Stitches of Life II: My blog space for making lace and other creative things
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EDIT: You Tube Video available --
I'm using her book and kit. The fiber and needles are nice - sharp points, too. Petalouda Dentelle No.30. Olympus Sashiko Needles. I enrolled in two classes - Mediterranean Knotted Lace and Bibilla. Each class has 2 sessions.
So, here is Sunrise/Moonrise Needle Lace start. It is from the Night + Day Marathon June 2025.
Moon Practice piece created with DMC Perle Coton 8, 3823.
Found some Parlak Oren Bayan Dantel (50) in my thread stash. Practice pieces of Mediterranean Knotted Lace. 
This little sample is my project from the first session of knotted lace. We learned a LOT during class. The piece created, had four rows and various picots. I'm using her book and kit. The fiber and needles are new to me. Petalouda Dentelle No.30. Olympus Sashiko Needles. I enrolled in two classes - Mediterranean Knotted Lace and Bibilla. Each class has 2 sessions.
Day and Night
Putting together 'new' 8x10 portable displays of tatting, bobbin lace, +beginner pieces. I try to use what I've finished -- colorful pieces I have on hand.
Bobbin Lace bookmarks, snake, and candle mat (or photo frame). 
Beginner pieces of bobbin lace and tatting. 
Demo edges.
More lace samples.
I use a couple basic patterns -- (lower part of the photo - I just draw them out & see how they look). And basic patterns from this book, from the Palmetto Tatters group. Jennifer Wiliams has a nice patern, Ring of Tatters site -- on https://www.ringoftatters.org.uk/patterns/simple_butterfly.html.
I was creating some tatted butterflys during a recent Demonstration. I was attaching them to my pincushion while tatting. (right side of the photo). A good way to use of fiber bits on shuttles & once empty, can load them for the next motif/project.
DMC Coton Perle 8 #107.
Time to empty shuttles. Lace Samples for the Lafayette Lacemakers.
Butterflies: HWT - Hand Wound Thread
