Session Start: Mon Mar 17 13:32:45 2008
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<AKTATTER> hello all
<Marie> 06Hi Georgia
<AKTATTER> I'm checking email
<AKTATTER> hi Marie!
<AKTATTER> those were lovely rings 
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<Marie> 06I am working on tatting and waiting for class
<AKTATTER> the storm has passed at last
<Marie> 06Thank you.
<AKTATTER> quite a thunder bumper
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<AKTATTER> hi Tine
<AKTATTER> the flowers came at last
<AKTATTER> I am going over to checek email now brb
<Marie> 06Hi Tine
<Tine> Hi Georgia
<Tine> greetings from MArco
<Tine> HI all
<Marie> 06Is Marco coming?
<Tine> No she is sporting till nine o clock
<Marie> 06We are early
<Tine> Ys
<Tine>  Yes
<Tine> does the class begin at 8
<Tine> ?
<Tine> Marie where are you?
<Marie> 06Our time 3:00 About 20 more minutes until class begins
<Marie> 06In South Carolina USA
<Tine> OO
<Marie> 06You are in Netherlands?
<Tine> I am at the netherlands and it is 6 hours later
<Marie> 06Then the later class is in the middle of the night for you.
<Tine> Yes it is  then I am sleeping
<Marie> 06Our time has changed, so you are 5 hours different now?
<Tine> to morrow I have to work
<Tine> sorry yes
<Tine> at the end of April our thime change
<Marie> 06Are you doing the Dians Saunders TIA?
<Tine> Yes
<Tine> it looks like a tulip
<Marie> 06Then you will be 6 hours different again?
<Tine> yes it is
<Marie> 06It does look like a tulip.
<Tine> yes
<Marie> 06Or a bird?
<Tine> sorry mi Englisch is  not verry wel
<Tine> a easter bird?
<Marie> 06I think your English is great.
<Tine> thanks
<Marie> 06I know no Dutch
<Tine> would not you like to learn it
<Marie> 06I have thought of getting language tapes and learning other languages.
<Marie> 06Yes I would
<Tine> Dutch is difficult haha
<Marie> 06Yes, I know Riet and it does sound very difficult
<Tine> I learned englisch at school
<Tine> ha ha
<Tine> a long time ago
<Marie> 06I took Latin and Spanish (Castilian Spanish) in school. But that was a very long time ago. :-)
<Tine> yes?
<Marie> 06They do not teach Latin anymore in our schools. I think it is shame. That is the root of so many languages.
<Tine> Yes it is
<Tine> Is Spanish and Casilian Spanish not the same?
<Marie> 06Here now they teach you to speak Mexican Spanish. It is a little different
<Tine> Oo
<Marie> 06We are next to Mexico 
<Tine> o yes
<Tine> I don't speak spanish
<Tine> A little bit German
<Marie> 06I do not speak it either. :-)
<Marie> 06My mother was half German and half Czech
<Tine> and ten words frensh
<Tine> o nice
<Marie> 06Me too _ maybe ten words
<Tine> :-)
<Marie> 06Where are all the early birds?
<Tine> sleeping in ther nest
<Marie> 06We may be the only two here today.
<Tine> it seems so
<Tine> Georgia is gone
<Tine> awai
<Marie> 06Yes, checking email, I think
<Tine> that is important
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<Marie> 06Hi Ruth
<Tine> do you have day 8 of Diane tias
<Tine> Hi Ruth
<Marie> 06I do. I was working on it a little while ago.
<RuthPerry> Hello ladies!
<Tine> O hove not jet do that
<Tine> sorry 
<Marie> 06Maybe it is a bird and needs a head
<Tine> O I heve not jet do that
<Tine> a chicken
<Marie> 06Watchya doin' Ruth?
<Marie> 06Yes, it could be a chicken
<RuthPerry> I'm going to be away from my computer for a little bit, but wanted to get connected before class.  BRB
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<Winkerbill> 12Hi everyone!
<Tine> Hi Winkerbill
<Marie> 06We do have more people at the later class. But it is difficult for all of you in other countries.
<Marie> 06Hi STEPH!!!!
<Winkerbill> 12Did you get any bad storms Saturday Marie?
<Tine> are Winkerbill and Steph the same person
<Winkerbill> 12yes....
<Winkerbill> 12we are
<Winkerbill> 12;-)
<Tine> oke
<Marie> 06There were 3 tornados in the upstate of SC. But nothing at my house. :-)
<Tine> here was a storm
<Winkerbill> 12we had a "possible" tornado that didn't touch down about 4 tenths of a mile from where I live.
<Winkerbill> 12Other than that, just 2 really scary storms
<Marie> 06I was driving back from the guild meeting in Columbia and we could not even see the road.
<Winkerbill> 12wow....scary
<Tine> OO
<Marie> 06We had to get off the highway once it was so bad
<Tine> ai
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<Winkerbill> 12hard to know what to do sometimes....
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<Tine> yes
<Marie> 06We have had a couple of tornados in Anderson in years past, but nothing lately
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<Marie> 06Hi Mary Jane
<Tine> Hi mjb
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<mjb> Hello everybody., took me for ever to get on
<Tatter025> hi all
<Marie> 06Hi Tatter 025
<Tatter025> 03Hi Marie
<Tine> Hi tatter 025
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<Marie> 06Who is 025? :-)
<LindaB> 10that would be me
<mjb> hi linda
<Tine> Hi Linda
<LindaB> 10hi Tine
<Marie> 06AAAAHHHHHH Linda
<Marie> 06Hi Linda
<LindaB> 10hi there Marie
<Tine> :-)
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<LindaB> 10has class started yet?
<Marie> 06Not yet
<Tine> not yet
<Marie> 06Georgia checking email
<LindaB> 10good
<Tatter112> JaneEb
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<Tine> Hi Jane
<mjb> hello JaneEB
<Marie> 06Hi Jane!!!!!
<Winkerbill> 12Hi Jane!
<Tatter112> Hey, folks.  I'm here.  Hi Marie, Tine et al!!
<Winkerbill> 12I've got my cup of tea right here!
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<mjb> I have my diet coke
<Winkerbill> 12Irish Breakfast Tea....Twinings....
<AKTATTER> hello all
<mjb> hello Georgia
<Tine> hello
<Winkerbill> 12didn't think about St. Patricks day until AFTER I made my tae
<AKTATTER> storm has passed
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<Winkerbill> 12tea
<Marie> 06I am drinking lemonade today. It is very warm here!
<Winkerbill> 12Hi Georgia!
<Winkerbill> 12warm here, too....I'm just a tea nut
<Tatter112> I've got a small glass of red and a chocolate drink!!!  Red first and then brown!!
<LindaB> 10glad I haven't missed anything. lol
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<Marie> 06Hi Angie
<mjb> did you have a bad storm Georgia
<Marie> 06Hi Bob
<Tine> Hi Bob
<Bob> Hullo Everybody!
<Bob> Glad you escaped the storm, Georgia
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<LindaB> 10peach ice tea here....
<Winkerbill> 12oooh, peach ice tea sounds good, too.
<Angie> 02I can't make up my mind who I am today
<LindaB> 10yummy
<Tatter> 10hi
<Marie> 06That's OK. You can be whoever you like
<AKTATTER> got my lucky shamrock socks on today
<Angie> 02thanks
<Tine> I like peach ice thea verry wel
<Marie> 06Hi Tatter
<AKTATTER> b'gosh and b'gorra
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<mjb> I have my green sweatshirt on
<Bob> LOL!
