I was just messing around and ended up with this for my Mom.


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There aren't words...

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Her work is soo beautiful and that is five count it FIVE shuttles, ZOMG!!

 Hi Everyone!
I know I have been MIA, life has been so wild!
I got my books ( at last!) so i have been busy with trying as much as possible, and messing up as much as possible. LOL
Still don't have my camera up and running to show anyone:(
the online tatting classes begin tonight they are free, I am really looking forward to starting those!

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Mary Corbet's Needle 'N Thread site is exquisite. Her Video Library of stitches is the best I have run across to date. I did get a little confused at first because there are Google Ads and they are above the videos so just scroll down and you will find the videos. Be sure to browse around she has good links and I would imagine that the books she ( Read more... )

I have picked up a cross-stitch that I'd started for my sister, I have been working on it for about 30 minutes every night before I go to sleep. It says "No You DIDN'T!" in two lines, I am working on the border and frilly bits. The piece has been done by using different patterns as suggestions. I used a linen scrap, two strands over two threads ( Read more... )

I decided tonight I would see what I could find about knitting online. I added a few links to the list but what I really found interesting were all the sites about making your own needles. See I am growing out my hair and I have been thinking about making my own hair sticks....soooooo the way my mind works, making knitting needles is about the ( Read more... )

myohosister got me doing some serious cruising for instructional sites and there is a lot more out there now than 2 years ago. Here is a list of some good ones I found tonight.

myohosister Look! Here is one on a Continuous Thread Method and working out how not to run out of thread. The site overall has some great pieces and the author has a sense of humor :)

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Good afternoon Ladies!

Thank you for the warm welcome! I ordered a book called Easy tatting  says that it has some good things for beginners ( me). I went and looked at Borders one of our major booksellers and checked out half priced books, because sometimes they will have things in the craft section that you can’t find anywhere. Well that was a ( Read more... )

I have been sick so that is why I've been posting during the day and so much >.< hopefully I'll be able to keep it up and perhaps our new member myohosister will post too :)

I was looking through the stack on my desk and there was a purchase I had forgotten about. Last month I had purchased some Perforated Paper, the PP3 Antique Brown, as well as some ( Read more... )

I like the Embroidery Guild for examples of stitches. Using these examples in addition to the animated examples in the links has helped me more than any one by itself ( Read more... )