Session Start: Mon Oct 16 14:05:17 2006 *** Now talking in #tatchat hi there! Kate Susanne nice to see you 12Hi Georgia 384 you can change your name by typing what is in the quotes "/nick yourname" I will go check if anyone needs help getting into the room and brb 12OK Hi Georgia hi there http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2006/essblockcat.html http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=271647&ck ok then if you had trouble with the decorative join page Clyde it has been changed to http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=271647&ck ok welcome clyde, type just what is inside the quotes "/nick Clyde" the firs tpage woulod not show the three how 2 photos but this second page is just fine so let's get started please sign in GEORGIA SEITZ AKTATTER@AOL.COM GREENUP ILLINOIS USA OCT. 16, 2006 THE LESSON IS PRESENTED BY MARTHA ESS THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM HER NEW BOOK 12Susanne aka Dantatter, Aarhus in Denmark nEW cRITTERS ON THE BLOCK CLYDE IS FROM CANADA AND KATE IS FROM?? Sorry, computer being slow getting pages. OH OK HAS EVERYON GOT THE PAGES PRINTED OR ON SCREEN NOW? Kate Huttar, Texas, katelingo#huttar.net tatter384"/nick Clyde" OK CLYDE TRY AGAIN JUST LEAVE OUT THE QUOTES AND TATTER384 working on it WE HAVE TRIED TO RESERACH THE ORIGINATOR OF THE BLOCK IN TATTING BUT NO LUCK 12Sorry, I forgot to print them THE MOST MENTIONED NAME IN EARLY PUBLISHED PATTERNS *** Tatter384 is now known as Clyde *** Tatter has joined #tatchat THAT'S OK sUSANNE YOU CAN JUST BRING THEM UP ONTHE SCREEN IN A NEW WINDOW YOU GOT IT! GREAT WORK CLYDE OH WELCOME TATTER thankyou love2tat /nick THE EARLY NAME WAS ILA FROST I am computer slow WELCOME HOPE ok, got them ME TOO CLYDE BUT WE KEEP TRYING RIGHT? o yah WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINATOR OF THE BLOCK I DOUBT THAT WE WILL EVER KNOW BUT IN THE EARLIEST NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS i HAVE FOUND ILA WAS THERE I think it was created by someone cruel HER WORK WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE SHUTTLEBUTT COLUMN BY MYRTLE HAMILTON AS IN STITCH N SEW POPULAR NEEDLEWORK ETC. CLYDE!! 12lol Clyde TEH BURDA BOK HAS THE BEST HOW TO ON DOING IT THE TRADITIONAL BLOCK TATTING WAY BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BY SIEGLINDE'S IRIS I've only tried it once. IT CAN BE 3-D AND VERY VERSATILE That iris is gorgeous! I like the 3d flowers. ME TOO BUT I HVAE RECENTLY LEARNED A NEW WAY TO DO THE BLOCK TATTING I LEARNED IT FROM TONI STORER SORRY 12Oh Toni, yes JULIE PATTERSON IN HER BOOK GOSH i CAN'T FIND THE TITLE IT WAS BOOK 2 THO NOT THE CROSS BOOK i THINK IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT 12Is it the book of crosses? Is it very different from the way Martha does it? I did her octopus. mMARTHA DIRECTS US TO TURN THE DIRECTION OF THE WORK AND TO SWITCH SHUTTLES BUT WHAT IF WE DID IT WITHOUT TURNING jULIE ADVISES IT THIS WAY TAT THE FIRS CHAIN SEGMENT OF THE BLOCK THE WRAP THE NEXT CHAIN SEGMENT NOT TAT IT JUST LIKE DOING THE SPLIT RING JULIE ASKS US TO MAKE A VSP BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND WRAPPED DS SHE BENDS THE CHAIN SEGMENT OVER THE DS LINE UP RIGHT DIRECTION AND SHE JOINS TO THE VSP ON THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT OF CHAIN YOU DON'T EVEN CHANGE YOUR HAND POSITION WHAT DO YOU THINK? 