Thursday, April 23, 2009

TATRICIDE: Hanging By A Thread

Seems to me, that is my current state. Late hours, learning how to be a blogger and trying to get some tatting done, get my reading done, catch up on phone calls, and finish a blanket for my grandson.

The latter is crocheted, and I am LONG past wanting to do anything with the big hook, now that I have entered into TATRIMONY with the shuttle. GROAN - I know, bad.......

The good news is that I am really getting the hang of the Cluny leaf. Here is my latest attempt, not finished, but I am sooooo excited about how it is looking, after so many disastrous beginnings.
Whose thread is this? I forget , but I LOVE it. (the pink and peach) The green is Cebelia #20. Speaking of thread, I cannot believe that I have amassed so much HDT. This is the result of lurking at night on the Net with my Visa too close to the keys.......

I am going to start to use it, rather than hoard it. I realize I forget about it as it sits out of sight in a cupboard, and I use my ordinary thread most of the time. Enough of that!
From now on, I will commit TATROMANCY (magical meanderings with rings, chains and picots,) with this gorgeous stuff!

8 comments:

  1. Mmmmmm HDT!

    I just got my first skein today and I think I'm hooked.....but I was in danger of just letting it stay the way it was all pretty in it's neat little skein.....so I made myself unwind it onto a card. This is the first time I'm haveing to choose a pattern to suit a thread color :-)

    Anyway, love your blog. good stuff.

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  2. Hey Foxy,
    You've been busy. Nice work.
    The Shutter

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  3. Hi Krystle,
    Thanks for reading tat-ology and for the comments. : ))

    I'm sure you will find a pattern for your new thread very soon! Isn't it fun? I bet you will have an order in for more HDT in no time...... it is sooooo addictive!
    Enjoy!
    Fox

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  4. Hi Shutter,

    Thanks so much for following and for responding.......

    Fox : )

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  5. Very PUNNY! Ar ar ar ar ar!!! (seal laugh)

    Enjoy your new HDT from the main HDT dealers!

    Congrats on learning the cluny! You just dive right in, don't you! :)

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  6. Hi TattingChic,
    Thanks! I love the plunge, especially when it is cushioned so wonderfully with yummy HDT!

    I'm done for! There is no end in sight..... I need MORE HDT!!!!!

    Fox the Avaricious!

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  7. Can you please share with me where you found this pattern? I'm still convinced I've got to try the cluny.

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  8. Bonnie, Sue Hanson's pattern: If you Google, "small motif using cluny leaves," you will see the pattern.
    Give it a go.... It is so much fun!
    : )

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