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| Paper clay beads in drying stage |
Cold weather in the northeast signals a move indoors to my office/jewelry studio area and a change in media. This year, I thought I'd experiment with Paperclay. I've made several different shapes that I'm fond of - a bird, house and cloud. Stay tuned to see how these come out.
Next up was needle tatting. I tried this awhile ago and got stuck at pulling the thread through the needle. I thought I was doing something wrong so I stopped trying.
First successful attempt at needle tatted flower
This time around, I watched the video and stopped it in the places where I got stuck before. It took me about 2 hours to figure it out but I finally got it right! I've made several more since the red one above in black and purple. Needle tatting is really addictive - I'm now on the hunt for patterns! If you know of any good ones, send a link my way!
So although I've been gone, I haven't forgotten to keep creating. I feel particularly satisfied that I finally learned to needle tat.
What about you? What have you been up to?
1 comment:
Interweave has a few free tatting patterns on their website. I just downloaded some yesterday. I have some others and a book with patterns myself but I haven't had time to teach myself yet, what with work, my knitting, beadwork, crochet and all the other stuff life throws at me! Have fun and good luck.
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