<AKTATTER> its St. Patrick's DAy againa and everyone in the world is just a little bit Irish
<Tine> HI Jenny
<Marie> 06Hi Jenny are you Tatter?
<Winkerbill> 12maybe I ought to go dig out the shamrocks I tatted and pin one on....
<AKTATTER> Bob you aer such a sweetheart, that was so so nice of you
<Marie> 06I am using a green shuttle today
<AKTATTER> Tine tell Marco that my DH got the chocolates
<Winkerbill> 12oh, I am, too....
<jenny> 10I think so! I'm a bit new to this
<Tine> yes I do
<AKTATTER> Martha Ess says she is happy everyone liked the patterns last week and sorry she was not here to share themwith us
<Tatter112> I ain't even a tad bit Irish!!!  I'm Stratfordian, born, bred (well dragged up!) and generations of us have been here!!  I AIN'T Irish!!!!
<AKTATTER> jenny you are doing fine
<jenny> 10Thanks
<AKTATTER> tatter112 to change your name just type /nick yourname
<mjb> Have you seen Martha Ess new book
<Winkerbill> 12I wouldn't say that quite so loud today, Jane.  ;-)
<Bob> it's my pleasure, AK!
<AKTATTER> Ruth my computer is still going
<Tatter112> Oooooh, but I like to wind people up!!!!!  
<AKTATTER> jane!!
<Bob> Must be Jane
<Marie> 06I am German, Czech, English, Scotch-Irish and Cherokee Indian.
<Tatter112> Sorry, AKA - shall I go stand in the corner?
<AKTATTER> everyone knows Spawn = Ron our webmaster no cause for alarm
<Winkerbill> 12hehehehe....however could you tell 112 is Jane?  ;-)
<LindaB> 10I'm Irish, but just for today
<AKTATTER> nah marie, you're just plain ol d American
<Marie> 06My brother tells everyone he is Apache Indian
<Winkerbill> 12Im' mostly German-Bohemian....
<Winkerbill> 12DH is part English, part Cherokee, part we're not sure what else....
<AKTATTER> well no matter what our origins
<Tine> ha ha
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<LindaB> 10really german, english and maybe a little Cherokee Indian..
<Angie> 02I am a mixture of everything, including some relatives the crawled from under a rock
<Tatter112> I'm just a piss artist!!! My family (Eborall side) were all into pubs as licensees!!
<AKTATTER> we are all part of the family of tatters
<Marie> 06I am Bohemian 1-14 and German 1-4th
<AKTATTER> it crosses all boundaries and languages
<Winkerbill> 12Funny thing...>Mr. part Indian has blond hair/blue eyes.  Miz German Bohemian has dark hair and dark eyes....
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<Marie> 06I mean 1/4th
<AKTATTER> er Jane!!! rmember this is a family room rated pg
<Tine> we are one bog family
<AKTATTER> welcome 802 
<Bob> We've got quite a mixture in our class, haven't we?
<Tine> sorry big
<AKTATTER> yes we are 
<Tatter112> Lovely typo,Tine!! What a hoot!!
<Winkerbill> 12well...today we're "irish" tatters, anyway....sort of....
<AKTATTER> no problme Tine you have just been reading too many of my typoes
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<AKTATTER> it is contagious
<Marie> 06Hi Martha!
<AKTATTER> welcome martha glad yo ucould make it toady
<Winkerbill> 12hi Martha
<AKTATTER> we just mentioned your patterns from last week
<Tine> ok
<Tatter112> Hang on - just going to paint my fingers green!!
<MarthaE> Hi everyone
<Tine> Hi Martha
<mjb> Hello Martha ., I want your new book
<Tatter112> Hi Martha - I'll answer your email in a bit!!
<Angie> 02Hi Maratha
<Winkerbill> 12use green thread or a green shuttle...no need to pai your finger.
<Winkerbill> 12paint
<Marie> 06Jane you may stain your tatting!
<AKTATTER> the janitor at the nursing home this morning was mopping the hall wearing daning shamrocks on his head
<LindaB> 10Hi Martha, are you bringing copies of your new book to Hector in April???
<AKTATTER> martha link us to your new book website please
<MarthaE> Yes, I will bring a boxful to Hector
<LindaB> 10oh goody, I want one!!!!
<mjb> me too., but I won't be at Hector
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<AKTATTER> me too autographed too
<Tatter112> I tell you guys.  This book is going to be EVEN better than the Critters one.  I know - I was able to test tat for Martha
<AKTATTER> susan fuller welcome!
<MarthaE> You can link from the homepage
<skfuller> It's Spring Break where I work afternoons & teach in the evening!
<Bob> Hi Susan
<Marie> 06I will get some of the Palmetto Tatters to get me one at Hectorif you will autograph it for me
<Tine> Hi Susan
<Marie> 06Hi Susan
<skfuller> Hello everyone!
<MarthaE> http://home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-tatsamore
<AKTATTER> ook please link us to the home page so the link will be in the log for others reading t later
<AKTATTER> thanks
<LindaB> 10oh yes, autographed too please
<Winkerbill> 12makes me wish I'd ordered some of my books from the authors instead of getting them at Handy Hands or the local shop....could have asked them to autograph them if I'd gotten them from the designers, I guess.
<AKTATTER> ok our links for today
<AKTATTER> it isa good idea when ordering self published books to check with the tatter :)
<AKTATTER> http://www.be-stitched.com/files/angel.pdf
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthpblocktategg.pdf
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<AKTATTER> ruth has the pattern for the block tatted egg posted now
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<skfuller> At the end of this semester I'm not going to teach for summer, so can come to class here again
<Tine> Hi Kate
<AKTATTER> and linda has modernized an antique pattern for us
<Marie> 06Hi Kate
<Kate> Kate Huttar, Dallas area, TX USA
<Kate> Hi Tine and Marie, and all!
<AKTATTER> and Nancy from be-stitched has a new pattern out which has a double picot in it
<AKTATTER> ok shall we get started?
<AKTATTER> please sign in
<Angie> 02Angela Miracle, Davison, MI  al_miracle@hotmail.com
<AKTATTER> GEORGIA SEITZ AKTATTER@AOL.COM GREENUP IL USA
<Bob> Ria Bob Kishen, Wirral UK
<Tine> Tine Vedder The Netherlands
<Kate> OOps, I guess I was a bit early. Thought I'd missed it. :)
<AKTATTER> MARCH 17, 2008 AFTERNOON SESSION
<Winkerbill> 12Stephanie north Georgia (for now)
<mjb> Mary Jane Brittingham., Santa Claus., Indiana usa
<Marie> 06Marie Smith  Anderson SC  tattingwithmarie@yahoo.com
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<Marie> 06When you moving Steph?
<Winkerbill> 12possibly May
<MarthaE> Martha Ess, Greensboro NC USA essm#bellsouth.net
<skfuller>  Susan Fuller  Loveland CO  rlskfuller@comcast.net
<Winkerbill> 12DH had more renovating to do than we originally thought.
<Marie> 06In Hickory?
<Winkerbill> 12yes
<skfuller> Wow, I found this rick rack tatting difficult, wonder if I'm doing it wrong
<Angie> 02you won't be far from my daughter in cherryville
<jenny> 10jenny griffin Northampton UK
<Winkerbill> 12we could probaby "go" any time, but the new materials give out fumes that bother my asthma, so it has to be done, then aired out a while.
