A
journey that started due to limitations of pinterest and continued to this 500th blog post! And this simple edging symbolises that journey - from sketch to lace.
I'd
dabbled in some paintings & doodles in MS Paint, but this was my first
'tatting diagram’ in July 2014.
2014 was the year when I transitioned from traditional
tatting to learning 'new' techniques, methods, experimenting,
consolidating, applying, .... Help, encouragement and inspiration came from InTatters (now Craftree), tat-alongs, & numerous online resources including blogs. And later the Online Tatting
Classes (including Design Class) & now facebook. Numerous individuals left their mark and
continue to do so, many of who have become friends, diligent readers, and
commenters. A truly satisfying journey in all respects.
Another
3 years had to pass before I picked it again on realising that my 500th
post was round the corner!!! Okay, the July is purely coincidental, but it
also happens to be the month I landed on earth! And 'muskaan' is a moniker I adopted due to trolling fears, but most of you privately know my real name. After so many years interacting with this lovely community I would reveal my name, but now I'm happy with the moniker which means 'smile' :-))))
500
posts in 5½ years. Filled with so much of my learning journey from a
transitional newbie to 'teacher' and ‘designer’, accepting and thriving on personal challenges. What started out as a blog of many things
soon converged into tatting for lack of time, with only a smattering of other interests. And yet not everything has seen the blogging light!
As
a thank you, I dedicate this to the generous online tatting community and all
my readers. The name was aptly suggested by Anita Barry (along with a few other
wonderful options). I’m still working on the possibilities and will share patterns along
the way.
Blogging has sustained and satisfied me in almost all spheres and roles. I hope you continue to journey with me, spicing up my blogging life :-) I regret not taking the name of every individual who touched and affected my tatting path but please know that you have become part of my treasured tatted lace.
So,
the sketch remained only as my personal eye-candy, not knowing how to estimate
stitch count and realise into tatting. (The original got lost in a crash but luckily I had this printout.)
In 2016 tatters were making those Concentric Rectangles doilies and I remembered this diagram. Was it similar and if not, could it be adapted similarly? Eliz Davis backed me enthusisatically and offered to test And make the entire mat as soon as I finalised it.
This is what I did in July 2016. You can see it in this
Nov ’16 collage.
In 2016 tatters were making those Concentric Rectangles doilies and I remembered this diagram. Was it similar and if not, could it be adapted similarly? Eliz Davis backed me enthusisatically and offered to test And make the entire mat as soon as I finalised it.
Blogging has sustained and satisfied me in almost all spheres and roles. I hope you continue to journey with me, spicing up my blogging life :-) I regret not taking the name of every individual who touched and affected my tatting path but please know that you have become part of my treasured tatted lace.
Thank you, with a muskaan
ZYZ
