tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28927910680170946852024-03-13T21:53:18.458-07:00Me and mine...shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-22385307324542842642013-11-18T21:50:00.000-08:002013-11-18T21:50:30.753-08:00A Doily Story...trial of patience (long)
I love tatting.
It is probably the...I don't know, 4th most important thing to me...
My husband thinks that I overreact to things. That I have very little patience...To him I respond, When you deal with things...10...20...50...100 times before you blow up...you kinda earn the right of blowing up... You had the patience to deal with those 10+times...the mistakes. I tell him, I have as much shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-30209548885934932392013-08-26T22:24:00.002-07:002013-08-26T22:24:18.506-07:00In the beginning..So a lot of people look at tatting and get discouraged....They see a TON of LITTLE KNOTS and they think I can NOT possibly do this. So I try to make it as small and do able as I can. Its one knot...over and over again. Its just a ring and a chain. Its completely doable.
To the beginners, you can do this. It is just slightly difficult in the beginning. The only thing that is the biggest shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-82187135059631153502013-08-11T22:26:00.000-07:002013-08-11T22:26:00.687-07:00Size 80 thread!!!
When I think of size 80 thread, I get scared. It's so thin. It breaks so easily. IT'S SO TWISTY. Well. I have come to speak about it. I thought that it would be cool to have a single pattern, in different thread sizes...so i did one in size 10...then I jumped to 80....that is a huge difference. The pattern is two rounds. By the second ring I was in panic mode. My fingers want to tat with size 10shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-17830298984300834182013-07-25T20:25:00.001-07:002013-07-27T15:15:07.397-07:00How to hide ends without sewing
UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that the video didn't embed right...so here is the link..Thank you Michelle!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d51YHHIy4yc
I made another video...One I have been trying to do for quite some time. I was lazy. I really couldn't find a good time to do it. BUT today was that day!
The video is about HIDING ENDS! A very sore spot for a lot of shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-26250157738473287572013-07-20T00:11:00.000-07:002013-07-20T00:11:02.697-07:00WHAT A WEEK!Well month. Firstly. my two oldest fish died. Cookie and Lollipop...my kids named them, don't judge. But cookie, i knew he was going to go...but lolly...i had no idea. I guess it was a companion sort of deal. So that one crapped my week from the start.
I have been reading these awesome books. They are called The Undead day ___ (insert 1-12). I LOVE LOVE LOVE them. If you are into zombie books, shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-85692203222300815702013-05-26T20:46:00.002-07:002013-05-26T20:46:21.876-07:00Continuing with the domination...VERY LONG AND WORDY
Do you remember this post????
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Well this is an update. Last Saturday I turned it in...FINALLY. Wednesday it was judged. I liked them on facebook to find out when we would find out how we did...As i had no idea, having never done this before. So....I waited............and waited.....and thus more waiting. Driving my kids and husband crazy. Then people shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-50130319109051754732013-01-21T20:03:00.001-08:002013-01-21T20:03:44.870-08:00My TIAS guess
I don't actually know where all my tatting photos went! I haven't told anyone, but I am also joining in Tat it and See... It is really a very fun part of the year. The BEST way to start... So now its DAY 4... and its starting to look like something...last year Jane had us guessing up to the final posting!!!! But this is my guess...a flower pot with flowers...although i know its not shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-61013281377929580922013-01-04T14:28:00.003-08:002013-01-04T14:28:18.249-08:00My plan for world domination..kinda.
So. Haven't blogged in a bit. Right now this is what i am working on.
A SHUTTLE BAG. I was kinda hesitant to tat this because it looks very intimidating. In reality it just rings and beads. I figured I should post a size comparison. I am leaving very little room between rings and I also increased the rings per round to 16 instead of 14. so. The clover fits nice and roomy, and the sewmate is shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-83617082319763525512012-10-03T22:24:00.002-07:002012-10-04T18:23:06.446-07:00FINALLY some tatting Well well well. I'm back. I have two general tatting photos...some heart earrings i made my daughter Anavay...i love the way they came out. The pattern is
Tiny Heart pattern
CWJ = cathrine wheel join.
TOR = thrown off ring (thank you for spotting rsme ;) )
R : 4-3-3-3-4
CH : 12 CWJ 3 CWJ 1 TOR (1-1) 1 CWJ 3 CWL 12 join to base and sew in ends.
I tat earrings really tight shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-88478926131684857942012-09-29T22:59:00.002-07:002012-09-29T22:59:29.089-07:00FRUSTRATION MUCH???
So tonight i tatted a ring...a very nice ring...Then began the problems...
My camera ran out of juice...the very minute i went to take a photo of it....
Then, I figured that i would do out the pattern...all nice like in inkscape...you know... have a nice visual...but then inkscape REFUSED to save it...i eventually closed it...I had copied it and pasted it into paint...but it didn't have very shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-25244620236421057132012-09-05T19:30:00.001-07:002012-09-05T19:30:03.967-07:00woe is me.
Dear blogging friends...i need some help,
i need to know how to get over missing my kids so much.
Last year when they went to kindergarten, it really wasn't so hard...it was only 4 hours after all. But now i am having some SEVERE heartbreak. My kids leave at 7:30 am and go to school 'till 2, then they are wanting to go to boys and girls club...'TIL 6pm! Its only been 2 days but i have shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-54021353675980931372012-07-27T21:12:00.000-07:002012-07-27T21:12:31.996-07:00A quick update.Uck. Well. I was tatting a bit, a while ago. I haven't taken pictures. But. I wanted to touch on just a little tatting talk. Well I really wanted this book --> Fun with split ring tatting. I really didn't want to spend our money, since money has been tight. So i went and utilized Swagbucks. I finally got enough amazon gift cards to buy it off amazon. SO HAPPY. i can't wait to get it.
shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-64736782106166873982012-07-01T19:10:00.001-07:002012-07-01T19:10:41.302-07:00My version of a pop flower.
