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Monday morning, I sent off the bookmarks for the literacy class. I hope that they are well-received; 8 are crocheted, 8 are cardstock with tatted doodles decorating them, & 8 are fully tatted.

Monday afternoon, I got word that the person who taught me to tat had died. He had a heart attack. He was only 50 but he had suffered from bad health as long as I had known him.

I last saw him in person back in October, at the State Fair. I gave him a heart that I had made. He was so proud, because h… Continue

It's done. I really wanted to tat the whole thing but I gave myself 2 weeks to design a pattern. I figured that if I could not do it in that time, then I would not have enough time to tat the whole thing. I used some size 10 crochet yarn/thread to design. Here's as far as I got.

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Last Tuesday evening, I got a scratchy throat. Next thing I knew, I've got bronchitis. I'm out of work for almost a week (it's a good thing I haven't been using my sick leave recently). I had all the time in the world to tat (except when coughing or sleeping) but no energy. *sigh* Alas, such a waste. Hopefully, I will stop coughing soon and will once again pick up my shuttles.

Actually, the first two snowflakes went into the mail on the 10th; into Holidays for Heroes cards. I gave one to my assistant for Christmas, before he went home for the season. I also gave my director a snowflake; and I have 4 more set aside for my Mom's sisters & granddaddy's youngest sister-in-law (they are getting the Cebelia 30 ones). I have one more size 10 left; I think it will go to the my counterpart down the hall. It's blue & white so it's more seasonal than Christmas-y. Since s… Continue

I've been tatting a few snowflakes. Oddly enough, for me, I've been using the same pattern over & over. I've just been varying thread and beads to make them individual. The pattern is the ribbon floss snowflake from Sunderman's Tatted Snowflakes book. None of them have been blocked yet or even had the end threads tended.

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