiming for perfect. I was also impatient, which means that the last two rows were never blocked and therefore are rather bumpy. <br />
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My original plan was to put ribbon through the long picots I had on the last round. However, I found it too difficult to tie the snood on like that, without having the knot or bow in the front, which I did not like the look of. I found a black elastic headband, but since the tatting was done, and it was a closed circle and could not be threaded through, I tied the headband to the long picots with bits of thread. The headband made it much easier to put on.<br />
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(My apologies for the less than perfect blurring jobs- my living room is messier than I would like shown on the internet! And I would like to maintain some anonymity- if that is even possible these days.)<br />
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Smile everyone, LaivineLaivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-58295796979644686932011-06-19T20:27:00.000-07:002011-06-19T20:27:02.836-07:00New Books!I just got two new tatting books in today! My brother had bought me a gift certificate for my birthday and I used it to buy tatting books. :) <br />
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Both look like they have some great patterns for me to try out, I can hardly wait! (I need more shuttles so I can have more projects on the go at once! hehe)<br />
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Have a great day everyone, LaivineLaivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-90793372401147674162011-06-16T20:36:00.000-07:002011-06-16T20:36:22.374-07:00Present from th Lace Lovin' Librarian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Just the other day (fortunately before Canada Post locked out their employees), I received a hankie in the mail from Diane, the <a href="http://lacelovinlibrarian.blogspot.com/">Lace Lovin' Librarian</a>. A couple weeks ago she had a giveaway of some of her vintage hankies for interested tatters, and I asked for one and she sent it to me! I am very excited, it should be fun tatting my first hanky edging! Here are some photos of the pretty hankie:</div><br />
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This is also my first use of blocking- I normally just press designs with a steam iron. However, I thought I would try blocking (which I might note, is very easy to do- a cardboard box, a pillowcase, a spray bottle of water and a generous amount of pins). This way, since I am making up the pattern as I go, I know that everything to this point is pretty much even and ready for me to add the next row!<br />
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Until the next random post, enjoy the spring weather! LaivineLaivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-61357779091644802802011-03-30T17:43:00.000-07:002011-03-30T17:43:33.341-07:00Tatted Mask!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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One of the first tatting blogs I ever found was TotusMel's <a href="http://totusmel.blogspot.com/">Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense</a>. It made me want to learn how to tat even more, as she uses tatting in very creative ways. Now that I read many different tatting blogs, I know she is not the only creative tatter out there (dying art, yeah right!). My favourite pieces that TotusMel makes are her tatted ankle corsets and her tatted masks. I have now managed to make both! The ankle corsets are my version of this <a href="http://free-tatting.com/?p=15">necklace</a>, with several changes.<br />
They now have ribbon laced up the back (I forgot to take a picture with them on).<br />
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I also just finished TotusMel's tatted mask that she posted step-by-step directions <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Tatted-Mask-1/">here</a>. There are many mistakes in it (aka "personalization"), in part I think because I shuttle tat, whereas TotusMel needle tats and I am stilling learning how to translate patterns. Also, it is probably the most complicated thing I have tatted to date, so mistakes are to be expected!<br />
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I hope everyone is having a great day and I plan on posting more often!Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-29067475641400904662011-02-22T22:56:00.000-08:002011-02-22T22:56:47.055-08:00Yarnplayer's GiveawayThe generosity of people never ceases to amaze me <a href="http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/2011/02/extremely-very-early-spring-giveaway.html">Yarnplayer</a> is having a giveaway of her amazing hand-dyed thread. She is giving away some of her gorgeous threads! I have my fingers and toes crossed- as a student, I currently lack the funds to purchase all the amazing thread and shuttles that I would like, but I am looking forward to one day building up a stock of hand-dyed thread.<br />
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It is thanks to another giveaway that I have my favourite shuttle. <a href="http://tatsheaven-churchlog.blogspot.com/">Tat's Heaven</a> did a giveaway at the end of December and I won!! I am still excited about it. My shuttle is one of her 'I'm in the garage's' handmade wood shuttles, I believe mine is holly wood and it has images of holly on it. She also sent me a penguin stuffie (the contest required the entrants to create a quote for her tatted penguin in a snowy scene- I suggested, "Walking in a winter wonderland"), a piece of her tatting designed to hang with keys or off of a cell phone, as well as beaded earrings she made. Too cool and soo generous! Wish me luck on the giveaway!Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-41083413806714908032011-02-21T22:19:00.000-08:002011-02-21T22:19:00.500-08:00Epoxy Shuttles!I know many shuttle tatters have probably already seen these, but I did not until <a href="http://janeeborall.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-shuttle-news.html">Jane posted</a> pictures of them with her designs inside on her blog today. These epoxy shuttles are made by Chris Hinton and Anne Bruvold and more info can be found <a href="http://nuperelle.net/ShuttleShopShuttle/">here</a>. They do not have an online store yet, so you will have to email them to order one (and you can even send your own tatting to go in one!). I can not wait until I am done my degree and have the spending money to buy myself one (or two, or three....). I love shuttles!Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-80515779818716173022011-02-16T10:47:00.000-08:002011-02-16T10:47:09.647-08:00Wine Bottle Decoration<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6XWUKFcBRbc/TVwa9-JbAwI/AAAAAAAAAAU/8luRib1X3B8/s1600/bottle+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6XWUKFcBRbc/TVwa9-JbAwI/AAAAAAAAAAU/8luRib1X3B8/s320/bottle+1.JPG" width="117" /></a>This project came about after my boyfriend found me some beads that I knew our friends who owned a U-Brew would like. However, being just plastic beads, they were not nice enough for a necklace, but then I remembered that I used to bead glasses. So I decided to tat a decoration for a wine bottle using the same idea. However, I gave that one away before I took a picture of it. Here is the second one I made (I still need to hide the ends in the back and press or block it though). I have made more as well which I will show in future posts.Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-90432274189649118822011-02-14T22:35:00.000-08:002011-02-15T14:03:27.952-08:00Tatting on the RunwayOne of the blogs I follow (actually, the first tatting blog I followed) is <a href="http://totusmel.blogspot.com/">Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense</a>. What is really cool is that yesterday, some of her creations were on the runway of Bensoni during New York Fashion week. TotusMel's post about the show can be found <a href="http://totusmel.blogspot.com/2011/02/tatting-walks-runway.html">here</a>. I read some fashion magazine's and I was really excited when she announced that some of her pieces would be on the runway. Although she had some problems with shipping, what went down the runway was a great compliment to the designs. However, I do not think that the designers fully tapped the potential of TotusMel's designs (but that could be due to the shipping issues). Here is to seeing more tatting on the runway!Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71507953702790127.post-70417031890152838782011-02-14T22:19:00.000-08:002011-02-14T22:19:24.548-08:00Welcome!Welcome to my blog! In this blog I plan to share what I tat as well as what I find online that relates to tatting. I began tatting last October and have really appreciated all that I have learned from other tatting blogs. I have now decided that I should start my own blog. It is my first blog ever, so please me patient as I learn how to use it!Laivinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267183368512470918noreply@blogger.com2