Liyarra's Tatting Nook

Once I decided to start getting ready for the anticipated move I really had to take a good hard look at what I had accumulated... This is my stash::::::: Hmmm - can I really get rid of anything??? Yep.... This is what I got rid of - but in a nice way to Fiona T: Regrets? Nah not really.....haven't really had time to tat so not missing what is not there!!

This is the blog that Ben has just started. Not completed yet but there might be something that you might like or a service we can provide for you! It would be nice to be able to do this for a living!! http://theamazingpicturefactory.blogspot.com.au/ Come and have a look at what we do.......

After a discussion with a friend I decided to start a Facebook page for Tatting Shuttle collectors and enthusiasts called Tatting Shuttle Addicts. I was hoping to give people a place to show off their shuttles and make contacts to maybe obtain shuttles from places they have had problems sourcing from. So far it has taken off and seems to be rocking along nicely!!! One of the ladies who is a member of the page is a shuttlemaker who has a couple of pretty unique designs and has recently organised some equipment that will allow her to engrave shuttles as well. So I thought I would introduce you to her here... Her name is Monica Ohana Braxton and here is the information she sent me. So if you want a "different" shuttle how about supporting a small business owner and possibly a pioneer in tatting shuttle design? Hi Jenni, Here is some information about the shuttles my husband and I make. My husband and I hand make all of our shuttles. We use small power tools and hand tools onl...

I have tried this pattern a couple of times and it has beaten me...Mainly due to pattern attention deficit issues... Someone on InTatters was searching for the pattern and it reminded me that it was on my 'Nemesis List' and, being in THAT frame of mind (you know - the "oh no you don't....not going to sit there and laugh at me and say you can't be done"..frame of mind) I decided to give it another try. This time I used some of my precious Rainbow Lite hand dyed thread from TatsKool so I couldn't woos out on it without wasting this precious thread (and the $$ associated in getting it in the first place)... So here it is... TA DA!!! You have to watch where you are in the pattern pretty carefully but a photocopy of the pattern and a highlighter solved that problem.

Someone asked me the other day about my tatting history.....so read at your own risk of boredom!! I learned to tat at the Numurkah Community Centre in northern Victoria in 1999. Diana Eckett from Melbourne was the teacher and the class was 2 half days. The cost was $40 plus threads. I saw it on the notice board and, having wanted to learn lacemaking for years, I enrolled...... Now what noone told me was that tatting and bobbin lace are NOT the same thing!!! Diana handed out these funny looking plastic thingys and some thread and I thought… Ahhh…......Earth to stupid?…........I don't think this class is what you think it is……. (But I HAD paid and it all looked very interesting …...so I stayed and played. Thank goodness!!) On the first day we learned to flip the stitch using two colors of wool and using finger tatting as though for a chain so we could see the color change when the flip occurred. We then progressed to the ring once we could flip the stitch consistently. After getting ...

Today I found the most beautiful thread I bought from Brenda (Bre-Aly Threads on Etsy) a couple of years ago....problem is I cannot remember what I bought it for LOL. It must have been something special because it is size 10 and I never tat with 10.... Any suggestions? Have three 175 yard balls and it is a gorgeous soft blue/purple combination. Pic coming soon!

Some days are worth getting up early for... A thumbs up from Nathan to Ben...probably cos I managed not to scare the crap out of him.... Right about now I am spewing that the flight has ended..... Not to worry though - Ben decided to go for a fly after I finished my lesson so I got to go up again.....and relax this time!!!