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/elaineeblktategg6.jpg
<LindaB> 10Linda Barnes  Woodbridge, VA  lingram2@comcast.net
<AKTATTER>  http://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/elaineeblktategg7.jpg
<AKTATTER> if you have a moment check out th3 block tatting used
<AKTATTER> in these two decorated Easter eggs by Elaine Eastep
<AKTATTER> Anyone here for the first time?
<Winkerbill> 12eggs won't show up - page not found
<skfuller> couldn't get it either
<LindaB> 10Winkerbill..same for me. not found
<AKTATTER> check my spelling elianeeblktategg7.jpg
<AKTATTER> elianeeblktategg6.jpg
<Bob> It was certainly working a few minutes ago, I ahve it open in another window
<AKTATTER> spelled Eliane wrong ooops
<RuthPerry> RuthPerry Miamisburg, Ohio rjpoms on Yahoo
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<Bob> sorry, I was menaing Ruth's egg
<Bob> meaning
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<AKTATTER> ok let's go look at Ruth's egg
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<AKTATTER> we saw the photo last week
<Tine> yes
<Tatter758> MarthaE
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<AKTATTER> welcome linda mancy and martha please sign in
<AKTATTER> we are looking at Ruth's egg
<Winkerbill> 12ok, got the eggs, very pretty.  Nice edging on egg 7, too.
<LindaSDavies> Wow are you early or am I late?
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthpblocktategg.pdf
<AKTATTER> just started
<Winkerbill> 12hi Lin
<Marie> 06Mine says not found
<AKTATTER> yes 
<AKTATTER> Eliane did a nice job incorporating the block into the pattern
<LindaSDavies> Linda S Davies, Stoke-on-Trent, England
<Marie> 06Hi Nancy
<NancyCarol> NancyCarol Bhm Alabama bookjazz at yahoo
<AKTATTER> check my spelling marie elianeeblktategg6.jpg
<Bob> Ooh, I just finished your cattleya orchid last night, Lin, it's a lovely pattern!
<Winkerbill> 12Marie change it from Elaine to Eliane and her 2 eggs will show up.
<AKTATTER> ok ruth OUTLINED HER EGG IN SPLIT RINGS
<LindaSDavies> Thank you Bob
<Tine> yes
<AKTATTER> EVERY ONE KNOW HOW TO DO THE SPLIT RING OK?
<Winkerbill> 12yes
<Tine> yes
<LindaSDavies> yes
<jenny> 10yes
<Angie> 02yes
<AKTATTER> http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nickeb/SplitRings.htm
<AKTATTER> OK GREAT
<RuthPerry> GEORGIA MAYBE A LINK TO SPLIT RINGS WOULD BE USEFUL TO ANYONE WHO READS THE LOG LATER ON
<mjb> yes
<LindaSDavies> it's a very effective egg pattern
<AKTATTER> I THINK THAT SPLIT RINGS ARE A GREAT TOOL
<AKTATTER> FOR DEFINING SPACES
<RuthPerry> BEAT ME TO IT
<Winkerbill> 12do we ahve to stand on our heads to do them like Jane does?
<Marie> 06Yes, There it is. Beautiful egg
<RuthPerry> THEY WILL GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
<AKTATTER> AND THEN RUTH USED THE FAUX BLOCK TATTED RICK RACK IDEA FROM LAST WEEK
<NancyCarol> LOVE the egg.  I "mentally" tatted this afternoon.
<AKTATTER> WELL I THINK ONLY JANE HAS PERFECTED THAT UPSIDE DOWN TECHNIQUE
<Winkerbill> 12makes my head hurt....
<Tine> yes
<Winkerbill> 12;-)\
<LindaSDavies> head hurts just thinking about it
<AKTATTER> RUTH ANY TIPS FOR US?
<RuthPerry> IF YOU TAT UPSIDE DOWN IN THE UK, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S RIGHT SIDE UP HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE?
<AKTATTER> WELL YOU KNOW, "EVERY PAIN IN THE NECK i GET REMINDS ME OF..."
<AKTATTER> WELL IT WOULD SURELY BE RIGHT SIDE UP IN aUSTRALIA
<LindaSDavies> who who who?
<skfuller> Eliane's egg is wonderful! 
<Bob> tee hee
<AKTATTER> LOL DO YOU REALLY NOT KNOW lINDA?
<RuthPerry> WELL, JUST THE ONE ABOUT USING A DENTAL PIC OR SEWING AWL TO OPEN UP A PICOT ON THE VALLEYS OF THE RIC RAC.  EVEN IF YOU TAT THEM, BY THE SECOND TIME AROUND THEY LIKE TO HIDE
<skfuller> Eliane's egg is wonderful!
<Winkerbill> 12Ruth did you try making 2 of these eggs in small thread, then lacing them toether with a "real" egg inside?
<AKTATTER> SHOULD WE LEAVE SPACE HOLDERS THERE ?
<LindaSDavies> Jane? by any chance!
<Winkerbill> 12Wonder if they'd fit around an egg nicely.....?
<RuthPerry> SPACE HOLDERS WOULD WORK TOO.
<AKTATTER> LOL YOU GUESSED IT!! THAT LINE IS FROM THE "EULOGY"
<LindaSDavies> What a good idea Winkerbill
<AKTATTER> THEY WOULD CERTAINLY "STRETCH" IF NEEDED
<AKTATTER> I DREAD WORKING WITH REAL EGGS OR GLASS EGGS/BALLS
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<Tine> m
<RuthPerry> IT DOESN'T HAVE THE 3D LOOK FOR AN EGG INSIDE, BUT I'M SURE THAT IT WOULD WORK
<Winkerbill> 12lace them together loosely and you could use them with colored eggs inside....remove the lacing to store flat for next year
<AKTATTER> OK ANY QUESTIONS FOR RUTH ON THE PATTERN?
<AKTATTER> YES THAT WOULD BE GREAT
<Winkerbill> 12not from me....it works very well.
<Tine> no
<LindaB> 10good idea Winkerbill
<RuthPerry> IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD, JUST FOLLOW THE ARROWS
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<AKTATTER> OK MANY THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PATTERN WITH THE CLASS.
<skfuller> YesI had a problem with the turns,I worked left to right on 1st row
<NancyCarol> Very clear instructions --- thanks!
<LindaSDavies> Ruth, do you tat backwrads and forwards for the ric rac?
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<MarthaE> maybe a few more repeats of the ricrac to fit 3D egg
<Winkerbill> 12Thanks for drawing the path through the egg Ruth.  It made the pattern really easy to follow
<Bob> oops. fell off t'internet for a minute there.
<AKTATTER> WB BOB
<Marie> 06And I like the thread you used for the pattern
<skfuller> We don't ever RW do we
<LindaSDavies> Did you get bumped off Bob?
<RuthPerry> RIC RAC IS ZIG ZAG CHAIN 1ST ROW, THEN I DID ALL NORMAL AROUND THE OUTSIDE FOR THE OTHER ROWS
<LindaSDavies> oh
<Tine> m
<Bob> Yep, it didn't hurt though :)
<Angie> 02c
<LindaSDavies> sorry I haven't had time to study your pattern yet in detail
<AKTATTER> OK LE;TS LOOK AT THE ANTIQUE PATTERN
<skfuller> 07Do ou always work with the same side up?
