Thursday, January 27, 2011

Norm and Dunno

Since he pecked his way out of
last year,
I thought
would certainly be able to
give me a clue
as to what this year's
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!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Should I Feel Guilty?

Should I feel
GUILTY
because I am so far behind
on my
-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

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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, 
Does the Doctor need one as well...
or can you two share?  :)

Monday, January 17, 2011

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
(Tat It And See).
Here are my Days 1 & 2.

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...

Friday, January 14, 2011

Opportunity from Emerging Designer, FOX

Of course, I said,
"YES!"
when emerging designer,
asked me to test tat
one of her new patterns.

Fox has been taking the latest
Online Tatting Design Class
taught by
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

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.  :)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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
generously
sent her copy on
such an 
so tatters like
myself
could enjoy it
and perhaps be inspired
to share their
love of tatting.