To be serene, prints Webster, is to be calm and peaceful. Suddenly, tatting is where I go to be in that state.
Before Zentangle, tatting was my focus and caused much frustration and tension, though I loved practicing new stitches, learning techniques and creating hundreds of works of tatting; the challenges were numerous and I welcomed them all.
Now that tatting has become something else, I see its true value to me as a soothing, meditative activity to escape from new challenges I have embraced. So, a major transition has occurred without my seeing it coming.
The 2016 Renulek pattern is the most enjoyable tatting I have done in eight years. Thicker, smooth, purl thread, repetition plus the infrequently added beads; all these factors are immensely pleasing and cause no stress. I concentrate on every stitch; no rush. This, to me, is what tatting is meant to be.
At the beginning of Row 8, it measures 10".
Oh yes!
ReplyDeleteSo very beautiful!!! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! ...and I feel more relaxed for reading this post!
ReplyDeleteLove it - every word! Enjoy the serenity ;)
ReplyDeleteWonderful! How exciting to see this happening for you. This is how it is for me!
ReplyDeleteWow! That breakthrough must be very welcome after some of that frustration things gave you! :) It's very pretty!
ReplyDeleteOnce you learn tatting and then became more efficient tatting becomes more relaxing, I so enjoyed your post and when you you write about your trials and tribulations again I will refer you to this post
ReplyDeleteLove to Mr G
Of all the lace I do, I find tatting the most relaxing. I think it's because I am comfortable making it so I don't have to keep referring back to books on technique, but more importantly, I have to count along the whole time. It's very easy to forget about everything else as I am counting away stitches and picots.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember the Zentangle (have to look back on some old posts)--but I too have enjoyed tatting as a method of relaxing. For some reason, making oneself slow down and taking it as it comes--tangles and mistakes and all--it sure changes the pace of the mind and I love it.
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