<AKTATTER> THAT LINDA DAVIES HAS MODERNIZED FOR US
<LindaSDavies> but will later
<AKTATTER> USING BLOCK TATTING
<RuthPerry> HAS ANYONE ELSE DONE SOMETHING WITH THE RIC RAC BLOCK?
<MarthaE> this is very nice, Linda
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/lindadaviesatqscallopblocktat.pdf
<AKTATTER> NOT YET BUT THINKING ON IT
<LindaSDavies> thank you martha, took several tries
<Winkerbill> 12all i've done is store the possibilities mentally until I have time to try them out
<MarthaE> most things do
<NancyCarol> Beautiful!  Does it curve?
<skfuller> 04HELP do you always work with the same side up?
<AKTATTER> YOU WILL RECALL OUR DISCUSSION 
<Tine> verry nice Linda D
<AKTATTER> OF USING BLOCK TATTING FOR CORONATION CORD PATTERNS
<LindaSDavies> it does curve a little but you can block it straight
<AKTATTER> WELL LINDA WENT A STEP FURTHER
<skfuller> 04I need arrows for the 3 rick rack rows
<Winkerbill> 12sk some people do, but others don't.
<AKTATTER> AND IS REPLAING THE CROCHED FANS WITH BLOCK TATTING
<AKTATTER> SUSAN THE FAUZ RICK RACK THAT RUTH DID
<Tine> O  I see
<AKTATTER> IS NOT TATTED LIKE A BLOCK
<LindaSDavies> I found the block tatting quite easy to come up with
<AKTATTER> IT IS A ZIG ZAG CHAIN
<jenny> 10It looks much neater than the original crochet
<NancyCarol> OK.  I'm just trying to figure the best article to put this kind of edging on & would probably want it straighter
<skfuller> 04OK I first did left to right zigzag but then how ot turn - rotate work?
<LindaSDavies> As I said it will block straight
<AKTATTER> http://www.tat-man.net/howto/zigzagtat.
<Bob> Could you not adjust the curve by tatting a bit less tight along the edge?
<LindaSDavies> The top row was perfectly straight
<LindaSDavies> it only curve a little in the next row
<LindaSDavies> as I was trying to get the scallop
<AKTATTER> YES SUSAN JUST ROTATE IT TO TAT CHAINS BACK ALONG SIDE THE ZIG ZAG CHAIN
<Bob> The block tatting works really well, it looks great
<AKTATTER> NOW THE SCALLOPS LINDA IS EXPLAING TO US
<skfuller> 04Thanks
<Winkerbill> 12Susan from what I could tell you do the first zigzag row and then rotate and keep going
<Bob> The block tatting works really well, it looks great
<LindaSDavies> I DISCOVERED BY TRIAL AND ERROR THAT TO MAKE A ROW OF BLOCK TATTING
<LindaSDavies> YOU MUST HAVE AN UNEVEN NUMBER OF ROWS
<LindaSDavies> TOP ROW 3 ROWS OF BLOCK TATTING
<RuthPerry> that is the a to b of it
<Tine> o
<LindaSDavies> BOTTOM ROW 5 ROWS
<AKTATTER> AH HA!
<AKTATTER> YES INDEED A TO A = EVEN NUMBERED LINES
<AKTATTER> A TO B NEEDS = ODD NUMBER OF LINES
<Winkerbill> 12the tatted version of the edging looks much nicer than the crocheted version.
<LindaSDavies> EXACTLY ak
<AKTATTER> AH BUT WE ARE PREJUDICED IN  FAVOR OF TATTING!
<Tine> yes it does
<LindaSDavies> THE MIDDLE ROW IS A ROW OF SCMRs
<AKTATTER> BUT JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE CROCHET PATTERNS OUT THERE
<skfuller> 04I really like it too
<Winkerbill> 12well....actually that's why I was so determined to find someone who could teach me to tat so many years ago.
<Bob> I agree the tatted one is nicer, and I was a crocheter before learning tatting
<AKTATTER> WHOA WE COULD SUBSTITUTE BLOCK TATTING MANY TIMES I BETT
<NancyCarol> Yes, I agree that tatted edging is prettier than the crochet!  And I like the colors also
<Winkerbill> 12All the crochet books had a tatted pattern in them at the time...and that was always the REALLY pretty one in teh book....
<Winkerbill> 12;-)
<LindaSDavies> I CHOSE TWO COLOURS TO SHOW THE TWO SEPARATE AREAS
<AKTATTER> THAT CERTAINLY DEFINES IT
<LindaB> 10it is nice, but I've seen some nice crochet edges too
<LindaSDavies> I CHOSE SCMRs AS THE RINGS WERE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF ds
<NancyCarol> Very Eastery colored
<Tine> yes nice collors
<LindaB> 10that's what I thought very Springy/Eastery
<LindaSDavies> AND TOO MANY ARE DIFFICULT TO CLOSE IN AN ORDINARY RING
<AKTATTER> AND SEE WHAT TWO COLORED BLOCKS LOOK LIKE IN ELAINE'S EGGS
<skfuller> 04The top of the crocheted one looks like it could use ribbon woven along the top
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/elianeeblktategg6.jpg
<Winkerbill> 12ohh...didn't think of that, but extremely large rings sometimes DO get awfully hrd to close 
<MarthaE> Oh, so that's why the SCMR, good idea
<AKTATTER> YE IT IS A GOOD IDEA
<Bob> Big rings are a pain soemtimes.
<skfuller> 04the 2 color blocks are great
<AKTATTER> LANG STRETCHES OF DS IN A RING CAN SOMETIMES TWIST WHEN THE RING IS CLOSED
<LindaSDavies> ONE OF THOSE EUREKA MOMENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
<AKTATTER> IF YOU HOLD BOTH THE FIRST AND LAST DS MADE
<AKTATTER> WITH THE RING IN YOUR PINCH LIKE A LITTLE OREO SANDWICH
<AKTATTER> YOU CAN KEEP PRESSURE ON THE DS TO PREVENT THE TWISTING ALSO
<LindaSDavies> WHAT SANDWICH?
<Winkerbill> 12Oreo.....do you have oreos in teh UK?
<LindaSDavies> NO
<Winkerbill> 122 chocolate cookies with creme filling between....
<AKTATTER> THE LITTLE COOKIE CHOCOLATE WAFERS ON THE OUTSIDE VANILLA CREME ON THE INSIDE
<Tine> ooo ha
<LindaSDavies> OH A BISCUIT!
<RuthPerry> if you tat your stitches in large rings by going around the core two times it holds the shape better and is easier to close
<AKTATTER> RIGHT!
<Bob> Somerfield sell Oreos, and I bet the other supermarkets do too.
<RuthPerry> o a kid'l eat the middle of an oreo first and save the chocolate cookie outside for last!
<Winkerbill> 122 times? My brain isn't working....how do you do thatZ?
<LindaSDavies> I FOUND THAT USING SCMR I USED A CHAIN THREAD AND DIDN'T HAVE TO KEEP FILLING A SHUTTLE
<AKTATTER> SCMRS ARE A USEFUL TOOL
<MarthaE> going around the core two times??????
<skfuller> 04Never tried a double core, kinda like starting an Irish crochet motif
<RuthPerry> it is easy to do once you get the hang of it.  It balances the DS so it is more stable.
<jenny> 10Please can you explain
<Winkerbill> 12are there any photos of how to do it?
<AKTATTER> http://www.geocities.com/GR8shuttles/scmrinstr.html
<Bob> double core?  do you wrap it round your hand twice before starting the ring?
