NeedleDreams

This week on Picture Perfect the theme is Hobby.  What better opportunity to talk about my favorite hobby:  lacemaking!  I mostly do Tatting but I also enjoy doing bobbin lace (torchon), soles (Tenerife lace), punto in aria (needlelace), crochet, knitting...  Anything with a needle/hook/shuttle and thread I'll probably know how to do it.  This "obsession" started when I was 5 and my grandmother taught me to crochet just to keep me still and out of problems.  Because of the asthma medicines I was way hyperactive and was always in trouble.  The crochet really helped me.  I used to do long long chains and then rip them off.  And then start all over again.  Later, at 6, learned to crochet properly, got my 1st crochet book (Elizabeth Hiddleson 4A) and since then I have enjoy crocheting and everything else.  I learned to tat in 1990 but wasn't until 2000 that I got really interested on it.  Since then I have designed over 200 patterns, publish several booklets and participated on events as teacher and student.  Also have win several awards for my projects and one small trophy as the fastest tatter at Palmetto's in 2006. 

Sorry for rambling too much, but I enjoy so much my hobby of lacemaking!  If you want to know more about tatting click on the tatting tag.

Oops, forgot to add a photo showing what is tatting and what I was doing when Robert took my photo.  Here is a Celtic Hat weared by my tiny teddy.  The pattern is by Martha Ess.