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Latest Jewelry Set Completed
I have been having soooo much fund with basic tatting of my jewelry pieces. It’s part of my drive to ‘WEAR MORE TATTING IN PUBLIC’.
The design is very simple, thus the main star of these pieces is the thread: Karey Solomon’s hand-painted thread. She named this one ‘Rose Colored Glasses’.
I have a pink t-shirt that this jewelry pairs with.
Tatting is good for your health
My tatting class at the 2025 IOLI Convention
This is the morning class that I took at
the IOLI Convention.
Tatted ornaments with Patti Duff.
I didn’t get very far with the tatting of these ornaments
because I was the ‘official photographer’ of the
Convention which meant that I spent most of my class
time running between all the classrooms (17) taking
photos.
The good thing is that I still have this tatting to do!
IOLI Lace Convention Banquet
I am wearing my sequined lace dress that I had just worn 13 days ago to my daughter’s wedding.
I also am wearing my tatted necklace and earring set.
The ShuttleSmith (Karen) went to the 2025 IOLI Convention
I just got home a week ago from the 2025 IOLI (International Organization of Lace, Inc.) Convention in Dallas Texas where I was a vendor as both TheShuttleSmith and my new company, NeedleLaceArts.
I had the most colorful lace display with my Contemporary Approach to Teneriffe Lace.
Tatting Thread Pheromones
Watch for my posts on my new Tatted Jewelry
I just finished this jewelry set using Lizbeth 20 thread in color 672. Although I don’t have an outfit to wear this jewelry set with (yet), I choose this color to match the gold color of the round findings I used (purchased at Michaels for $3.99).
I learned to tat on Monday,
My stitches were very fine.
I forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we went out to dine.
I tatted snowflakes Tuesday,
They really were a must.
The symmetry was quite lovely,
But I forgot to dust.
On Wednesday I tatted crosses,
I so enjoyed the fun.
I learned to pray while tatting,
But the laundry didn’t get done.
I learned to tat split Rings on Thursday,
It’s fun to use two threads.
I guess I really was engrossed,
I never made the bed.
I started a doily on Friday,
Oh how the colors I adore.
But somehow in the enjoyment,
I didn’t notice the dirty floor.
I added beads to my tatting on Saturday,
They really enhance my double stitches.
I was so engaged with those shiny things,
That I ignored the dirty dishes
I found a maid on Sunday,
My week is now complete.
Now I can tat the hours away,
And my house will still be neat.
‘Tatted Lace’ from Turkey
While on a tourist trip to Turkey in 2019 I was ‘talking’ to this women in the photo about if she had some needle-made ‘oyasi/oya’ for sale like what she had on the edge of her headdress. I pulled out my Moonlit tatting shuttle to try to tell her that I did NOT want ‘tatted’ lace (I can make that myself). Her eyes went big when she saw the Moonlit shuttle and asked to hold it herself. (Keep in mind that I did not speak Turkish, and she did not speak English.) After I realized that she was fondling the Moonlit shuttle longingly, she motioned to her table of lace wares and suggested that we make a trade–my Moonlit shuttle for a piece of lace from her booth. I chose this piece of machine-made ‘tatted’ lace thinking that I was getting the better end of the deal. She wanted me to take two, which I declined.