12Sounds good to me I think awesome!! i like it Sounds less complicated than switching shuttles. ME TOO OH! i JUST REMEMBERED "MORE CROSSES THAN YOU CAN BEAR" 18 TATTED CROSSES BY JULIE PATTERNSON WHEW 12lol I KNEW I HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE way to go.. work that remembery OK THEN LETS LOOK AT THE CAT THE FACE OF THAT CATIS SO SWEET THE DIMPLED RING LOOKS JUST LIKE A HEART ON THE FACE THERE IS A LONG LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE PATTERN ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM? no THE PATTERN BEGINS WITH "DEAD END START" WHICH IS ACTUALLY CTM SHUTTLES WOUND CONTINUOUSLY AND NOTE THE DJ FOR HER DECORATIVE JOIN OK THE TATTING BEGINS WITH THE TAIL CTM? http://members.aol.com/SLWelker/ctm.html CTM CONTINUOUSE THREAD METHOD thank you *** Susanne has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) MARTHA SAYS TO TENSION THE CURVE *** Tatter982 has joined #tatchat THAT MEANS TO COMPRESS THE DS BACK TO WHERE THEY STARTED *** Tatter982 is now known as Susanne THIS FORCES A CURVE INTO THE WORK WB SUE IF YOU GET TOO MUCH CURVE THEN RUN YOUR THUMB NAIL OVER THE TOP OF THE DS GENTLY THAT WILL STRAIGHTEN IT OUT SOME THE FIRST TWO RINGS MAKE THE HIND LEG THEN YO CHAIN OVER TOTHE PAW RING CHAIN OVER TO THE NEXT PAW RING AND CHAIN OVER TO THE OTHER HIND LEG OK SO FAR? I think so. At least until I try it myself. :) YES THERE IS NOTHING LIKE TRYING IT OUT THE BLOCK TATTING FOR THE BODDY BEGINS NEXT AT ROW 5 YOU WILL WORK THE DJ JOIN LET'S LOOK AT THAT PAGE NOW http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=271647&ck THIS IS VERY MUCH LIKE AN ONION RING JOIN Don't know how to do that one either. YOU SEE THE WORKING THREAD IS BROUGHT THRU A POINT IN THIS CASE THE PAW RING ok http://www.e.n.e.btinternet.co.uk/OnionRing.htm THEN THE LOOP OF THREAS IS BROUGHT BACK UP AND TEH SHUTTLE POSTED THRU IT IT REALLY IS A GOOD WAY TO SHOW LEGS! 12lol OK THE BLOCK TATTING CONTINUES UP TOT HE FACE DONT FORGET TO LOAD THOSE 2 BEADS FOR THE EYES ON THE RING THREAD THIS IS A DIMPLED RING WITH THE EYES ON PICOT BEFORE AND AFTER THE PICOT USED TO MAKE THE JOIN FOR THE DIMPLE AND LATER YOU CAN CUT AND FRAY THE WHISKER PICOTS ANY QUESTIONS? no sounds pretty clear. OK GOOD MANY THANKS TO MARTHA ESS FOR SHARING THIS PATTERN THE DETAILS ON HER NEW BOOK ARE INCLUDED ON THE LESSON PAGE TOO IT IS WHISICAL AND CHARMING ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS TODAY? 12no WELL THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR TOADY THEN I'm going to have to make this for one of my daughters who is a cat lover at under 2 years old. :) ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY WORKSHOPS? ANY EXHIBITIONS? Thanks, Georgia! KIDS WOULD LOVE IT FOR CERTAIN YOU ARE MOST WELCOME Going to the TExas state fair Wed. Just wanted to let you know that i did some split rings on the weekend and they worked THAT IS GREAT NEWS CLYDE! I'll see if I can find any tatting this year. Didn't find it last year. 12I hope to get back to tatting this week YOU READY FOR THE SPLIT CHAIN NEXT? ME TOO SUSANNE Only one category for tatting and only one award given in the category. A DAY WITH OUT TATTING IS LIKE A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE :) 12I have hardly adjusted to being home :) WELL AT LEAST IT WAS INCLUDE true *** Tatter has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) MAKE IT YOUR MISSION KATE TO GET THEM TO ADD CATEGORIES NEXT YEAR *** Tatter has joined #tatchat Well, I wanted to enter this year, but didn't make it. WB 12I wish we had fairs here YOU CAN NEVER START TOO EARLY Hopefully I can finish for next year what I started this year. SUE YOU MUST VISIT US ONE DAY AND ATTEND A WORKSHOP MAYBE PALMETTOS? thank you for the lesson THANKS FOR COMEING IN CLYDE 12Can't affod it, have just returned home from Australia, roflol OK THEN THIS LESSON REPEATS AT 8:30PM ET (NEW YORK TIME) TONIGHT MONDAY well back to my table cloth OH OH YOU BETTER SAVE UP! Looks good, Clyde! GOOD LUCK CLYDE SEND PHOTOS AS YOU WORK will you eat off the table cloth?? NOT ME!! yes A table cloth is too much for me! BRAVE SOUL I can barely make it through a doily. oh boy... what luxury HAPPY TATTING ALL BYE FOR NOW *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Oct 16 14:40:59 2006 Session Start: Mon Oct 16 19:32:28 2006 *** Now talking in #tatchat *** Tatter224 has joined #tatchat hello all Hello! Hi open chat continues 7 more minutes hi all