25
November
2009
Working on tatting ornaments from JoAnn Stearns book Glass Christmas Balls; The new egg shaped ornaments will be from Victorian Tatted Christmas from Dianna Stevens. These books are all available from several sources including Lacis, Snowgoose, and sev others. Dig out your balls folks and cover them up (sorry couldn’t resist)
KNitting on the diminishing rib cardigan from Interweave Knits Spring (boy did I say that wrong…that is what ya get for car-casting) And the socks are at a slow grind because I am focusing on this sweater
Spinning and waiting for a new fiber from etsy…will post a pic when it comes. Love my Julia!!
Favorite birthday cake…angel food cake…cut in half, whole out a tunnel …fill with chocolate whipped cream made with real heavy cream…YUM!! We have had it for years!!
Working in the ER Thanksgiving…hope no one lops off their turkey carvin’ fingers!! Every year suture someone who cuts themselves on knife or a broken glass!
See ya all 1-2 weeks. Thanks for listening!! Over 1500 subscribers!! Holy Moly!!
ajtats 
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6
November
2009
Well! Where indeed have I been. No excuses…just too overwhelmed with life and work. BUT who cares about that when there is knitting, tatting and spinning to be done! NO ONE!! So, after a looooong hiatus I am hoping to resume with fewer interruptions.
Tatting I have a pile of Christmas things to do. I am currently working Terry McGuffins (Teiko Fujito inspired) Three color ornament. Don’t forget the fun of blending threads together. Imagine a great Hand-dyed with a blending filament from Sulky. Yum
Still have a few edgings to complete and a gift to self will be the new Christmas shuttle from the Shuttleshop.
On the needles the Strangling Vine Scarf from Nicole Hindes, the Riding on the Metro socks from Socks from the Toe up, and my first cardigan from Spring ‘09 Diminishing Rib Cardigan. Wish me luck
Spinning some Ramboulet/Corriedale and just finished 8 oz of a yummy from Crown Mountain in Merino/Tencel (chantefleur) Pics to come.
Enjoy and keep coming back! Thanks for new listeners and the loyal few who listen…I love ya!!
Addendum…heard from Bonnie that the sounds was skippy in the episode. I am going to try to retry tomorrow. Had some difficulty uploading and had not listened to the final product…sorry. will try it again
Final note…I did re-upload the podcast and it is fine now…a bit rambly but…hey! That’s ME! Thanks again Bonnie for the FYI..Enjoy
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19
April
2009
Yeah for the first campfire of the season
I finished Luna Regina after several months…almost a full year of work..primarily because I had a short attention span. The cats helped block it to make sure I did ok; that’s Lucky. I bought the blocking wires from KnitPicks
http://www.knitpicks.com/Knitting.cfm. They also had a nice tutorial I just checked out to see. Common sense really but a nice resource. They were really fast at sending it out as well!
Podcast #16 is being loaded. Hope you forgive me rambling on. I was in a really good mood so had to talk about it!! See/hear from you soon!!
Arlene
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4
April
2009
He did not use any plans…just made it up in his head…A vVERY scary place, his head!
Episode 15 notes;
Where I talk about how great podcasters are. “cept me! Recorded the episode 3/28th.
Tidying up the basement…what a mess it gets to be! I am such a procrastinator it is revolting! I did find the photo’s don’t know why but they weren’t actually lost I just couldn’t find them? I was soooo happy to find DD #1 and her babies!! I had had such a nice pic I was sad to lost it!
The yarns I mentioned:
The blue is much darker in real life Jitterbug 118 and the purple is Socks that Rock Jubilation The others are the “ones that got away”…Cascade Yarns Pearls in 9843 purple. This is the one DD thought was icky and would net let me send to Darlene. Sorry Darlene!
And the manly colors from Panda wool that DH will never see! Ah well…they will look good on me!
References
Tatting sources
Lacis http://lacis.com/
Snowgoose http://www.snowgoose.cc/
The lacemaker http://www.lacemakerusa.com/
Handy Hands http://www.handyhandstatting.com/search.cfm \
Fibery Goodness
http://www.conjoinedcreations.com/
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28
March
2009
Well, yes I am actually! However, Better late than never? As discussed I am reviewing what I have been tatting and knitting this month. I also sent out the packages to the winners of the contest…Trayna from Scotland won the tatting goodies and Darlene from Canada won the knitting with a tatting teaser. Since I can not figure out how to post pics here yet I will refer you to my other blog Arlene Tats and Knits http://arlenetats.blogspot.com/. I am also recording another episode to discuss what they had to say about the surprises. I had taken a bunch of pics but lost them in the great card caper…dd erased it by accident.
So…stay tuned. I plan to finish it today but will not upload until next week so as not to shock your systems with an on-time ‘cast!!