<Angie> 02c
<LindaSDavies> THIS IS SOMETHING I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALSO
<RuthPerry> just do you 1st half and go around the core the second time, then the same with the second half
<AKTATTER> LET ME SEE IF i HAVE A DOUBLE CORE PHOTO POSTED
<skfuller> 04has there been a previous class on a double core?
<AKTATTER> NO i DON'T THINK SO
<Winkerbill> 12seems like there was something involving putting a bead in teh center of a ring that useda double core wasn't there?
<Winkerbill> 12but I don't remember it....
<Winkerbill> 12a bat, maybe?
<MarthaE> new to me, too
<RuthPerry> No, not double core... around your hand one time.  Then when doing the ds, take the shuttle over & under the core two times before flipping the stitsh
<Tine> m
<RuthPerry>   It's something new I've been doing to solf the problem with tatting long chains and large rings
<RuthPerry> solve - typosis strikes again
<LindaSDavies> I'LL CERTAINLY GIVE IT A GO RUTH
<Bob> Oooh, that's interesting. Must get a spare shuttle out and give that a try
<MarthaE> how does that effect the stitch count
<Winkerbill> 12hmmmm....
<skfuller> 04Do you do it on both halves of a ds?
<AKTATTER> ah well Ruth you need to make diagrams for us
<Winkerbill> 12i'll have to try it....can't picture it mentally
<AKTATTER> i was thinking double core like the bat
<Winkerbill> 12aha, it WAS a bat, then....   ;-)
<RuthPerry> I've been batty for awhile now... double core rings with a bead in the middle of a ring for little bats, and balanced double stitches for big bats
<Winkerbill> 12I was thinking around the hand 2 times, then realized that wouldn't do it....
<Winkerbill> 12guess I'm just going batty....
<Winkerbill> 12;-)
<RuthPerry> This will be available in Sarah's new book that unfortunately doesn't look like it will be done in time for Hector.
<Bob> I was wondering how it would work if it was round the hand twice.  
<Bob> Steph, I reckon you're right, that wouldn't work at all
<MarthaE> I sitting here tying knots in my thread. 
<MarthaE> this sounds like a good class lesson to teach us how, hint, hint
<LindaSDavies> WHICH IS STEPH THEN?
<AKTATTER> this is a h ard onw to visualize
<Winkerbill> 12Georgia, do you think we could put this in a future class?  
<AKTATTER> yes we should
<Tine> ok
<LindaSDavies> GOOD IDEA
<RuthPerry> Martha, it doesn't affect the stitch count, but the rings and chains are a little thicker, so you should probably do the same kind of stitches in the piece
<LindaB> 10sorry to hear about Sarah's book was looking forward to seeing it
<AKTATTER> maybe after SARAH'S BOOK IS PUBLIHSED
<jenny> 10Yes please
<Marie> 06Steph is Winkerbill
<AKTATTER> IT WOUL DGIVE US A PATTERN TO TRY IT OUT
<RuthPerry> have you seen the big bat on my blog?
<Bob> yeah, I thiknk it would be a good lesson to have
<RuthPerry> couldn't do those long chains with normal tatting
<LindaSDavies> Hiya Stephanie
<Winkerbill> 12oh, sorry..yeah, Im' Stephanie ....was busy thinking about trying to do those 2 times around DSs....
<Winkerbill> 12;-)
<AKTATTER> OK ANY QUESTIONS FOR LINSA ON THE ANTIQUE SCALLOPED EDGING WITH BLOCK TATTING?
<skfuller> 04You said over then under, is the 2 times on the 2nd half or both
<RuthPerry> Jane will have you all standing on your heads, and I'll have your heads spinning
<Tine> no
<RuthPerry> both
<skfuller> 04OD thanks
<Winkerbill> 12Interesting if we could all manage to stand on ouR HEADS WHILE our heads are spinning, then....
<Bob> no questions, you've explained it very well
<LindaSDavies> Thanks Bob
<RuthPerry> we'd all get dizzy, and puke and aspirate and die...
<AKTATTER> THANKS SO MUCH LINDA FOR SHARING YOUR WORK WITH US
<MarthaE> Linda, I got your email, will try to answer later
<Marie> 06Good job on the pattern Linda!
<Bob> Thanks Linda!
<AKTATTER> OK REMEMBER NANCY'S PATTERN THIS MONTH?
<Winkerbill> 12the edging is done well, yes....just the discussion about the 2 times around the ore that's making my head hurt.  ;_)
<MarthaE> Yes, good pattern
<skfuller> 04Thanks Linda nice work
<Winkerbill> 12Nice pattern Lin
<AKTATTER> IF YO UARENOT ON NANCY'S EMAIL LIST PLEASE SIGN US FOR HERMONTHLY PATTERN
<Tine> Linda a nice paatarn
<RuthPerry> Great pattern Linda!  nice job translating crochet to tatting
<NancyCarol> I'm susceptible to motion-sickness...  but I do like t he pattern
<AKTATTER> http://www.be-stitched.com/files/angel.pdf
<LindaSDavies> Thanks everyone
<AKTATTER> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
<AKTATTER> ANGEL'S WINGS
<AKTATTER> WHICH AR EMADE FROM DOUBLED PICOTS
<AKTATTER> GREALY ELONGATED
<AKTATTER> GREATLY 
<LindaSDavies> nice feature that double picot
<AKTATTER> HERE IS ANOTHER PATTERN USING THE DOUBLED PICOT
<AKTATTER> http://www.susansplanet.bravehost.com/KatrinaSnowflake.ht
<Winkerbill> 12wouldn't this be pretty in pastel colors with some sort of sparkly stuff....on a long stick in a plant...like a little plant fairy or something
<jenny> 10I would like to know what thread is being used because the length for the large picot varied a lot with different threads
<LindaSDavies> I have playing with it for my next flower
<AKTATTER> AND
<Marie> 06Does anyone have the link to Nancy's magnolia? For some reason I am not getting the newsletter anymore. :-(
<AKTATTER> A GREATE DIAGRAMS FROM MARK MYERS
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes2001/picots/doublepicot.html
<jenny> 103 inches was much too big for my first try
<LindaB> 10add a m making it .htm file
<AKTATTER> IT WOULD STEPH
<RuthPerry> Adorable angel!
<AKTATTER> YOU NEED TO SIGN UP AGAIN MARIE
<Bob> I'm sure I saw the magnolia pattern on the bestitched website, and I don't get the newsletter
<LindaB> 10don't see a magnolia???
<LindaB> 10be-stitched.com
<AKTATTER> www.be-stitched.com
<AKTATTER> ok jenny were you using a picot gauge to make the 3" picot?
<AKTATTER> nancy advised using a rule on the table to measure
<AKTATTER> but a gauge might be easier for you
<jenny> 10I did it on the table like Nancy said, but I think my thread was much to fine and the wings were too big for the angel
<jenny> 10I made a better one later
<AKTATTER> true
<Bob> http://www.be-stitched.com/pattern0802magnolia.asp
<AKTATTER> you have to match the picots to the size of the thread also
<Tine> m
<Bob> There's a pdf of it too, but I don't have the URL for that.
<Winkerbill> 12I often measure and make a dot on my finger andmeasure from the dot to the finger tip
<Winkerbill> 12and make sure the DS is RIGHT at the finger tip
<AKTATTER> thanks bob that was a beautiful magnolia pattern
<LindaB> 10thanks Bob..I remember seeing this too
<LindaSDavies> Well everyone I have to sign off early tonight as my family have just arrive home from a very long journey
<AKTATTER> glad ou are home safe
<Angie> 02it is great I printed it off to try later this summer
<LindaSDavies> Happy St Patrick's Day!
