[elky] Non Elky Tatting was Re: Re: Christmas Walk, Geneva, IL - Live Mannequin

  • From: "Rick Draganowski" <dragan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 08:39:03 -0800

This is weird. I did a little study on tatting since I know nothing. 
Interesting and beautiful that with just your hands and a shuttle you can make 
lace. The tatting study led to knots since that is the basis. Then the knots 
led me to discover the noble Alpine Butterfly knot which I wish I knew many 
times in the past in fishing and sailing and climbing and construction.

So Tatting helped my fishing.

Thanks Mary.

Rick Draganowski
(Soli Deo Gloria)

p.s. Some think that tatting was started long ago by the people who made 
fishnets. So fishing helped Tatting.

p.p.s. Someone signed me up to the Yahoo Viola group. Did anyone here do it? I 
like it and downloaded a contemporary Viola solo sheet music from Italy this 
morning. Nice people.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Christensen 
  To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 4:03 AM
  Subject: [elky] Re: Christmas Walk, Geneva, IL - Live Mannequin


  That is awesome Mary. Hand engraving is another "lost art" that our jeweler 
Dave took lessons for from a real old timer. He gets practice. I learned, but 
never practiced. It was on modern equipment too, not the old methods like Dave 
learned. 

  I think I have mentioned it before, but my Mom does tatting, crochet, 
knitting. 

  I guess I am teaching for free these days with the auto club too. That is 
more recreation/therapy though. I suppose with the tatting, it is for you too. 

  Keep it alive!
  JC

  On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    I teach for free, although I was quite willing to take the school 
district's money to teach in the adult ed dept.  <G>  I do workshops in Spokane 
that I get paid for but that's only because the guild decided to pay it's 
workshop instructors a few years ago, before that I taught for free.   

    but mostly, if someone asks, I will get them started.   I think it's 
because I enjoy it so much and because I get tired of being told tatting is a 
lost art.  It's not, I'm quite alive.  


    Mary




      I never had a problem with that. Maybe it comes from training 23 jewelers 
in 8.5 years, and they all had to look over my shoulder to learn something. 

      I would teach if it paid. 












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