Locks of Love

This past weekend I decided to donate my 18 inches of hair to the "Locks of Love" foundation. What do you think?
I bet they will be able to make two wigs out of the donated hair. I sure hope so!
Also, I am hoping that by losing so much hair maybe....just maybe my headaches might subside.
I've been tatting but do not have anything to show just yet.

We have a winner!

I entered all participants of my Random Monday Mondo Giveaway into an Excel spread sheet. Everyone was assigned a different number and those who were eligible for two entries were assigned two numbers. I then used a random number generator to randomly pick the winning number and the winner of the WorkBasket Magazine and HDT is Jeff Hamilton. Congratulations Jeff!

Stay tuned for there will be more Random Monday giveaways coming soon!

Added touch to the lanyard

I felt like this needed just a little something to round it off so I added an adapted version of my "Wisteria" patten the to cardholder.  "Wisteria" pattern can be found in my newest book, Branching Encapsulation.

My husband now says that I have sufficient "flare".

Lanyard finished

Here is the finished lanyard. I think it turned out really well. This lanyard has given me some other crazy design ideas....there are just not enough hours in the day.

I was fortunate enough to add a new "used" camera to my collection and here is one of my first photos from it.  It is fantastic.  It is the Fuji X100.  I'll try not to bore you tatters too much but if you know me at all you know that I am a total camera freak.  I collect old cameras and I shoot with each and every one of them.  Some of them are nearing 100 years old.  Yes, I still use and develop my own film.  This new camera is digital but in an old school manual body so it encompasses the best of both worlds.

You may have noticed a slight lack of posting here.  This is because I have been spending as much time as I can in my studio throwing on my wheel.  I need to make a complete new dinnerware line for my family.  I threw this large bowl specifically for Pho.  Ever since we visited Vietnam we fell in love with this awesome noodle soup.

Triangles and Lanyards

A few years ago I designed this triangle and I decided to revisit the design and tweak some things.  You'll be seeing more of this soon.

I took a break from the triangles to tat a beaded lanyard.  Thank you to Patti D for the pattern. I had to play around with stitch count since my beads are smaller than the pattern called for. This piece actually became a zipper pull.

Here it is in silver thread, it is so much prettier in person than the photo shows.  This pattern is great because it tats up so quickly.  I am hoping to have the lanyard finished this weekend.