A few of my projects

 

Christmas Coaster

 

I made a set of four as a hostess gift for our Thanksgiving hostess.  I did use size 10 thread so that it would be more absorbant.

I am going to modify the pattern a little to make as a doily for my daughter's wedding.  She likes size 10 thread best.  I will make it with both size 10 and 30 to see which I like best. 

 

Some Bookmarks

 

 

 

 

My Second Doily

 

Weekend Plans

Well, new friends, I have lot's of ideas for projects for Christmas gifts.  I really need to graduate from bookmarks and doilies to 3-D projects.  Any ideas?  My church is having a craft fair this year, but there is no way I could have enough stuff to participate this year.  So, I will be working towards having stuff for next year.  I will have lots of time for tatting this weekend to get started.  Hopefully I will be able to post some pics after this weekend. 

My husband was getting tired of seeing my supplies laying around, and it is a real pain to pick them up all the time.  Solution:  I  purchased one of those boxes that looks like a book for the "coffee" table which is really a chest.  Voila!!  My supplies are handy to pick up while watching TV as I am a multi-tasker and can never just sit and watch TV or a movie, but out of sight when I am not using them.  :-)

I am looking forward to this Sunday afternoon.  There is a lace making guild that meets on the second Sunday of each month.  I am planning to attend this month.  :-))  I am so excited!!

Okay, so after reading some of other tatters blogs, I think I owe an appology - some of you TOTALLY get the fractal geometry and tatting connection.  Sorry about the simplistic description of the subject as well.

I never would have guessed there are mathematical fiber arts competitions. 

So has anyone studied fractal geometry formally?  I told someone yesterday that if I had any inclination to get a Phd, I would definitely focus on fractal geometry. 

That is all for now.  I need to get studying and tatting.

I am a "self taught tatter" after lots of reading and watching youtube videos.  I started learning to tat late in 2011.  At first it was just a novelty until I saw how inherently intertwined my other new passion Fractal Geometry (as you non-math geeks yawn)is with tatting. The repeating patterns, shifted, flipped, rotated, shrunk and stretched are the basic concepts of fractal geometry. I am totally and eternally hooked. 

I cannot resist giving a breif description of fractal geometry because it is an integral part of our everyday lives.  That cell phone you are holding would not work without its fracal antenna.  You would not be breathing without the fractal branching of your airways.  The lacey appearance of bare winter trees against a gray winter sky is the beauty of fractals.  Fractal geometry can accurately predict the branching of trees.  It can also accurately calculate the perimeter of cloud formations.  Just a taste of the power and importance of fractals.
 
After throwing many starts away, I have made several bookmarks, but now I am working on doilies for my daughter's wedding.  At the moment she is thinking burlap and lace for a theme, so lots and lots of doilies.
 
As I hinted earlier, I am a math geek with a masters in mathematics.  After years of working as a private tutor and teaching math classes for home school students, I am now working as an accountant full time.  Yawn.  I am still tutoring upper level students in the evenings to keep my sanity.  Don't get the wrong idea, I love my job, especially my co-workers and the location of our offices - a converted ranch house on a working ranch with lots of wild life frequenting the pasture outside my window.

That is all for now.  I will post some of my work later.
S