Tatted butterflies make wonderful earrings.
I fell in love with Kreinik’s Metallic 1/8″ ribbon thread and wanted to tat some butterflies with it:

There’s 5 meters on the spool, but I didn’t know if that would be enough to tat 2 butterflies.
So, I decided to do an experiment.
I wound 5 m of Rainbow Hemp Beading Twine from Jolly store  onto my tatting shuttle and tatted these Rainbow Butterflies:

Poifeck!
You can get a pair of earrings with less than 5 m!
So, I went ahead and wrapped my shuttle with the spool of
Kreinik Metallics #209C 1/8″ Ribbon yarn  
and it tatted up BEAUTIFULLY!

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I was so happy today to be able to say to my dentist:
“I really like you, but….
we’ve been seeing too much of each other.
It’s time for a break.”
She and her assistant both cracked up and we all merrily agreed that we are on a break. (we really have been spending waaaaaaaaaay too much time together lately! erk)
Anyhow, while I am having to spend time in waiting rooms and dentist chairs and other tedious places, I bless my tatting shuttles.
Oh, how I love my tatting! It’s so portable, and it’s also so gentle, soothing and contemplative.
Today, while tatting on the …read more

OH!!!!! I am just delighted! After reading my posting about Hinka Osinga’s spectacular crocheted model based on the mathematics of the Butterfly Effect,  Kristi found the actual pattern for it!
I’ll never have time to do it, but I love it that now I COULD!
Here’s the pattern URL: Crocheted Mathematics of Chaos Butterfly Model   by Hinka Osinga and Bernd Krauskopf

thanks so much, Kristi! Wheeeeeeeeeee!

I just received an email saying that the registration for workshops at the Knit and Crochet Show in Portland OR in Sept. of 2008 is now open.
I’ll be teaching 7 workshops, and would love to invite you all to come and take them!
Here’s the link for signing up:
workshops 

In the summer of 2007, this was one of the workshops  that I  taught at Chain Link.
For the ‘In Love with the Lover’s Knot’ workshop, one of the inspiration pieces is a small bag that works great for so many things:

I l made  wooden heart bases for the Lover’s Knot bags.  I still have some of the bases. They are $10 each + shipping.
If you’d like one, drop me an email. They are 5 1/2 inches in diameter. The yarn in the bag in the pic is Bernat’s Cool Crochet.
hugs all round
Noreen
Image Source: Noreen Crone-Findlay