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All Things Come to an End
I’ve been teaching guitar for more than 30 years. I teach at home, and was asked to teach at a local school in 2005. Pupil numbers do tend to cycle – when money is tight, people cut ‘luxuries’ like music … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Guitar, Handwork, Health, Knitting, knitting, Life, music, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, Teaching, work in progress
Tagged Guitar, handwork, health, knitting, lacemaking, Life, music, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, work in progress
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My Name is Ozymandias!
‘My Name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ The Jinxed Jersey is finished! With all the pulling out, I must have knitted the damn thing about three times. Those who know the poem, … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Handwork, humor, Humour, Knitting, knitting, Life, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress
Tagged challenges, knitting, lacemaking, Life, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, tatting, work in progress
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Keeping on…
I’ve had very little internet access over the last couple of weeks. I didn’t really plan to disappear. Nothing serious, just life as it happens. I finished my game of tatting chicken. Frankendoily Lives! I scrounged every last piece of … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Gifts, Handwork, Health, Knitting, knitting, Lacemaking, Learning, Life, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress
Tagged challenges, handwork, health, knitting, lacemaking, learning, Life, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, tatting, work in progress
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Random Ramblings
Life continues somewhat complicated. Our Jack Russell, Sparky, has been diagnosed with the early stages of kidney disease. He’s getting on, as are we all. At least we can start with treatment that will hopefully ease things for him. He … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Challenges, Education, Handwork, humor, Humour, Knitting, knitting, Learning, Life, Motivation, music, Poetry, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress
Tagged animals, challenges, Education, humor, Humour, knitting, Life, motivation, music, Perseverance, Poetry, shuttle tatting, tatting, work in progress
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Notes From a Knit-Wit…
Lately life has been… complicated. My husband is going on retirement soon, and is finding the prospect stressful, to say the least. There are also hordes of forms to fill out and submit. I have two stalled tatting projects, and … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Handwork, Humour, Knitting, knitting, Lace Knitting, Learning, Life, work in progress
Tagged challenges, handwork, health, humor, knitting, Lace Knitting, learning, Life, motivation, Perseverance, persistence, work in progress
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More Holey Than Righteous…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin This is something that came up on the Daily Post – a way to follow blogs that are not on WordPress. A lot of great tatting blogs are on Blogspot and other places which (probably … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Handwork, humor, Humour, Knitting, knitting, Lace Knitting, Lacemaking, Learning, Life
Tagged challenges, handwork, humor, Humour, knitting, Lace Knitting, lacemaking, Perseverance, persistence, work in progress
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Getting Hooked
I have been doing mainly tatting for 5 or 6 years now. However, in the last little while I have started two projects and jammed with both of them. One is a vintage pattern with lots of ‘repeat from * … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Crochet, Crochet, Handwork, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Learning, Life, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress
Tagged challenges, crochet, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, learning, Perseverance, persistence, shuttle tatting, tatting, work in progress
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Life, and Other Happenings
I submitted a manuscript in May for a competition. The blog post is here, for anyone who wants. The results came out a while ago, and I didn’t make the short list. I’m not sorry I tried, and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Cats, Challenges, Creatures, Crochet, Crochet, Handwork, history, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Learning, Life, Lolcats, nature, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing
Tagged Birds, cats, challenges, Creatures, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, Lolcats, motivation, nature, Perseverance, persistence, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, work in progress, writing
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Manuscript Away!
I submitted my manuscript for the competition – via snail-mail, no less. It’s more years than I like to think of since I submitted this way. It’s a LOT more fuss. Which may be why some (very few) publishers still … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges, Doll House, Handwork, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Life, Miniature, miniature tatting, Motivation, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing
Tagged books, challenges, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, motivation, Perseverance, persistence, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, work in progress, writing
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Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny
I’ve been trying my hand at miniature tatting. This is in 100 thread. I have tried 120, but find it breaks too easily, even using thread conditioner. The thread isn’t the six strand, mercerised I usually use, but I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Doll House, Handwork, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Life, Miniature, miniature tatting, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing
Tagged challenges, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, miniature, miniature tatting, Perseverance, persistence, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, work in progress, writing
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