Norm and Dunno

Since he pecked his way out of

Brain Cell #3

last year,

I thought

Norman

would certainly be able to

give me a clue

as to what this year's

TIAS

is.

He took one look and said,

"Dunno,"

before sauntering away

to crow out

his greetings to the day.

Thank you, Norm!

I KNEW YOU WOULD KNOW!

Should I Feel Guilty?

Should I feel

GUILTY

because I am so far behind

on my

TIAS...

-OR-

that I began retatting it

at the playground

on a

SIXTY DEGREE

sunshiny day

IN THE DEAD OF WINTER

while Baby Doll

built her sand castle?

No, I don't think I should feel guilty about THOSE THINGS...

but I PROBABLY should feel badly about

recounting it here so gleefully...

I really should.  :)

BAD

SHOO GRAY! GO AWAY!

This Tatting Press

is for a tatter

who lives

FAR NORTH OF ME

in

LOVELY,

(but by my understanding)

GRAY

(this time of year)

Washington State.

Because she brings

RAYS OF SUNSHINE

into Tatland,

I felt this situation

needed to be remedied

and determined that her press

should be

DECIDEDLY SUNNY.

Hope you enjoy

your sunny, scrappy press, 

Krystle!

Does the Doctor need one as well...

or can you two share?  :)

Joining the Fun With Jane and Janet

SPOILER ALERT: Don't read background text
if you EVER plan to read this book OR see the movie!

I've joined the fun

of

Jane's TIAS

(Tat It And See).

Here are my Days 1 & 2.

I 

LOVE

that Jane takes the time

to do this every winter.

It is a day brightener

on these otherwise

gray days.

Another lady brightened my day

yesterday as I worked on the TIAS.

Janet Gaynor,

in Small Town Girl.

LOVE her smile and her voice.

So WHY the photo of a page from

Leave Her to Heaven?

A rather murderous book...

Because 

Ben Ames Williams

wrote

Small Town Girl

AND

Leave Her to Heaven.

I have several books in my 

"library,"

(or shelf if you prefer)

on which movies are based.

Since I have

Leave Her to Heaven

I thought I might also enjoy

Small Town Girl,

but at prices starting around $200,

per one site,

I think I'll wait until

I make my first million.

It'll be a while...

Opportunity from Emerging Designer, FOX

Of course, I said,

"YES!"

when emerging designer,

FOX,

asked me to test tat

MAEVE,

one of her new patterns.

Fox has been taking the latest

Online Tatting Design Class

taught by

Sharon Briggs

and is doing a

MARVELOUS

job of flexing

her creative muscle.

Maeve

was a 

relaxing and rewarding

motif to tat.

Thank you for the opportunity, Fox!

It was a pleasure!

My color selection for Maeve

was inspired by nature,

more particularly,

a flower that bloomed

five years ago

in the garden

at Groovy Girl's preschool.

The threads are #20 Lizbeth.

Maeve is #9 for my

25 Motif Challenge.

I'm a bit behind on my challenge,

but have several pieces to post

in order to begin to catch up.

I am known for tackling tasks

SLOWLY

and am often asked by 

members of my family

to translate time frames

from "Ann Time."

They are a clever bunch.  :)

ME AND ANGELINE

I've been hanging out with 

Angeline

for a bit now.

She's pretty cool.

I like her a lot.

Her love of tatting

is

 totally contagious

even

thirty years later.

I look in wonder

at this book

which she self-published.

SO MUCH WORK

went into this labor of love.

I love that she took the time

to lay out some pages

in a special way,

and that no mistake

was too small

to fix.

(whatever kind of glue THAT is, I NEED some)

Imagine if she had been

able to use

a

computer...

I think she would

have had

colorful tatting

LEAPING OFF THE PAGE.

But, even in black and white,

and without

the tricks of today's graphics,

Let's Tat

is a GREAT book,

because

Angeline Crichlow's

passion for tatting

comes through

loud and clear.

I'm thankful

she wrote it

and that

Fox

generously

sent her copy on

such an 

amazing journey

so tatters like

myself

could enjoy it

and perhaps be inspired

to share their

love of tatting.