Merry Christmas Tat Land!

If I had a tranquilizer gun I could have included the pet cat and the bird too...but seeing how it is Christmas and all I thought I would give them a pass.
Merry Christmas from us to you!

...for the morbidly curious....

Has this ever happened to you? A couple of days ago I was using my .5mm hook and it went right into my finger. YUCK....and YES it did hurt like the dickens. I couldn't pull it out because of the hook so I had to take a razor blade and cut the skin to extract the hook that way. It took about half an hour to get it out. The whole time I was thinking, "How do I get myself into these predicaments". Anyway, it would have been nice to have someone around who could have helped but I managed on my own.

This is going to be a "catch up" blog to answer a few questions that I have been getting.

Will start with Mojo; to answer Kathy N's inquiry.

Mojo is awesome. Here he is playing with one of his toys. I was thinking about setting up a web cam in front of his cage and streaming him online so everyone else can enjoy his crazy antics. Would you watch MojoTV???s
He is perpetual energy in itself, the guy never quits playing, singing, talking, eating, bathing, preening, pooping.....oh...is that TMI??
Anyway he makes me laugh everyday...he is messier than my dog, cat and husband put together. I call him my "Messy Mojo Monster."
He hates when I talk on the phone, as I am not able to give him my undivided attention, he makes the most shrill and yes annoying noises in the background. But other than his messiness and his periodic loudness he is pretty awesome!
My dog stoically endures Mojo's existence while my three legged cat has occasional bouts of curiosity and gets a prompt beaky reprimand on the paw or nose.
I don't know what I would do without my furry and feathered kids they are a constant source of joy, comfort and amusement.


This is a sneak peak of a new pattern AND TatsKool's "VanillaSky" hand dyed thread.
This brings us to answer Stephers question of a new butterfly book.
It is no secret that I have been working on The Exquisite Collection of Tatted Butterflies Volume II for over a year. Well, as you may or may not know, I lost ALL of my work when my back up external hard drive failed....long story, blah blah blah.
Soooooo...I've been working day and night for the last two weeks to re-do everything. My goal was to have it published by Christmas but that is not likely to happen under the circumstances so my new goal is to have it out in January of 2010.

Ta for now!

Leprechaun lightening strikes twice....

LOOK!!!! Our eyes match!!!

Oh my goodness....OH MY GOODNESS, I cannot contain my excitement! A very unexpected but well received surprise arrived in my mailbox today courtesy of my friend and fellow tatter Pamela -"Grande Dame" of all tatting leprechauns around the world!!!


...Let's back up a little: about this time last year my beloved "Brendan the Navigator" came to live with me. But his adventurous nature got the best of him and after a few months he decided to up and travel the world on his own...independent little chap that he is; we parted ways in Vietnam. I have missed him quite a bit but I have heard news here and there "through the grapevine" of his travels.

Well.....today Brendan's sister Blathnaid (or Brenda for short) has come to stay! I am ever so excited. ...and boy oh boy is she a pretty lass! You lot out there who have boy Leps better keep an eye on them once they get a look at her!
She is settling in quite nicely, after all Brendan has already filled her in on what to expect with the motley crew that I call my family.


Just look at how ladylike she is with her pretty earrings, flowered belt and little gems on her shoes! By the way; Blathnaid means "flowers". Isn't that lovely??


I also got a skein of "Vanilla Sky" which is one of Pam's HDT's that I was secretly drooling over the first time I saw it....so Brenda "the stay at home" and I are off to tat with it right now!

...Oh and thank you Pam for letting me open my Christmas present early! You have made my day!

Now that I have the luck of the irish on my side again, I am hoping that 2010 will be a fantastic year!

Ha ha!

This ad is from 1949. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! LOL!

Who won the goods this week????????

Ok you lot, here we go!


I entered all participants of my Random Monday Mondo Giveaway into an Excel spread sheet. Everyone was assigned a different number and those who were eligible for two entries were assigned two numbers. I then used a random number generator to randomly pick the winning numbers and this week we have three winners total.
The big prize goes to Anke! Whoo hoo! Congrats Anke..

and our two other winners (who also get a workbasket magazine) are Tatfully Yours and Sharon!

Congratulations ladies, please send your mailing addresses to me.

Stay tuned for there will be more Random Monday giveaways coming to this blog near you!