Riet Sheron! *** Tatter224 is now known as Maremi wow quite a gang here to night 04hi georgia *** Maremi is now known as MaremiBuenas tatter to change your name type what is between the quote "/nick yourname" I will go check if anyone needs help to get into the class room brb hi all *** MaremiBuenas is now known as maremi hola marga *** Tatter is now known as YMabel hola yorka *** maremi is now known as maremihola Hola a todas *** maremihola is now known as Maremi que bueno verte claudia 04Hi Tatter will you please be so kind and put your name in the white window vunder: Change nick to and than enter Buenas noches me estaba dando problemas entrar Good night 04sorry didn' see that you changed Ymabel *** YMabel has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) *** Maremi has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) *** Tatter has joined #tatchat 04Maremi are you saying that you have had problems to enter the class yes, she told that is that claudia? yes, georgia, hi!! hello there! *** Tatter is now known as maremi welcome back maremi 04wb marami what became of yorka mabel reyes? Buenas Noches para todas 04sorry Maremi bienvenidos aqui :) Gracias so let us begin by signing in please Sandriver tiene problemas que como hace para entrar por el MIRC *** Tatter has joined #tatchat GEORGIA SEITZ AKTATTER@AOL.COM GREENUP ILLINOIS USA OCT. 16, 2006 Darla Bohn, Darlagbohn@aol.com, Andover, Minnesota Lynn Weasenforth, lacenlynn@msn.com Clarksburg, WV, USA 04Riet Surtel-Smeulders Tilburg The Netherlands Surtel-Smeulde@kpnplanet.nl ella esta en Hello y y no se como ayudarla *** soultatter has quit IRC (Ping timeout) 12seron goldiin, sherongb@surfmk.com, columbia sc *** Tatter822 has joined #tatchat 04Sheron how was the fair did you have anough butterflies TO CHANGE YOUR NAME TYPE WHAT IS BETWEEN THE QUOTES "/NICK YOURNAME" Georgia, when you can, can you tell me how to go to the aol classes when they happen? 12maremi: sue numbre & location es sign in Margarita de COLOMBIA YES lYNN YOU NEED AOL REGULAR SERVICE OR AOLINSTANT MESSENGER SERVICE *** Tatter600 has joined #tatchat THEN YOU NEED TO BE ONLINE AT CLASS TIME 12Fair: fn, lots of folks stopping by, AND SEND AN INSTANT MESSAGE TO ME *** Tatter600 has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) OR TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW WHO IS IN CLASS ALREADY 12Gave away almost 4000 butterflies THEN YOU RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO CLICK ON Wow! 04wooowe AIM USERS ARE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO GET IN IT DEPENDS ON YOUR COMPUTER SERVICE 04I called Pam the evening before the fair *** Tatter is now known as YMabel Ok thank you IT SOUNDS LIKE PALMETTOS HAD A GREAT TURNOUT 12She told us. YORKA MABEL WELCOME Hola AND THE NEW TATTERS WHO MADE RINGS thank GOT A PAIR OF "HAT" EARRING i HEARD TOO *** Tatter has joined #tatchat 12I don't know how many we taught SO TONIGHT THE LESSON IS PRESENTED BY MARTHA ESS IT IS A WONDERFUL EVEN SHERON EVENT http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2006/essblockcat.html 04Is Martha there? 12either a pair of earings or a pin *** Tatter117 has joined #tatchat Claudia? *** Tatter is now known as Quiltinbe IF THE PAGE FOR THE DECORAIVE JOIN DOES NOT WORK FO RYOU TYR THIS PAGE INSTEAD WELCOME QUILT NEWCOMERS PLEASE SIGN IN Hi Everyone *** Tatter117 is now known as alphaprimavera http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=271647&ck pAULE!! SO NICE TO SEE YOU *** maremi has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) Still alive! THE DECORATIVE JOIN PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE ARE WORKING http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=271647&ck SO GLAD TO HEAR IT :) *** Tatter has joined #tatchat *** Tatter is now known as maremi TO CHANGE YOUR NAME IN CLASS TYPE WHAT IS IN BETWEEN THE QUOTES "/NICK SCREENNAME" *** Tatter has joined #tatchat