Bookmarks again!

Seems like tatting bookmarks are most addictive…at least to me! Actually they are great to work at. They are simple and very elegant and as Marty put in, they also make an excellent gift.

I simply adore bookmarks! So here’s one more to my List. This one is done in Marilee’s thread. I totally agree with Clyde and Laura and will say that H.D.T is the best.

I must admit though that I have been saving them for God knows what! I think its time I used them… for only then I can do more justice and buy more.

Coffee anyone?

I am not exactly bloging about coffee (which btw is indefinitely my favorite subject), more so the tatting stuff below the coffee cup! Yup… you guessed it right! Its coasters.

Remember from my earlier posts “Iris Niebach special”? This time I tatted a whole lot of it. I would give credit to my husband actually, had he not been persistent on spoiling my coffee table I wouldn’t have thought of this at all.

Last three days have been much tiring for me and my Family. My dad was hospitalized on Monday when he complained of breathlessness. Due to a heart surgery performed in 1992 the doctors wanted to double check before concluding. He was put under observation till yesterday and then discharged. Thankfully everything was normal and just that his blood circulation is a bit slow when compared to others and can be cured by medicines. We can all now sigh with relief!

While in the hospital I actually had a lot of time on hand and took my tatting tools along! And that’s how I completed my coasters!

This is a wonderful idea and a great pattern to work with. I plan on doing a few more coaters with the wonderful thread that my friends so generously have sent me.

I have an apprentice!

Until recently I was under the impression that I can never teach anyone to Tat. The reason is because I have zilch patience level. This I am speaking from experience – there were a few pupils who were interested to learn and I was inefficient as a teacher since after the 1st tutoring session no body returned for the second.

I Know I know I am wicked but I just cannot help it. But now I do have a student who is as persistent as I am with impatience. After the initial basics lecture I gave her yesterday she came back to me showing her work!

She of course needs a lot of practice since each time she does a double stitch it gets knotted but they aren’t that bad, cos I can work around it a bit to straighten it without having to remove the whole thing. I am sure she isn’t happy with it but I am cos she came back to me! J Yay!!!!

Frankly speaking I would give you’ll the credit. Maybe some where I have learnt a lot reading your experiences from your blogs and have tried my best to take all the good qualities from all of you. And Just like this instance I am hoping that you guys will always help me out in future as well.

I am positive – so keep up the good work!

Some More Bookmarks

Past few days I have been working on bookmarks…. Lots of bookmarks rather as you can see. I have now 15 in total and absolutely no clue as to why.

I just liked the pattern so much that I played with different colors. Some are old while some I picked up browsing one of fellow tatters blog!

Gifts!

Look what I got in my mail… Gifts and lots of them too... Man do I feel lucky or WHAT!

Thank to Lynn for taking the initiative. Here is how it started. I was browsing through articles on etatters forum and reading about fellow tatters discussing threads. Since in India we hardly get different kinds/sizes of threads except the usual Size 20 & 40 I was astounded to hear there are more sizes in this world.

When I was growing up I was under the notion that size 20 is for tatting and size 40 for crochet and so when I joined the tatting ring you can imagine my stun when I got to hear so many things about tatting. I truly was and I kept telling this to myself. For example I dint know you can make Jewelery out of it or bookmarks or celtic tatting etc Phew! Trust me the list goes on!

One fine day I innocently posted to the forum asking elaboration for different sizes and that where I can find it? And there you go… Lynn sent out a post asking them to help me and send samples of the various threads available so that I can play with it and which they did!

I am very very happy girl :-). This parcel apparently has been waiting for me a long time just that it was stuck somewhere… it came to India sometime in Dec itself… but nevertheless I finally have it and what Joy!

Big thanks to Susan B.T, Marty, Marlene, Ria, Judit connors, Clyde, Maureen Lawrence (Hope I haven’t misspell any of the Names – if I have then please forgive me!) And how can I ever forget Lynn for this, Thank you is such a small word for what I am felling today! Thank you guys and a BIG hug to all of you!

Happy New Year 2008

Here’s wishing all of you a very Happy New year, hoping to bring in loads of happiness, joy and good health.

I am usually not the person who lives up to resolutions and everything, but there are certain definite things that I will be working on this year… not to mention that I will continue to tat! I cannot live without it of course…

For me 2008 brings in lot of hope and I am totally optimistic of the future… I am praying it stays that way.

I will continue to portray tat bits of my life’s endeavors through this blog of mine and continue to entertain you the way I entertain myself writing my thoughts/projects down.

Enjoy the year and have a blast!