All posts by Karen Bovard

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

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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.

New Video with more info about TattingTube & how it can support Tatting

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I posted my second TattingTube video a week or so ago but haven’t had a chance to promote it.  Actually this video was created to introduce (more fully) my dream/inspiration of creating a video community of information about tatting to promote tatting.

Please consider creating a YouTube channel of your own and sharing your own journey/life with tatting.

When I went into YouTube today to get the address to my video I discovered that there is a new TattingTube channel & tatting content creator—Wanda’s Knotty Thoughts.  I was soooo excited to see this video.  Wanda’s YouTube video is exactly what I was envisioning.  The videos do not have to be long….its just a way to share what we’re working on; give patterns, designs, designers, etc exposure to show that TATTING IS NOT DEAD to the non-tatting public but also gives us a way to ‘meet/see’ other tatters.  I was so excited to be able to put a face to a name with Wanda as well as get an introduction to what she is working on.

A ‘new/old’ connection between tatting & motorcycling—my two passions

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Just today I was having coffee with my tatting friend, Beth when we bumped into my motorcycling friend, Dee and had coffee and conversation together. Upon hearing about Beth’s & my connection to tatting remembered hearing about a woman traveling with her mother in a sidecar. The mother tatted!!!

This really peaked my interest because: 1. I ride a motorcycle; 2. I used to ride a motorcycle with a sidecar (when my kids were little we took them everywhere with us, around the country, even to Alaska); 3. Tatting; 4. Cross-country touring.

So we looked it up and found the following article: https://ridermagazine.com/2015/08/04/effies-great-adventure-first-women-to-ride-cross-country/

According to the article, the mother in the sidecar, learned to tat in the first quarter of their cross-country trip and was after and avid tatter.

I just love this story!