Well. I have been wanting a gooey, girly, cartoony flower. and all the flowers that i have seen really didn't fit the bill. So i tried making my own. This is my "Pop Flower"
Pop Flower Pattern. (can be worked with 5 or 6 petals)
R 40 ds. thats right no picots in this pattern
Ch 20 join to ring... (how you ask...you literally join to the ring. its a shuttle join, and you pretend as if
&shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-35461319480607931582012-06-19T19:18:00.001-07:002012-06-19T19:18:50.249-07:00
hmmm. Well. my life has been pretty...boring. The kids got out of school last week. I have been battling a headache for just as long. Finally its starting to ease up, after drinking a ton of OJ, and taking headache meds. Hopefully i can keep it at bay for a couple days. It sounds weird, but i like my headaches...they make me thankful for the days i don't have then. I love being grateful. So. shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-84241504931121456982012-06-02T20:01:00.000-07:002012-06-02T20:01:15.671-07:00What i have been up to.
Well. As of right now my two boys have no more homework from school. I am a mean mom, so i need to make that difference shown, they are gonna learn during the summer. Practice is important to me. So we are going to work on reading, and math, and writing. not a lot but enough to keep them sharp. I have been tatting!
On the tatting front. I taught my sister to tat. I was so proud of her. shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-61125230214088285062012-05-04T15:56:00.000-07:002012-05-04T15:56:10.956-07:00kudos
Before Easter (i believe) Jess from Tat-ilicious wrote a post about squinkies at McDonalds and how you can use the ball for holding lizbeth thread. WELL i found one better. For Easter i bought each of my kids a large egg...two were full of temporary tattoos, and the other was a tiny Dora ballerina. They are larger than the squinkies, and they hold still. Heres the pictures of my tatting eggs!
shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-26863479787717056042012-05-02T11:28:00.000-07:002012-05-02T11:28:48.449-07:00Not really a lesson, but something interesting
I don't think i have expressed how much i like the vance pattern. Its very simple and i could do it for years. this is the basic pattern
vance edging as a bracelet
My boys started getting tutoring which meant 2 hours, three days a week at the library. And so I took tatting and the first pattern that came to mind was vance. So i did 9 repeats cornered went back down the side shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-86212009252977876792012-05-01T12:15:00.001-07:002012-05-01T12:16:06.478-07:00later on....So today the kids have tutoring. I have been planning a blog post about tatting techniques and i think i will get around to it later on today. So in the mean time...happy tattingshannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-7986495438704176832012-02-14T21:57:00.000-08:002012-02-14T21:57:53.360-08:00Understanding.
Today has been a weird sort of day. I have finally understood something that i have failed to understand. Why are people upset by people dying. Now please understand, i have never had someone really close to me die. So i haven't really understood. I, of course rationalize...they will never see that person again...talk...ect. And i understand its very sorrowful. But it hit me today when i heard shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-64871665641051636372012-02-03T11:31:00.000-08:002012-02-03T11:32:31.335-08:00doing some butterflies
Recently on facebook, Georgia Seitz put out the word for some butterflies. I have been wanting to send tatting in for the palmetto even for some time. Last year was wonderful. I didn't get to go to palmetto, but there was a chat set up, tatters were trying to break the record for the most tatters tatting at the same time. Needless to say, in a world where you might come across 1 tatter inshannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-20081325439956040432012-01-14T18:15:00.000-08:002012-01-14T18:15:25.353-08:00Tatting update!
So, like i said a while ago, my camera is really irritating me. Today is
a tatting blog day. I finally got it to import the pictures, so here is
some tatting i have been working on....I made an alphabet super simple, I still need to make my H. Further down you will notice a Fleur De Lis-ish pattern. It was an antique one, but it didn't lay nice for me, so i modified it, and i think shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-64598690196978371312011-12-31T14:53:00.000-08:002011-12-31T14:53:03.572-08:00last meme of the year!
Sunday Stealing: The 2011 Year End Meme
Cheers to all of us thieves!
1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? I finally spoke my mind to my sister and my mom. we paid off a vehicle
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did not make a resolution last year, but this year, i am resolute about dancing more, and practicing shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-77915950594276905322011-11-25T12:56:00.001-08:002011-11-25T13:17:04.861-08:00
Well. I finally got around to checking my mail. To my surprise, I had a
package. A Card, 2 flat wooden shuttles wound with lizbeth thread (2
colors i didn't have), A silver snowflake and floss threaders. In case
you are a new tatter and don't really understand the threaders...I'll
explain. They are great for adding beads to tatting and also a great
tool for hiding ends (magic thread trick).shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-70127622882039691952011-11-24T12:11:00.001-08:002011-11-24T12:38:33.997-08:00My thanks.
Boy oh boy. I start a lot of post like that don't I? So. Been reading blogs, Entered a couple giveaways, didn't win....but that doesn't stop me from trying :)! Its thanksgiving today. Growing up as a kid, thanksgiving was a lot to our family. My most memorable thanksgiving was when i was like 10. I was sitting in our dining room, when all hell broke loose. My brother or sister opened the front shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892791068017094685.post-4129527728778075182011-11-11T20:38:00.001-08:002012-02-03T11:32:31.331-08:00Welcome my tiny tatted turkey...
This is my very first actual designed piece....well what i consider. I looked on the internet and couldn't find a turkey. So i made one. I was thinking of naming it something wacky like...i don't know. Then I thought of something typical...like tommy turkey....but then I thought that i am also really bad at naming...just look at my fish names...lollipop. cookie. azriel. atreyu. anavay. shannon_in_lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479847188434034481noreply@blogger.com2