tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post1494313596521702655..comments2023-06-14T05:45:36.841-05:00Comments on Farmgal's Twisted Fiber - Tatted Lace and Socks!: Grandma's doilyLadytatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-781195085966763542011-04-07T09:33:23.304-05:002011-04-07T09:33:23.304-05:00Thanks Janet,
I really wish, and so does Anna, tha...Thanks Janet,<br />I really wish, and so does Anna, that I had gone ahead and used her name anyway. But I was taught to respect my elders, so followed her wishes.<br /><br />thanks for stopping by.Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-54384587011573345972011-04-07T00:20:10.301-05:002011-04-07T00:20:10.301-05:00Jeanne, I forgot all about your blog so haven'...Jeanne, I forgot all about your blog so haven't been here for awhile. Had to check out the "grandma Eulalia" story. I didn't know you had wanted to use her name for one of the girl's middle names. I just remember her saying that if any of us named our children after her she would probably have to haunt us! I love my memories of her and wish I would have been a little older when she lived with us so I would have appreciated her more. Thanks for carrying on her craft. And making it your own!<br />Love ya,<br />JanetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-32557978949892900432009-08-14T18:17:04.382-05:002009-08-14T18:17:04.382-05:00Hi Nimble Fingers,
Thanks for stopping by, you alw...Hi Nimble Fingers,<br />Thanks for stopping by, you always do such very good work.<br />Thank you for your kind words.<br />I admire your expertise with knitting and quilting, neither of which I have the patience for. The older doily you are referring too, what version of lace is it? knitting, crochet, tatting?????Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-6641500200815295102009-08-14T17:10:54.452-05:002009-08-14T17:10:54.452-05:00I loved this post Jeanne. The doily and the histor...I loved this post Jeanne. The doily and the history behind it are so special even to those of us who are just viewing it here on your blog. <br /><br />I think history such as this is why I always buck using things like quilting machines or sock machines because I don't believe there is anything that can truly out do what the human hand can. If I wanted something machine made, I would just go and buy it but what's the fun of that with no history or hand touch behind it?<br /><br />I have an older doily that one of my relatives made years ago. It's falling apart but it's simply outstanding in the pattern and workmanship that is still in tact. For the past couple of years I have been trying to recreate it without a pattern and that takes such concentration so I have to put it to rest every once in a while. Maybe I will get it done within the next decade! <br /><br />I love all your posts and admire your tatting abilityNimble Fingers on the Prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184574968588481872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-61579302645517219532009-08-05T22:42:19.496-05:002009-08-05T22:42:19.496-05:00Hi EnlightenedByAngels, thanks for stopping by. ...Hi EnlightenedByAngels, thanks for stopping by. That is the only picture that I have of their wedding. my dad has more I think, I will have to ask.Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-78869723462403167632009-08-03T23:11:33.057-05:002009-08-03T23:11:33.057-05:00How wonderful to have your grandmother Lala's ...How wonderful to have your grandmother Lala's doily! I love the display that was done. So cool to have her wedding picture in the display!EnlightenedByAngelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15797113274340322499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-28726264573768654462009-08-03T22:27:32.439-05:002009-08-03T22:27:32.439-05:00your Welcome Tatskool
Thanks for coming to visityour Welcome Tatskool<br />Thanks for coming to visitLadytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-16824372343515504362009-08-03T10:51:36.043-05:002009-08-03T10:51:36.043-05:00That's some piece of tatting history. Well don...That's some piece of tatting history. Well done to the person who put it all together into a frame. Thanks so much for showing it to us all.Tatskoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282750261031558615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-6124718328300510632009-08-01T22:34:51.115-05:002009-08-01T22:34:51.115-05:00Hi Fox, I consider myself very fortunate that both...Hi Fox, I consider myself very fortunate that both of my grandmothers knew how to tat. Gma Eulalia taught me, but Gma Bernice also knew how to tat but didn't do it much.Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-27055117585499304442009-08-01T19:18:57.514-05:002009-08-01T19:18:57.514-05:00What a wonderful keepsake you have from your grand...What a wonderful keepsake you have from your grandmother. You are lucky! No one in the entire history of my gene pool ( I am fairly certain!) has ever uttered the word tat, let alone used a shuttle!!!Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889386206601730189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-1059669309305975572009-07-31T20:18:51.709-05:002009-07-31T20:18:51.709-05:00Hello Jane, it would be fun to see your "gran...Hello Jane, it would be fun to see your "granny's" tatting, you will have to show it some time.<br /><br />Hi Diane, thanks for your comment<br /><br />Hey Chiclet, nice to see you. <br /><br />Hi Miranda, you might be right about that. I half wondered myself if that was the only way she could figure out how to join without havning all the work in her hands all the time.<br /><br />Hello Jon, I too am the only one left who tats. both grandmothers have died and none of my children are interested in learning. I have hopes that some of the grandkids will want to learn, I have started the 2 oldest with spool knitters, so will see how they do to start.Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-64187414544148997622009-07-31T09:26:31.908-05:002009-07-31T09:26:31.908-05:00How wonderful to able to go back and relate your f...How wonderful to able to go back and relate your family tatting history. I am the only one in my family who tats. None of my children are showing any interest in it. And I can't see that I'll be able to pass it to anybody of the next generation. How sad - for me, that is.Tat-a-Rendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-41882613808036899812009-07-31T07:50:48.427-05:002009-07-31T07:50:48.427-05:00Jeanne, what a great piece of family history. It&#...Jeanne, what a great piece of family history. It's interesting that 20 years ago, your aunt saw tatting as "an almost forgotten art". It probably seemed so then-- how much progress we have made!<br /><br />Regarding the joins, it seems to me that there are two different phenomena going on. In your grandmother's doily, she obviously knew how to do modern joins from the start, as they appear within each motif. I imagine she probably chose to make each motif separately, either to keep them clean as she worked, or to avoid tricky joins putting them together, or both. She then sewed them together when they were all made.<br /><br />OTOH, TattingChic's collar shows the old-style tied picots on the inner parts of the piece, and modern joins on the outer round. This leads me to suspect that the tatter put the collar aside for a while and then learned to make joins before she did the final round. Or possibly, the inner part was worked by one tatter and the outer round done by another, maybe her daughter or granddaughter.<br /><br />Pure speculation, of course, but it's fun.Mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-62342128509673110072009-07-31T05:58:13.534-05:002009-07-31T05:58:13.534-05:00What a beautiful piece of your heritage! I really ...What a beautiful piece of your heritage! I really enjoyed the story of Lala and her beautiful doily and how she didn't like her real name! It's really special to know the story behind that beautiful piece of lace! :)<br />Thanks for sharing that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569720420483740487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-11062583548663089332009-07-31T05:55:29.338-05:002009-07-31T05:55:29.338-05:00Thanks for sharing some of your family history... ...Thanks for sharing some of your family history... the doily is lovely!Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032689683092213368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690210664413329015.post-68311152528804403042009-07-31T02:48:55.535-05:002009-07-31T02:48:55.535-05:00Very interesting. My gran and I learnt to tat tog...Very interesting. My gran and I learnt to tat together so I don't have any of her bits and pieces. In fact all I have got are samples that she worked and notes she made!Jane Eborallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129528958253092545noreply@blogger.com