I KNEW I still had this somewhere...even though I didn't pick it up again, this was something I treasured. This is my first bit of tatting from probably close to 23 years ago, when I was about 15 and Grandma Stella tried to teach me to tat...
This is the shuttle and practice thread she sent me home with all those years ago...
Very messy, it looks to me like I only "got" half the stitch...I had trouble with this when I picked it up again 3 years ago as well, I actually dreamed of Grandma's hands tatting one night and then showing me the second half of the stitch and telling me it should look like a little boy's pair of pants the second night before I "got" it... It was like she came back to show me...so I still claim that Grandma taught me to tat...because she did.
I have been thinking of her so much the past few days, since finding this.
What a sweet memory!! :)
ReplyDeleteYes it is :-)
DeleteWhat a wonderful keepsake! Aren't you glad you learned to tat from your grandma?
ReplyDeleteI certainly am...just wish I had picked it up as a much loved hobby while she was still here. I miss her, will forever, but it's nice to have this connection with her.
DeleteI love dreams like that - they spark so many memories! I miss my grandmas too - and so many little things make me think of them. Your grandma would be so proud of you :)
ReplyDeleteThe same here...many little things. I can not see a butterfly or dragonfly with out thinking of Grandma, for example. Thank you for saying she would be proud, I hope so...I know she wanted to pass on the tatting particularly, she tried to teach almost everyone I have visited with about it at some point or another. I think that she would be pleased that the tatting bug finally took with someone :-)
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