Category Archives: Motivation

Left, write, left, write…

Posted on October 15, 2015 by notewords

My writing is still going steadily. Despite Titch’s efforts to the contrary. 😀 Just putting one word after the other. Not that I don’t have bad days, and even on a good day I often end up with less words … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Challenges, Guitar, Handwork, humor, Humour, Knitting, Lacemaking, Learning, Motivation, music, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, Teaching, work in progress, Writing | Tagged challenges, Guitar, handwork, humor, Humour, knitting, lacemaking, learning, Life, motivation, music, Perseverance, persistence, practise, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, Teaching, work in progress, writer's block, writing | 10 Comments

Crazy Tatting Lady

Posted on September 26, 2015 by notewords

One of the benefits of tatting is that it is so portable. I hate wasting time in queues or waiting rooms and always have my tatting in my bag. This has the added benefit of people coming over to ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Guitar, Handwork, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Motivation, music, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, Teaching, work in progress | Tagged challenges, handwork, lacemaking, learning, Life, motivation, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, Teaching, work in progress | 29 Comments

The Internet Hates Me – part 2

Posted on August 25, 2015 by notewords

The day after I posted on this, I received two e-mails confirming receipt of my submissions… Eeek. They promise everyone a reply, even if it’s just a rejection, which is so much better than ‘if you have heard nothing by … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Handwork, Lacemaking, Motivation, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing | Tagged challenges, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, motivation, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, work in progress, writer's block, writing | 15 Comments

And Then It Got Even Quieter…

Posted on June 18, 2015 by notewords

A month ago Microsoft added some interest to my life by deciding my user profile didn’t exist. I still don’t know quite what happened (worrying, since there’s no reason it couldn’t happen again…) but things are up and running. Mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Computers, Handicaps, Handwork, Health, humor, Humour, Knitting, Lacemaking, Life, Lolcats, Motivation, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting | Tagged health, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, tatting | 18 Comments

Cosmos, Blackjacks, Tatting and Writing

Posted on March 27, 2015 by notewords

We’re into autumn here, and these flowers are one of my favourite parts. They tend to grow alongside roads, and it isn’t always easy to get a good photo. As you can see, there isn’t a safe place to pull … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cars, Challenges, Driving, Handwork, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Life, Motivation, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing | Tagged autumn, cosmos, flowers, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, nature, shuttle tatting, tatting, writing | 18 Comments

Resolving Resolutions

Posted on January 6, 2015 by notewords

I have a nasty tendency to tuck things away to ‘keep them safe’. This means that cleaning out cupboards can resemble an archaeological dig. Of course it also means that a lot of time gets wasted with ‘Oh goodness, I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Guitar, Handwork, history, humor, Humour, Knitting, Learning, Life, Motivation, music, Rejection, Resolutions, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Teaching, Writing | Tagged challenges, Guitar, humor, Humour, knitting, learning, Life, music, resolutions, submitting, Success, tatting, Teaching, Tidying, writing | 15 Comments

A Small Confession…

Posted on October 5, 2014 by notewords

When I took my first few hesitant steps out onto the Internet, one of the first sites I came across was http://theinfill.wordpress.com/. The blogger is creating – from scratch – a Doll House to die for. The small confession is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Doll House, Handwork, humor, Humour, Learning, Life, Miniature, Motivation, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, work in progress | Tagged challenge, doll house, handwork, miniature, tatting, work in progress | 11 Comments

Happy Tattiversary to me!

Posted on September 19, 2014 by notewords

Digging through some old images on my computer (anything rather than doing something constructive) I realised that it is three years since I started tatting. It’s surprising how much I’ve done in these years. I love it, but I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Handwork, humor, Humour, Learning, Life, Memories, Motivation, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting | Tagged Anniversary, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, patience, persistence, shuttle tatting, tatting | 14 Comments

Tat a Pot Plant!

Posted on November 9, 2013 by notewords

I came across this pattern on ‘Intatters’ some time ago and tatted it as a gift for a friend of mine. Here’s the link – http://homemadebymeta.blogspot.nl/2013/06/potatted-plants.html I used a polystyrene ball covered with felt inside the flowerpot (which originally held a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Challenges, Gifts, Handwork, humor, Humour, Learning, Lolcats, Motivation, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, traditions, work in progress | Tagged cat, gift, nature, pot plant, tatting | 7 Comments

Happy Tatt-iversary!

Posted on September 29, 2013 by notewords

It’s two years since I started tatting. I absolutely can’t believe it – it has become so natural to tuck my little tatting bag into my handbag wherever I go. Not that any of this was what I planned. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Handwork, humor, Humour, Learning, Life, Memories, Motivation, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Teaching, work in progress | Tagged Anniversary, handwork, humor, Humour, knitting, learning, Life, tatting, Teaching | 10 Comments