Tollway Tatters

As fun as it is to read updates on Diane's blog - and watch this masterpiece grow larger and larger - we all had quite a treat to see it in person!   Delicate and perfectly tatted.   Follow along in her blog space Lace-Lovin' Librarian.

In addition to the Jan Stawasz project pictured above, Diane also brought along this colorful project --
 Renulek's tat-along doily.

 The charming buttons (below) were made by Diane.  
She had oodles of them in her button tin + kind enough to share with all of us.   I adore the 6-petal and 5-petal buttons.   Easier for me to attempt with samples in hand of buttons in various sizes !!!

Froggers:     These are tatted doodles embellished with beads.   Have a crewel needle attached.  Begin with size 10 fiber and see what small tatting you come up with.

Sue Anna brought supplies for us to experiment with!!!   Nice lace pins for "rip it, rip it" -- thus, called froggers.  

 I brought some needles and berry beads home to create some more.   They are quick tats and fun - nice way to use up bits of fiber and misc beads.  

 Have you ever seen such yummy colors???  Oh my, Marilee's (Yarnplayer) HDT are wonderful.   The colors are vivid and fiber great to use.   Could not resist a shopping spree.   Head on over to her blog for her snowflake pattern.  
Stunning!!!!!

Carrie, blogging at Just Give Her some String, shared a container of flatwear / utensil pieces which she obtained from an artist.    The idea is to tat something unique with the openings in the pieces.   Unusual and original!!   I just liked this handle - have not been inspired (yet) to create some kind of free-form tatting.   I'm sure it will come to me soon ... stay tuned

I brought along some zipper pulls to share with the Tollway Tatters.   I continue to empty shuttles of bits of fibers and these are fun to make, just add a clip to the top ring and can hang on a bag, zipper, handle, anywhere a tatted embellishment would be welcome!

Pattern in New Tatting by
Tomoko Morimoto (flower).

Pattern on Grace Tan's blog

for heart.

 I read on Jane's blog that she had 90+ photos of tatted scissor motifs.    I'm seriously thinking needle book cover embellishments.   I think they would be perfect for that.    

Jasper keeping the corner of the bed warm.  
Guess it is time!!!

scissors!

Doodles --  zipper pulls.  

The pattern for the flower zipper pull is from

New Tatting by Tomoko Morimoto.

Hearts are Grace Tan's pattern.

Lizbeth fibers - size 20 + size 10.

Completed TIAS - design by Jane Eborall,   web link - here.

TIAS Day 12

Jane's blog - Tat It and See

Link here

178 Grape Pomegranate (top) Lizbeth

Yarnplayer's HDT (bottom)

Grace Tan's pattern

Snow, snow, and snow...what is a girl to do?

Ah yes, zipper pulls using Yarnplayer's HDT fiber and free pattern by Grace Tan.  Yummy fiber - yummy color!

Yarnplayer's HDT fiber and free pattern from

Imported Designs of Tatting Book #77

#8163

The Spool Cotton Co. c.1936

My onion rings are kinda wobbly.  more practice needed.   

Tatting WIP - using Yarnplayer's HDT - which I find looks pretty good when I have to untat & retat - open closed rings to fix an error -- and the colors!!!!  beautiful colors.

The design is from Imported Designs of Tatting Book #77 

#8138

The Spool Cotton Co    c.1936

I enjoy getting the Tatting Bella On Line newsletter via e-mail.   Georgia Seitz, Editor, shares fabulous articles.    Recently, she began sharing diagrams + patterns of tatting motifs, edges, from this 1936 publication.   While the black-n-white photos from the book are good - I find it so much easier to have a pattern to follow and diagram.    Link to the newsletter archives - HERE.

This is TIAS - day 11 (day 12 available today):

Thank you Jane for the funness!!!  Such an interesting motif.     Looked forward to all the pattern days and learned how to add buttons into my tatting.

Snow.

Snow.

Snow.

 

Snow.

I think we have 2 pair of cardinals.   The females are around - tho stay hidden!

doodles

Grace Tan's heart pattern w/beads added.

Lizbeth size 20.   #178 Grape Pomegranate

I started  off with a pattern in New Tatting by Tomoko Morimoto.

I think I had a different size fiber, so floral motif here has 6 petals instead of 5 (shown in pattern).

i used Lizbeth, size 20 Jelly Bean #119.

These are small doodles - to empty shuttle and try new fiber.   

and, have you seen enough TIAS?   no?

generous tatters gather!

The Tollway Tatters met last Saturday.    Tatting chat, sharing, purchasing, reviewing of books ... and tatting!

Sweetheart Sue Anna, blogging at Sue Anna's blog,  generously gifting new shuttles from Handy Hands.   I selected a Mango Sorbet Moonlet and a Sparkle Fuschia Sunlit.

 These are blingged shuttles by Diane, blogging at Lace-lovin' Librarian.   She uses Boye brand shuttles, removes the pic, and embellishes.   I selected these shuttles from her magic box!    [photos of front and back].

Oh my, what lush fibers from Marilee.   Oodles of fun to select fibers in variety of sizes and colorways.   Not sure what these will be tatted into - but will enjoy each skein.  

Oh, Etsy, how I adore my new stash.   Yarnplayer's HDTs.

Pretty woven bag, made by Diane's Mom, fundraiser.   Superb weaving.   Such a charming bag.   Looking forward to seeing Diane's new creations once her loom lessons begin.   Keep an eye out for buttons - 1.5" - 2" - let Diane know when you come across bargains on interesting button finds.

Lovely tatting being created by Barbara, Sue Anna, Marilee, Diane, Julie and I.    Check out the blogs for details [Sue Anna said she'd post soon].  Alison moving along on her crochet and Ava shared her Rainbow Loom creations.   Colorful and Delightful.   We missed a couple tatters -- Denise,  Tatting Lace in Grace + Just Give Her Some String.   Diane has a post on her blog with more photographs ... link HERE.     Marilee, blogging at Yarnplayer's Tats , also took some photographs - keep an eye on her blog for updates ....

I am participating in the Online Tatting Class, group project - link to blog HERE - - The project is to tat and share 40 patterns of Nellie Hall Youngburg.    link to pattern book in this post, link HERE.   While with the Tollway Tatters, I started motif #24, with Lizbeth size 20, color 164.    While I tatted, I started a diagram... I think I have it figured out.






Had some more fiber + beads on a shuttle:

so pretty + fun to share.    I use Grace Tan's pattern, Three Little Hearts.    

Grace blogs at Grace Tats.