Ah yes it is, I watched some of president Biden's inauguration on television yesterday. Actually whilst finding a place to put these new pieces I discovered some of last years tatting which I could not find before Christmas!
Today is quite special for many reasons it is Advent Sunday in the Church. Advent is a term from the Latin word 'adventus' which means "arrival". It is a time of waiting for the arrival of Christmas and is associated mainly with Advent Calendars and in particular the fun of opening to see what is revealed behind each number! Whilst in Scotland the people are celebrating St. Andrew's day as he is the Patron Saint of Scotland. Google has marked the day with a doodle of the Flying Scotsman - the world famous steam locomotive. However, here on this blog there is a special giveaway. Please leave a comment if you would like the chance of winning the shuttle and thread holder (please note this does not include the piece of wood underneath or the foliage), you have until 3rd December when I will announce the winner by using a random number generator. The shuttle is made out of sequoia, the tree that the wood comes from stands in front of the ...
I am delighted to announce the two winners of the 100th anniversary giveaway. With the help of a spreadsheet and a random number generator two lucky winners were found. They are "Crazy Mom Tats" who will receive a popabobbin and "tatterjil" a post shuttle in the turquoise box. Congratulations to you both, could you both please e.mail your address to popabobbinshuttle@googlemail.com. As this was to celebrate my 100 th post I just had to give a prize to the 100 th comment, sorry it isn’t a shuttle, because there isn’t a shuttle available at the moment, instead there is a box with some goodies in. Congratulations Kathy Niklewicz, I have received some wonderful and interesting comments from Kathy since blogging so feel I do know a little bit about her, please can you also send your address. Many thanks again to all who entered from all over the world, perhaps I should hold another giveaway?!!! This is a necklace that I made for myself, and I wear it quite...
As I said in my last post I had another idea for a design and this one is very seasonal, and yes as Jane McLellan said there is a huge gap between the original idea and the final product, but I don't find that gap fun at all! I have worked on this particular idea all week between preparing for Holy Week and children's activities, and also having a massive Spring clean in certain areas of the house. I even spent hours removing wood dust off the freezer washing machine and surrounding areas in the garage, when 'Im in the garage was out, you have no idea what mess he makes in there to produce shuttles! So the result is these two button eggs, well I hope you recognise them as such! I showed the first one to several people but did not say what it was supposed to be and they all said it was a pendant. I was rather deflated at that, but how would they know what I was trying to design? I then came up with the second button egg. So which one should I run with?...
2021 is starting out quite exciting for us! Congratulations on finishing your give-away pile. Now to find a good place to store them!! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAh yes it is, I watched some of president Biden's inauguration on television yesterday. Actually whilst finding a place to put these new pieces I discovered some of last years tatting which I could not find before Christmas!
DeleteWow you are on top of it!! They look great.
ReplyDeleteThanks, even considering making 2022 Christmas giveaways!!
ReplyDeleteYou’re well ahead of the curve! They’re lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everything seems so uncertain at the moment, but now I have made something happen for the future!!!
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