links repaired

Many thanks to Georgiz Seitz for repairing the links to the Teddy Bear and the Valeire Square Bookmarks. A few patterns that have been hosted on private websites are now down. I've removed those links until I can get them online again.

site maintenance

I've spent some time checking links tonight and removed several that are not working. I hope a few of them will be back online soon. If you notice one I missed, please let me know.

Finals, New Tatters, & Tatting Newsletters

Finals are over for this semester and I breathe a sigh of relief. Now I have a couple of weeks to tat and play with my guitar before classes begin again.

I got some great news today. One of my former tatting students has some students of her own. Congratulations, Heidi! To your students, let me say, "Welcome!" Heidi will get you off to a great start. I envy you the opportunity to tat with her. I know Heidi has already told you about some of the internet resources available. The online tatting community is full of people who will be glad to help you along as well. The links within this blog are just a sampling of what is available.

I have added a new set of links below listing a few of the support groups I know about personally. Ring of Tatters and International Old Lacers are international organizations with hardcopy newsletter subscriptions. I'd like to add some links or mailing addresses to some of the other hardcopy tatting newsletters. So, my friends out there in cyberspace, if you have a favorite tatting newsletter you would like to promote, please add the details in a comment to this blog.

Challenge Motifs 4 & 5

I did a little tatting this week while classes are on fall break. I'm working on some small snowflakes to give away this Christmas. Patti Duff is providing the patterns. Her book MINITATS has loads of great ideas that don't take very long to work up. Size 20 thread worked great to make ornaments that are about 1.75 to 2 inches in width. #26 & #43 are complete.

Books are waiting to be read and papers need to be written, so I'd better get back to work. Finals are just 10 days away.