<LindaB> 10scroll down on the same page to printed file
<AKTATTER> and once again thanks for sharing your work with us
<Winkerbill> 12Are you getting up in the middle of the night for the later class?
<RuthPerry> bye Lynda, and thanks for the edging pattern
<Bob> I only spotted it a few days ago and it's saved on my pc :0
<Bob> Bye Linda, see you next week
<jenny> 10Bye Linda thanks for the pattern
<Winkerbill> 12Bye Lin.  Lovely pattern - thanks.
<Tine> Bye Linda
<NancyCarol> Bye Linda.  Thanks so much!
<LindaSDavies> Only if I am awake or if Jim is not lying on my nightie!
<Marie> 06Thanks Linda Bye!
<Angie> 02Bye Linda
<Marie> 06Thanks for the link Bob!
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<AKTATTER> ok any questions on the angel pattern?
<Tine> no
<Angie> 02nno
<mjb> no
<Winkerbill> 12no
<Marie> 06no
<AKTATTER> any general questions?
<NancyCarol> Is everyone else accumulating an impossibly long list of patterns to try?  I'm just about crazy
<jenny> 10no
<Marie> 06YES!
<Tine> no I have not
<AKTATTER> i have notebooks  and cd full of patterns i may never get to tat
<Winkerbill> 12no problem....give up the non essentials like eating and sleeping and you'll have more time to tat.
<Angie> 02Yes, I have a long list 
<Winkerbill> 12;-)
<MarthaE> Oh yeah,  I've got such a stack of printouts
<skfuller> 04yes, and the semester doesn't end til May 5th
<AKTATTER> but if i ever get stuck in the house with a broken leg i am surely ready!
<LindaB> 10I've tons and want more... pas
<Angie> 02I am retiring Friday so I will have extra time
<RuthPerry> count your blessings.  There was a day when we tatters waited all month for the next issue of workbasket hoping there would be a tatting pattern in it!
<Winkerbill> 12I have a HUGE notebook crammed SO full that I'll need another .....more patterns stacked and stashed all over the house.
<NancyCarol> Yes, I'm about out of notebook binders.  I'll have to start prioritizing or something.
<Marie> 06OOOHHH, don't break a leg!
<MarthaE> I already gave up sleeping , but still not enough time
<jenny> 10Don't you believe it, you have less time when you are retired
<AKTATTER> oh gosh remember how disapointing it was when there was no tatting pattern init?
<Bob> I have more patterns than I will ever have time to make.
<Winkerbill> 12One huge binder just for edgings....one for Christmas stuff....one for....
<Bob> The internet is a wonderful place.
<RuthPerry> Martha, you need your rest so you can keep on tatting
<Marie> 06After retiring you never have enough time again!
<Angie> 02I have a couple of binders myself
<Winkerbill> 12it wasn't all that long ago patterns were still really hard to find....
<LindaB> 10I've no clue as to how many binders full of tatting patterns I have...maybe that's best?
<RuthPerry> I don't save patterns, I create them.... evil laugh here!
<Angie> 02I have heard from several I will be busier retired than I was working
<NancyCarol> Yeah, Ruth is the cause of out "problems"
<Winkerbill> 12thanks a lot Ruth.  More patterns for us to HAVE to have in our collection...can't live without them.
<Winkerbill> 12;-)
<Tine> Yes Nancy
<AKTATTER> speaking of patterns
<skfuller> 04Me, I've just got ten binders full of sketches and tatted beginings
<AKTATTER> there are no patterns ready for next week
<Winkerbill> 12That reminds me....is a Celtic shuttle a "must" if you are thinking of dabbling in Celtic tatting?
<AKTATTER> anyone have a suggestion?
<AKTATTER> you mean celtic like Ruth does?
<RuthPerry> I am not sorry for what I have done, and I'd do it again.  I would appreciate credit for the balanced double stitch to tat long chains and large rings tho.
<Tine> no I don't think so
<jenny> 10Is next week not a holiday? it is here in UK
<Winkerbill> 12yes....I think....
<NancyCarol> Ruth, we forgive you
<MarthaE> Steph, depends on the pattern.  I have a celtic shuttle but rarely use it.
<Winkerbill> 12what's next week in the UK?
<NancyCarol> even if you're not sorry
<AKTATTER> hliday for us ends on the 23
<jenny> 10Easter Monday is a public holiday
<Winkerbill> 12so a Celtic shuttle is only if you're using small thread or have to get in a tight space?
<RuthPerry> The celtic shuttles have their place.  tatting a long edging with lots of weaving through, they are useful.  Otherwise, not really necessary
<MarthaE> Easter Monday used to be holiday in NC, but no longer
<Marie> 06We have Good Friday 
<Winkerbill> 12ok, i'll use my clovers to dabble a bit.
<Bob> Is there a class next week?
<AKTATTER> you can also do finger tatting or use the needle as if it were ashuttle too
<AKTATTER> if we have a pattern bob there will be a class
<Winkerbill> 12Where I worked they used Good Friday as the "holiday," but Easter Monday was the "official" holiday....except most of us chose to work on Monday and take off on Friday instead
<AKTATTER> right now i have nothing on the books
<NancyCarol> Yes, if we have some patterns... right?
<AKTATTER> got some things coming for april
<AKTATTER> btw
<Marie> 06Could you show my rings Georgia?
<RuthPerry> I use the celtic shuttles whenever I'm doing something that is too big for finger tatting and unwinding the shuttle is not something I want to do more than a couple of times
<AKTATTER> no class march 31 april 7
<MarthaE> Georgia, you could do the folded rings if you want to for next Monday.
<AKTATTER> april we are having a April showers/ May flowers project
<AKTATTER> oh!
<NancyCarol> You'll be in Atlanta on 29-30th
<AKTATTER> can you be here for that one?
<AKTATTER> right nancy
<Winkerbill> 12oh, right, and I can't be there.  :-(
<mjb> What is folded rings
<NancyCarol> Can't be here next M onday - Book group at my house
<AKTATTER> bummer
<Winkerbill> 12I hope the site for teh workshop wasn't hit by the tornados that went through Atlanta last Friday.
<AKTATTER> that is something new for us maryjane
<LindaB> 10thank you everyone for your patterns
<skfuller> 04when is the showers and flowers?
<MarthaE> I don't know if I will be here or not, hard to tell till closer to it.
<AKTATTER> martha is going to teach us to do folded rings
<AKTATTER> ok well i'm came for it
<Winkerbill> 12next week?
<AKTATTER> game
<AKTATTER> yep march 24
<mjb> okay   thanks
<Winkerbill> 12cool, I am, too.  
<RuthPerry> sure, see ya next week then
<NancyCarol> Oh, I keep forgetting about the afternoon.  That would work on 24
<AKTATTER> ok thanks martha for saving the class
<Marie> 06Good
<jenny> 10sounds good
<AKTATTER> three weeks without pattern gosh we
<Angie> 02c
<AKTATTER> migth go into withdrawal
<LindaB> 10but we can always come and chat.....
<Tine> yes
<AKTATTER> yes the room is open 365/24/7
<Winkerbill> 12I'm glad the storms went away so Georgia could be here today.
