Another little one

Yet another little crocheted bag with tatted edging in the works! 

Edging on crochet

Brief update:

I attached the edging from my previous post to a little crocheted bag. 

Tatted Edging

easy ring and chain edging

Here's a simple little edging that I came up with the other day as the wind howled and the snow swirled! It's pictured here done in size 10 thread, hand dyed by Karey Solomon of Graceful Arts Fiber Studio. Love her hand dyed threads!

Easy to take along wherever you go and pull out if you've got a few minutes to spare. Also good to have with you if you're out and about and someone asks "Don't you do tatting? That's a lost art!". Not lost at all .... right here in my purse!

Here's the pattern:

Ring: 4ds  1P  2ds  3p  2ds  1P  4ds (reverse)

Chain: 4ds  3p  4ds (reverse and keep repeating)

Join the first P in each chain to the last P in the previous chain. You can notice from the pic that I tend to make the first and past picots (P) in each ring longer than the others (p). I like the look, but by all means experiment and use what works for you.


Here's a more detailed pic:

click me to see more detail!

Happy Tatting!

Wedding Gift

I finished this up last week. I think I can safely say it's the biggest thing I've ever tatted! As you can see I used various colors, all size 10 thread. It measures about 30 inches in diameter.

Tatted doily. A wedding gift for my niece.

The pattern can be found on Renulek's blog (the queen of huge tatted doilies!!)

New Look

Updates on some projects I've been working on are coming, but for now here's are new look!

Spring

Is it Spring yet??? Even if it's not... come to the uke jam - Wednesday, April 29 - 7-9 pm at Crunchy Banana.

Grab a copy of cnyUke Tunebook 2 too!

Uke Jam Cancelled

The March 18th Uke Jam has been cancelled!!

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Feb Uke Jam

DUE TO ICKY WEATHER WE'VE CANCELLED THIS MONTH'S JAM

JOIN US ON MARCH 18TH FOR THE MARCH JAM!!

The Last Wednesday Uke Jam takes place at Crunchy Banana on February 25 (7-9pm). Hope to see you there! Be sure to download the tunebook we'll be using (click on the image below). I decided to put a variety of tunes in this one ... from 19th century to the 21st. If you're not familiar with any of the tumes, give them a look up on Youtube.

 

See you on the 25th!

cold days - hot ukes

Got a uke for Christmas? Come join us on the last Wednesday of January for a super easy tunes uke jam! All of the tunes have three chords or less. You can download the tunebook below.

January 28

7 -9 pm

Crunchy Banana, Fair Haven, NY

So easy a squirrel can play !

Click to download the Easy Tune cnyUke pdf

Christmas Jams

It's that time of year and our jam space is pretty much complete...now we just need the jammers! On Monday, December 15th (7-8:30) we'll be hosting a uke jam for all you ukers out there. Our crack team of highly accredited musicologistas have worked day and night for months creating the 2014 Ukulele Christmas Tunebook! It's hot off the presses, so get yours while supplies last - oh yeah, it's free.


We'll also be holding a Christmas Fiddle jam for all the fiddlers out there. Other acoustic players are also welcome! The Christmas Fiddle jam will take place on Saturday, December 20 (7-8:30).

Check out the "Schedule of Events" and "Location" menu above for more details. 

Hope to see you there!

The 2014 cnyUke Christmas Tunebook  - more jingle - more merry - more figgy pudding!

Ch...ch...ch...ch...changes

Ready for Halloween!

Lots of changes happening around here! The place is getting a face lift (more pics to come) and we're planning some Christmas jam sessions for ukulele players and fiddlers. Stop back for more info!

Got a uke? Look for our Christmas Jam - coming soon!

Small Stuff

Working on some small things lately. .. my credit/gift card holders.

embroidering spring

I'm still having a good time focusing on embroidery! I found this jute bag at my local Hobby Lobby and thought it would make the perfect canvas. I really like that the bag itself is lined, so I was able to hide ends between the jute outer layer and the lining without having to put a lining in the bag myself - eek!

I kept with mostly bright colors in hopes of helping to bring on spring here in the northeast. It seems to be working! Here are a few shots and close ups of the finished product.

winter works

The cold and snow has had me a bit down this winter ..... where is spring???? Anyway, an idea came into my head one day as I was looking for a new gig bag for my soprano ukulele. I noticed these hemp gig bags made by Eddy Finn and thought that it might be fun to spice one up with a bit of surface decoration. I have to admit it's been years since I've embroidered, so I thought of the project as a way of practicing some stitches I had long forgotten. As you can see from the pics I also added a bit of my tatting that I found kicking around and sewed on a few shiny things here and there.

And of course I can't finish there.... I ordered the concert size uke bag and I'm starting once again!

Here's the finished work!

More bags

Below is a pic of two bags I just finished up this weekend. These are also two of my favorite colors! The purple one is done with Lizbeth size 3, needle tatted and crocheted, lined with dark purple felt. The green one was made with Lizbeth size 10, shuttle tatted and crocheted, also lined with dark purple felt.

Hmm....yeah, I make lots of bags...freaky!

The Blue Bag Project

I like to make all kinds of small bags.... probably because I can usually get them done fairly quickly, not to mention that I'm a bag-o-holic, so it's just something I enjoy! Over the last few years I've been working on combining crochet and tatting in various ways and I really like the way it looks.... plus it's a great way to use tatted edgings since I love to tat, but I'm not exactly a lacy collar or cuff kinda woman.

crocheted bags with tatted embellishments

People often ask me about a pattern for these, but since I don't follow any and I'm just too lazy to write one up, I decided to do a photo essay (with a little video added in) on how I go about making these. Just click the link below to the Blue Bag Project. I hope someone finds it helpful!

The Blue Bag Project

The Blue Bag almost completed.

Open for 2013

We are open for the summer! Come visit next time you're in town! Mr. Snowman is ready for the season!

Big Clover

Just got back from a great time at the annual Fingerlakes Tatting Conference. It was great to see friends, meet new people and catch up on tatting geekery!

While there I picked up a set of the new larger size Clover shuttles .....and I love them! Much nicer feel and grip than any other of those larger sized shuttles I've tried, so if you're a Clover junkie, you'll love these shuttles.

Spring forward

I need some warm weather thoughts so I figured I'd start working on this baby afghan for a friend. I'm not much for those traditional baby pastel shades, so I picked a couple bright colors from my stash.  It's an April baby so I wanted a stitch pattern that was light and airy. I think this one works well!
On Google+ someone mentioned that the color combo reminded her of daffodils.... Love it...so here's the progress so far.

doing the craft fair thing

I hadn't done a craft fair in a while, so I decided to do a local one last weekend. Here are some pics I took of my table.

I've been into making a line of party bags lately... for proms, weddings, parties, etc!

Along with my standards little bags, I did a series of American Girl hats with matching backpacks.

A close up of a tatted bag, lined in felt.

A bunch o' little bags and crunchies!