I've had some people ask me to explain "Fancy Pants." It's quite simple really... I borrowed the term from Donna Edwards.
As you can see, it's the title of her book, which explains tatting very clearly. The step-by-step directions with accompanying photographs makes this a wonderful book for beginners. My favorite part of the whole book is...
Isn't it great?
On the third grade tatting front...
Paige practiced more picots, and she went shopping over the weekend to buy more shuttles and thread. She even bought a package of bobbins for an Aerlit shuttle. That makes three new shuttle and thread collectors (Paige, Dylan, and Peyton)! Paige asked to learn rings today, and I think she's going to do just fine.
Kate finished another length of chain and chose one of Denise's necklaces as her prize. Delaney did the same, and I thought I took her picture, but I can't find it. Sorry, Delaney!
Dylan finished five rings, and chose a tiny little butterfly. She's ready to move on to combining rings and chains.
I think this is Dylan's. Isn't it a great use of her tatting?
Over the weekend I played with some pink Flora, one of my favorite threads! The heart is a Handy Hands pattern. The piece on the right is "Hope" from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. The bottom piece is a fragment of "Hope."
Yesterday I tatted "Posy" from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. There's a fragment of this pattern also. The fragments were practice pieces before tatting the motif. I kind of like using the bits left on shuttles to try out a new pattern!
As you can see, it's the title of her book, which explains tatting very clearly. The step-by-step directions with accompanying photographs makes this a wonderful book for beginners. My favorite part of the whole book is...
Isn't it great?
On the third grade tatting front...
Paige practiced more picots, and she went shopping over the weekend to buy more shuttles and thread. She even bought a package of bobbins for an Aerlit shuttle. That makes three new shuttle and thread collectors (Paige, Dylan, and Peyton)! Paige asked to learn rings today, and I think she's going to do just fine.
Kate finished another length of chain and chose one of Denise's necklaces as her prize. Delaney did the same, and I thought I took her picture, but I can't find it. Sorry, Delaney!
Dylan finished five rings, and chose a tiny little butterfly. She's ready to move on to combining rings and chains.
I think this is Dylan's. Isn't it a great use of her tatting?
Over the weekend I played with some pink Flora, one of my favorite threads! The heart is a Handy Hands pattern. The piece on the right is "Hope" from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. The bottom piece is a fragment of "Hope."
Yesterday I tatted "Posy" from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. There's a fragment of this pattern also. The fragments were practice pieces before tatting the motif. I kind of like using the bits left on shuttles to try out a new pattern!
Your tatting "class" looks like so much fun I feel like we are missing out! :)
ReplyDeleteThe new tatters all seem to be doing great!!! :)
Great little motifs you did there!! :)
Just think, Diane, if you even cause one of the kids to continue, she or he will have something great for a lifetime and remember YOU for teaching it. In the distant future it will be one of your kids telling about the neat teacher in the library....
ReplyDelete... only OF COURSE she will never say “neat” or “cool” but some word that hasn’t been spoken yet!
ReplyDeleteLast year I had a number of math kids who were tatting with me. They called them "pi"s. : )
ReplyDeleteIt's so great to see they are still so interested! I'm bet it's fun to go to school every day just to see what they have accomplished. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've been following along on this journey of teaching the children to tat - I think it's absolutely wonderful! How old are they? - about 8 or 9?
ReplyDeleteWhat a gift you are handing on to them.
I love their fancy pants pieces, brilliant idea fir them to learn chains etc., I will remember the fancy pants when I start teaching.
ReplyDeleteLovely pieces of fragments, are you giving them to the kids as they tat
Margaret
Those children are doing wonderfully and RINGS too! they deserve a prize, but you deserve a gold medal! wow this is great! Reading your blog is like reading a great novel for us tatters with a happy endings :)
ReplyDeleteOh yea I forgot, I still haven't made my little ring of flowers, from her book you truly have mastered some of her super cool effects!
ReplyDeleteThis just tickles me, all those potential little tatters. That's about the age I got really interested in needlework, and it stuck. Diane, starting a tatting revolution one third-grader at a time -- I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis just tickles me, all those potential little tatters. That's about the age I got really interested in needlework, and it stuck. Diane, starting a tatting revolution one third-grader at a time -- I love it!
ReplyDeleteI have tried Amazon,etsy,Google and Ebay to obtain Fancy Pants book but to no avail. It seems to be out of print. Looks like your teaching is truly allowing the students to tat! Bless you for carrying on such a lovely skill. Blissful Tatting...
ReplyDeleteYour tatted pieces are wonderful! Love the pattern and the thread colour :)
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