<AKTATTER> ok then many thanks to all for sharing
<LindaB> 10if we get lonely.. *grin*
<AKTATTER> and for stopping by today
<LindaB> 10thank you Georgia!
<Bob> Thank you for having us
<NancyCarol> Might have to open up those many binders and look for so mething
<AKTATTER> this lesson repeats at 8:30pm ET tonight
<LindaB> 10bye all..Happy Tatting!
<Winkerbill> 12you know....it's harder to help someone do something online than it sounds....
<Tine> Thanks  Georgia
<AKTATTER> until then Happy Tatting all
<RuthPerry> Glad your computer is still going, Georgia.
<Marie> 06Bye all
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<Winkerbill> 12thanks Georgia
<AKTATTER> you are most welcome oh me too Ruth but I know that 
<Tine> THanks
<jenny> 10Bye see you next week
<skfuller> 04thanks georgia
<Winkerbill> 12Thanks Ruth.
<MarthaE> good bye
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<NancyCarol> Thanks Georgia, L Inda Ruth et al
<AKTATTER> by now
<mjb> thanks everybody
<Tine> Till next week
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Session Start: Mon Mar 17 19:34:12 2008
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<AKTATTER> Hello all
<Winkerbill> 06Hi Georgia!
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<Betty> 04Aktatter ....this is Betty finally made it !!!
<Marie> 06They did in Breenwood. That is where Sharren lives. 
<Marie> 06I did not see any
<AKTATTER> Betty that is great pull up a seat and get comfy
<Marie> 06GREENWOOD
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<Winkerbill> 10Our hail was pea-sized.  places all around us got golf-ball sized hail.
<Betty> 04ok 
<Winkerbill> 10Greenwood...isn't that near the SC/GA border?  sort of....?
<Marie> 06There was baseball size in the upstate
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<Winkerbill> 10Wow!  WOuldn't want to be outside and get hit by some of THOSE!
<Tatter> 12Modem problems. Next time I'll use the dial up
<CarolynG> WE are suppose to get snow tonight.  I'm hoping it's just rain.
<Marie> 06Greenwood is going toward center off state from Anderson
<Winkerbill> 10SNOW?  Where are YOU???
<StitchingSharon> 07Hello everyone
<AKTATTER> snow! that's a four letter word in my book
<CarolynG> Frostburg, Md.  in the mountains.
<Winkerbill> 10ok, maybe it was a different city I was thinking then....
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<AKTATTER> we had thunder storms and tiny hail this afternoon
<Winkerbill> 10Frostburg, well, I guess you can expect snow then, right?  ;-)
<Marie> 06I must be late. Many are already here
<CarolynG> I can deal with the little we'll get now.  the ground is thawing so it won't stick.
<Betty> 04Sunny and beautiful saw a cherry tree blosemed out in Knoxville today !
<Tatter> 12Hope it is nice for hector
<AKTATTER> first 10 minutes are open chat marie no worries
<AKTATTER> me too 'cause I'm driving this year
<Marie> 06Last year Hector had snow, I think
<CarolynG> I'm expecting hector to be about like Frostburg.
<AKTATTER> some got snowed in
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<MarthaE> 12Who is coming to Hector this year?
<CarolynG> G where are you staying in Hector?
<Betty> 04Hey Stitching sharon
<AKTATTER> <<
<Becky-S> May I ask what is or where is Hector?
<AKTATTER> at a friends house in Arkport
<AKTATTER> Finger Lakes TAtting Guild 10th Anniversay Lace Days
<Marie> 06Not me :--9
<AKTATTER> April 5-6
<sherong> 12Snowed Monday last year I heard
<Marie> 06That was supposed to be a sad face
<Winkerbill> 10I thought you were sticking your tongue out!
<sherong> 12I'm in your Unicorn class Martha
<MarthaE> 12Still hard to believe I'm going
<MarthaE> 12Great Sheron, see you there
<CarolynG> I didn't make it into Martha's class.
<Marie> 06I wanted to go so badly!
<AKTATTER> boy I didn't even get into any class
<Betty> 04what is the pattern tonight ??
<AKTATTER> the rules were tough with so many coming this year limited facilities and all
<Winkerbill> 10aren't you teaching there?
<sherong> 12You can come and sit in my second session if you want
<AKTATTER> yes! I am
<MarthaE> 12I think Karey will have a booklet of all the Saturday class patterns
<sherong> 12I won't tell
<AKTATTER> thanks Sheron
<Winkerbill> 10so you got in YOUR OWN class, then....   ;-)
<AKTATTER> yep if I can my second page turned in tonight lol
<Marie> 06Maybe they will have to expand the facilities next year. So many want to go.
<AKTATTER> oh well ok I got the Sat. classes you're right
<AKTATTER> ok March 17 pm session begins now
<AKTATTER> PLEASE SIGN IN
<AKTATTER> GEORGIA SEITZ AKTATTER@AOL.COM GREENUP IL USA
<CarolynG> Carolyn Groves, Frostburg, Md.  mdtatter@yahoo.com
<Winkerbill> 10Stephanie in N. Georgia, drinking GREEN tea in honor of St. Patrick's Day
<AKTATTER> BETTY THESE ARE THE LINKS FOR TONIGHT
<AKTATTER> http://www.be-stitched.com/files/angel.pdf
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthpblocktategg.pdf
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/lindadaviesatqscallopblocktat.pdf
<sherong> 12Sheron Goldin, sherongb@yahoo.com Columbia, SC
<Marie> 06Marie Smith Anderson SC tattingwithmarie at yahoo
<StitchingSharon> 07Sharon Fawns Hillsboro kentucky USA  stitchingsharon@hughes.net
<AKTATTER> DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE LESSON LINKS AT
<MarthaE> 12Martha Ess Greensboro NC essm#bellsouth.net
<Betty> 04Betty Mcdermott ntmatt2540@msn.com
<Billie> Billie Kariher-Dyer, Los Angeles and my kitchen
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com THEN SCROLL DOWN TO
<Marie> 06Still using a green shuttle here.
<AKTATTER> THE 2008 INDEX http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/2008index.html
<Becky-S> Becky Karr beckycer@verizon.net from Ossian IN
<Billie> ooops silverheron@sbcglobal.net
<AKTATTER> i STILL GOT MY SHAMROCK SOCKS ON TONIGHT SO MAYBE THOSE THUNDER STORMS WON'T COME BACK
<AKTATTER> OK
<Winkerbill> 10well, yeah, and I'm still using my green shuttle, too....
<AKTATTER> FIRST OKK THANKS AGAIN TO MARTHA ESS FOR THE GREAT
<AKTATTER> POT O GOLD AND RAINBOW FROM LAST WEEK
<AKTATTER> MARTHA HAS A NEW BOOK OUT TOO
<AKTATTER> SHE IS BRINGING IT TO HECTOR
<Winkerbill> 10yes, it's really cute.
<StitchingSharon> 07I worked last night, so never had a chance to dig out the green stuff.
<AKTATTER> BUT YOU CAN ALSO GET IN ONLINE
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<sherong> 12Did you get to afternoon class AK?