MAREMI YOU NEED A SEAT BELT! {{{CLICK}}}} *** Tatter is now known as Bina 04Welcom back you need glue on your seat Maremi WELCOME BINA 04Hi Bina Hi All Allo riet! que pena tengo problemas georgia , sandriver can get in this class, she asked how is the mirc's class name #TATCHAT 04Hello Paule no te vayas margarita had trouble with the room last week couldnt get in so I gave up for the night Allo Bina! Been using your join all summer! Wonderful Paule:) DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE PAGES PRINTED OR ON SCREEN? no gracis http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2006/essblockcat.html 04I have the book yes ILL goo get them MARTHA'S NEW BOOK "NEW CRITTERS ON THE BLOCK" IS CHARMING THIS PATTERN IS FROM THAT BOOK 04it is wonderfull MANY THANKS TO MARTHA FOR SHARING WITH THEONLINE TATTING CLASS I THINK THE DIMPLED HEART THAT MAKES THE "HEART" FACE ON THE CAT IS SO SWEET 04it is just a little nose *** Tatter822 is now known as soultatter WELCOME BACK CLAUDIA oh, thanks 04WB Claudia Martha your kitty is adorable OK PLEASE LOOK AT THE LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ON THE CAT PATTERN B = BEAD ON PICOT REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE 2 BEADS THAT MAKE THE EYES ON THE FACE OF THE CAT THEY NEED TO BE ON THE RING BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO TAT THE DIMPLED RING THE PATTERN BEGINS WITH A "DEAD END START" Sandriver has problems to enter, requests help THAT MEANS TO WIND THE SHUTTLES CTM Name of the Chatroom on MIRC OK LET ME SEE IF i CAN HELP CARMEN THE NAME OF THE CHATROOM IS TATCHAT i told it to carmen, georgia Is that a new term? dead end start? sorry, what did you called dimpled ring? to me the dimpled ring looks like a heart corazon ok 04I heard it but don't no where :) well Martha used it and it is very descriptive what nickname is carmen using? good description acutually ctm explanation = http://members.aol.com/SLWelker/ctm.html 12im asking also note thanks claudia 12she uses sandriver the use of the word turn *** Tatter has joined #tatchat ok I try to invite again wow I am a newbie cause I am lost. never tatted anything, I only know how to make the stitches that is ok lynn just read and listen and later you willremember this when you start the pattern ok caps? screen says no such user as sandriver ask carmen to try another screen name THANKS IN THIS CASE TURN MEANS TO TURN LIKE THE PAGE OF A BOOK IT DOES NOT MEAN REVERSE WORK FOR MORE INFO http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes/turningwork.html i am sorry BUT I CANNOT SEEM TO REACH CARMEN 12i tellher to change her screen name 12have no answer yet well lets go on a bit the pattern begins with the 2 shuttles wound ctm and you start by tatting the tail note that MARTHA ADVISES oh boy I need another shuttle :) US TO TENSION THE CHAIN ONE?? LYNNN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A DOZEN SOON LOL TO TENSION THE CHAIN YOU COMPRESS THE DS BY SLIDING THEM BACK TO THE STARTING POINT THIS FORCES A CURVE INTO THE WORK IF YOU GET TOO MUCH CURVE *** Tatter has quit IRC (Quit: Tatters 4 forever!) THEN RUN YOUR THUMBNAIL OVER THE TOP OF THE DS GENTLY THAT HELPS TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT any questions so far?? no ok then continue tatting and make the two rings these make up the cat's leg back leg then chain over to the small ring which makes the first paw 04aka caps please chain over again to the second small ring WHICH MAKES THE SECOND PAW CHAIN OVER AGAIN 04thanks AND MAKE THE TWO RINGS OF THE OTHER LEG THANKS OK SO FAR? ok MARTHA THEN DIRECTS A SS SWITCH SHUTTLES 12that is the block tatting? YES THE BLOCK TATTING BEGINS NOW 12ohh BLOCK TATTING IS BASICALLY A CHAIN WHICH JOINS BACK TO ITSELF ok that it not so scary as block TAT THHE CHAINS FOR ROW 2, 3, AND 4 AND THE START OF 5 Block tatting begins in Row 2? SEE THERE YOU ARE ALREADY GETTING THE HANG OF IT LYNN YES