Off the Shuttle: More Tatted Ornaments

More tatting on paper disks. The pattern for the following three ornaments is "Handkerchief Edging or Pillow Edging No. 11" from The Craft of Tatting by Bessie M. Attenborough (Bell & Hyman, 1972, p. 33)

The thread for this one is size 20 Lizbeth, color 133 "Razzle Dazzle." The sticker is from a package of K&Company's Grand Adhesions Brenda Walton Flora & Fauna Typewriter Key dimensional stickers.

 The thread for this one is size 20 Lizbeth, color 161 "Sea Island Citrus." The butterfly sticker is from K&Company's "Clearly Yours" epoxy stickers. 

 The thread for this one is size 20 Lizbeth, color 115 "Springtime." The butterfly sticker is another from K&Company's "Clearly Yours" epoxy stickers. 

 The pattern for the next one is "Edging 2" from Embellishing with Edgings" by Handy Hands, edited by Barbara Foster. The thread is size 20 Lizbeth, color 620 "Medium Azalea." The heart sticker is from a package of Nicole Crafts' heart stickers. 

Crocheting with Light--Not an April Fool's Day Joke!

For the 4th year I'll be doing a demonstration called "Fiber Crafts Using Non-Traditional Materials" at the annual Carolina FiberFest on April 5th in Sanford, NC. As in the past, I'll have examples of knitting, crochet, and weaving using recycled materials such as hosiery, cut up tee shirts, fabric waste, rope, and videotapes.  I try to add something new each year. This year I was inspired by a photograph I saw on the Web of a knitted rug using LED rope light. I decided to use the rope light to make a giant crocheted doily. 

I used an 18-foot-long warm white LED rope light purchased at a hardware center. The yarn is a clothesline-weight synthetic that somehow ended up in my stash over the years. The finished piece is 28 inches across. It still needs some blocking to get it into a more rounded shape. I think it will attract a lot of visitors to my demonstration area. It certainly fulfills the definition of a non-traditional material!

Update:  Here's the piece finally blocked and hung over my fireplace. I attached it to a metal ring that gives its shape more stability and makes it easier to use for off-site displays.

Off the Shuttle: Tatted Ornament with Butterfly

I'm making more paper ornaments, now getting fancier with the tatted edgings. The thread for this one is size 20 Lizbeth in colorway no. 163 "Blue Ice." The pattern is "Edging 13" from Embellishing with Edgings" by Handy Hands, edited by Barbara Foster. The butterfly sticker is from K&Company's "Clearly Yours" epoxy stickers. 

Off the Shuttle: Tatting on Paper Hearts

These little paper hearts are made with acid-free construction paper using Martha Stewart paper punches. The threads on the pink hearts are vintage size 80 variegated threads. The threads on the red heart are vintage red size 80 thread and white Lizbeth size 80 thread from Handy Hands tatting supplies vendor.

Off the Shuttle: More Tatting on Paper

Two more tatted ornaments on the Martha Stewart Crafts die-cut lace tags, this time with purchased stickers added.

The one below uses size 20 Lizbeth thread in colorway no. 124 "Spring Garden" with a sticker featuring a flower print that picks up some of the colors in the thread. The sticker is from a package of K&Company's Grand Adhesions Brenda Walton Flora & Fauna Typewriter Key dimensional stickers.

The one below is also tatted in size 20 Lizbeth thread in colorway no. 112 "Carousel" with a sunflower sticker. The sticker is from a package of Momenta metal stickers.

Both tatted edgings are simple rings and chains of 6 double stitches separated by picots. These have been fun and quick to make, but the one I'm now working on will have a more complicated edging. 

Off the Shuttle: Paper Disk with Tatted Embellishments

More tatting on paper. This time on one of the designs from a package of Martha Stewart Crafts die-cut lace tags. The paper shape is around 2.5" across. The tatting thread is size 20 Lizbeth in color 153 "Rainbow Taffy." All rings and chains have 6 double stitches separated by picots. The butterfly is the pattern printed in the Handy Hands catalog. There are two other designs in the package of tags, so I'll be playing with tatting on these too.

Off the Hook: Baby Cardigan Crocheted in Shades of Orange

This is the 3rd sweater I've crocheted using this pattern. It was originally published by Doreen Knitting Books, Volume 100, in 1950, and I found it free on the Web. The yarn is On-Line Linie 152 Paloma Konfetti, a nylon/polyacryl blend that works up soft and easy. The colorway is 42, variegated shades of orange. I think the yarn has been discontinued, at least according to Webs, which was the source for my 2 skeins.