Later!!
Arlene
Sites mentioned
Lacis: http://lacis.com/ A great source of the Japanese books that I have mentioned before…
Snowgoose: http://www.snowgoose.cc/ The other place I mentioned.
The Lacemaker: http://www.lacemakerusa.com/
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10
February
2009
Wow!! I think I have it!! I am tatting upa storm, snowflakes, still doing Christmas ornaments for next year and am thinking of some place cards or something like that to do small flowers! I am also being drawn back to Iris Niebach’s doily patterns and though I did not discuss this in my podcast I am thinking of tatting on a new project tonight!
On the knitting front I finished the Halcyon socks and am working on some Monkey’s. Can you believe I have never done those!! I really like my Vesper sock yarn! I even did a few more inches on the Shawl…Juno Regina which I still love.
Spinning…Wow do i have some nice spinning going on! I have this gorgeous orange red that is spinning up so fine I might try to tat with it!!
Congrats to Trayna and Quiltsalot for winning the podcast listeners drawing…DD drew you out for me. I will notify you all via your blogs or you can email me at
gjdiwpx@aol.com!!
Thanks for listening!!
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2
January
2009
This is an extra that will hopefully be better than the one previous because of technical problems. Not much more knitting and tatting but I am going to the gyne, and a tale of 5 kitties!
Contest for February. Post a comment on itunes or podbean and you will get either tatting or knitting stuff! Let me know if you knit or tat. I will draw at the end of January for my Feb ‘cast.
Addendum: MaryLou didn’t kill me though they made fun of me at every turn! Made me do my own weight, paper work, The aide refused to ask me any of the usual questions…”I do not want to know how perverted you and Bradley are”, she said! Went out to dinner later and had a great time…Every one should go out to dinner with the gyne after an exam!!
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31
December
2008
Well here it is. I have finally posted after almost 2 months! Thanks to a few of you who reminded me it was gone! Thanks for caring!!
Off the needles:
Halcyon Socks (Wendy Johnson) in Koigu fo mom.
Crosshatch Lace pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks in Jitterbug
Spinning:
Spun, plied. and knit the One Stitch Pattern Scarf from Yarn Harlot using Wensleydale fiber in Elecktra from Lisa Souza
Tatting:
Glow in the dark ornaments using patterns written by Joann Stearns, Terri the Tatter, and Mark Myers
Thanks to listener for noting a mistake in the upload…Hopefully my re-uploading will correct! Though now (1/2/09) I listened and there seems to be overlap…I will try to make a new one tomorrow and see if that is better. I had some trouble with podbean this week…I think every one was overloading their system. Maybe it was my software. Who knows. Sorry if it is too bad! It did not sound too bad to me until The end and it runs like a broken recors…kinda funny actually but hope you all cut it off!! Thanks for listening anyway…I will make one tomorrow morning…or later in the day when I get home from GYNE exam…That will be funny so hang in there to hear!! LOL!!
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26
October
2008
Missed podcasting but was very busy particuarly at my work. My former partner in crime MLM retired and “left me” in a restructuring mess! Grrr! This was an NP to beat all NPs and I really miss her. We had to restructure our hours of work to accomodate me having to make nursing home rounds in addition to family practice and family planning hours. I think I am now settling in!
To tatting…Diana asked what do people make for gifts. I answered hankies go over great in my family but most coveted are ornaments.
I referenced FuFu Glow in the dark threads:http://www.sewingsupplywarehouse.com/fufglowindar.html
They are my favorites!My fav books
Mark Myers Tatted Angels
Joann Stearns Tatted Ornaments
Terry McGuffin…anything…she really knkows ornaments.
Knitting:
Halycyon Socks
Sensational Knitted Socks
Spinning
Lisa Souzza’s Elecktra! Great stuff (Wensleydale top)
Hope you enjoy podcast! Love ya all…Thanks for listening.
How about a prize for comments listed on iTunes? Next episode!
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31
July
2008
WELL! Thanks to modern technology I have FINALLY managed to get this post up! I have had such a techno challenged week!!
This episode I thank PassionKnits for her comment on iTunes!! My first comment…and a good one! I also thank Kimberly for her question as to how I choose what tatting project to do next…It’s all in the SHUTTLE choice, I guess!
I also thank Andrea and mom, Marge (my adopted needlework muse) and Auntyaya, Heather, and Cacande on Ravelry
Links:
My Blog http://arlenetats.blogspot.com/
http://wwwDavidReedSmith.com for amazing shuttles;
http://www.solaractiveintl.com/ for SolarActive thread
http://www.mescoltd.com/fufu.html for Glow in the Dark threads
http://www.goldingfibertools.com/ For Golding Spindles
http://www.spunkyeclectic.com/shop.php MORE wonderful spindles!
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