<AKTATTER> MARTHA PLEASE LINK US TO THE SITE
<AKTATTER> YEP I MADE IT SHERON
<MarthaE> 12http://home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-tatsamore
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<AKTATTER> WELCOME CYNTHIS PLEASE SING IN
<AKTATTER> FIRST OFF LET'S LOOK AT THE ANGEL
<MarthaE> 12printing now, should be mailing books this weekend
<AKTATTER> POSTED BY NANCY OF BE-STITCHED
<AKTATTER> BE SURE TO GET SIGN UP FOR HER NEWSLETTER
<AKTATTER> YOU GET A FREE PATTERN EVERY MONTH
<Cynthia> Cynthia Stevenson, Stillwater Oklahoma, tattingalong at yahoo dot com
<AKTATTER> http://www.be-stitched.com/files/angel.pdf
<AKTATTER> I BRING THIS ANGEL TO YOUR ATTENTION
<AKTATTER> BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUAL USAGE 
<AKTATTER> OF THE DOUBLED PICOY
<AKTATTER> PICOT
<AKTATTER> SEE THEY ARE USED FOR THE WINGS ON THE ANGEL?
<AKTATTER> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PICOTS SEE
<AKTATTER> http://www.susansplanet.bravehost.com/KatrinaSnowflake.htm 
<AKTATTER> AND SE THE GREAT DIAGRAMS BY mARK mYERS AT
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes2001/picots/doublepicot.html
<AKTATTER> IS THE DOUBLE PICOT NEW TO ANY ONE TONIGHT?
<Becky-S> Yes
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<AKTATTER> BECKY THE DOUBLED PICOT IS A LARGER PICOT THAN NORMAL
<Katie> Hi, folks.  Sorry, I'm late.
<AKTATTER> AFTER ADDING A FEW DS TO THE RING/CHAIN
<AKTATTER> YOU JOIN BACK TO THAT SAME PICOT
<AKTATTER> AFTER THE RING/CHAIN IS FINISHED
<AKTATTER> YOU CAN PULL ON OTHER SIDE OF THE PICOT
<Winkerbill> 10Do you just do a "normal" join ?
<AKTATTER> TO ADJUST THE CURVE OR BENDOF THE PICOT
<AKTATTER> YES STEPH REGULAR JOIN
<Winkerbill> 10thanks.
<AKTATTER> WE USE THE SMAE METHOD ALSO TO MAKE DIMPLED HEART RINGS
<AKTATTER> THERE JOINING AFTER JUST A FEW DS TO MAKE A TIGHT JOIN
<AKTATTER> IWTH THE DOUBLE PICOT YOU ADD MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE PICOT AND THE JOIN
<Winkerbill> 10any tips for closing those rings easily?
<AKTATTER> OK BECKY?
<Winkerbill> 10the dimpled ones, I mean
<Becky-S> OK
<sherong> 12And the picot is loooooonger
<AKTATTER> KEEP TENSION ON THE CLEAVAGE OF THE HEART WHEN CLOSING
<sherong> 12Dimpled? work ds looser between picot and join
<AKTATTER> BECKY YOU CAN ALSO ADD REGULAR PICOTS AFTER THE LARGE PICOT
<Winkerbill> 10ahhhh...ok, i'll try that on the next one.
<AKTATTER> AND THEN THE DOUBLED PICOT BENDS OVER THE LITTLE PICOTS
<CarolynG> I find that keeping the stitches under my thumb and finger helps smooth them out.
<AKTATTER> LIKE A MOTHER HEN OVER HER CHICKS
<sherong> 12Triple piicot
<StitchingSharon> 07something else to practice
<Cynthia> definately
<AKTATTER> OK YOU CAN TAKE IT ONE STEP FARTHER
<CarolynG> good grief, sherong!  That would be one huge initial picot!
<AKTATTER> AFTER THE LONG DOULBE PICOT IS JOINED
<AKTATTER> TAT ON THEN JOIN TO IT AGAIN
<AKTATTER> IT WILL LOOK LIKE HUMP BACKED WHALES SURFACING
<AKTATTER> BY PULLING UP ONTHE INNER LEG OF THE PICOT YOU CAN ADJUST THE LENGTH OF ANY SEGMENT
<sherong> 12Or do a double within a double
<Winkerbill> 10and a normal one within the double within a double....   ;-)
<AKTATTER> OHHH NOW I'VE LOST COUNT!
<Winkerbill> 105
<AKTATTER> OK ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANGEL PATTERN?
<Marie> 06Steph, your angel is going to have some more wings
<AKTATTER> IF YOU TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN
<sherong> 125
<AKTATTER> MAEK MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS ON THE BOTTOM
<AKTATTER> MAKE FEWER PICOTS ON THE HEAD RING
<AKTATTER> I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A BUTTERFLY
<Betty> 04I love that angel!!!!!
<AKTATTER> SAY
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<AKTATTER> COULDN'T WE MAKE A WHOLE BUTTERFLY OUT OF ONE RING WITH DOUBLED PICOTS?
<Cynthia> a angelicbutterfly!!
<AKTATTER> 4 OF THEM?
<AKTATTER> WELCOME TATTER PLEASE SIGN IN
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<AKTATTER> PAULE SO NICE TO SEE YOU
<Marie> 06Put small JR's on the head
<sherong> 12But then it's a tail ring?
<AKTATTER> LOL YEP
<Paule> Allo Georgia and everyone
<Winkerbill> 10bonsoir Paule
<Paule> Bonsoir
<Cynthia> Hi Paule
<AKTATTER> OK NOW LET'S LOOK AT RUTH'S EASTER EGG
<sherong> 12hi Paulie
<Marie> 06Hi Paule
<Paule> Hey sherong
<AKTATTER> WITH THE FAUX BLOCK TATTED RICK RACK
<Betty> 04easter egg??
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthpblocktategg.pdf
<Cynthia> adorable
<sherong> 12It's that time also
<AKTATTER> LAST TIME RUTH SHARED HER IDEA
<AKTATTER> FOR FAUX RICK RACK
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthpblocktattedrickrack.pdf 
<AKTATTER> AND WE SAW THE PHOTO LST WEEK TOO
<AKTATTER> NOW THE PATTERN IS POSTED
<AKTATTER> RUTH DEFINED THE EGG SHAPE
<AKTATTER> WITH A LINEOF SPLIT RINGS
<AKTATTER> IS THE SPLIT RING NEW TO ANYONE TONIGHT?
<Marie> 06Surely looks like block tatting 
<Becky-S> Yes
<Betty> 04Oh my the egg!! how cute
<AKTATTER> IT WOUL DBE GREAT IN A GREETING CARD
<AKTATTER> OK IF YOU NEED TO REVIEW THE BASICS OF SPLIT RING TATTING
<Betty> 04now I am happy to say I know the split ring remember last year I almost pulled out my hair learning it 
<Cynthia> or on a table as a gift for Easter Morning
<Marie> 06Georgia can you show my rings later?
<AKTATTER> PLEASE SEE JANE'S GREAT DEAD SPIDER DIAGRAMS
<AKTATTER> http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nickeb/SplitRings.htm
<AKTATTER> ...PAUSE...
<Cynthia> Split rings can be fun once you've mastered the technique.
<Winkerbill> 10i love makign split rings.
<Becky-S> are there videos how to make the split ring?
<MarthaE> 12 split rings let you do great shapes
<StitchingSharon> 07same here-- once I figured out how to keep from flipping stitches on the second part
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<MarthaE> 12Does Sharon Briggs have split ring in her set of videos?
<AKTATTER> GIVE IT JUST A MINUTE TO LOAD MARIE
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<Cynthia> how long did it take us to learn the flip and now we intentionally don't--can be a challenge
<AKTATTER> MARIE, MADE THE SWEETEST BLCOK TATTED RINGS
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<AKTATTER> BUT MARIE, I DID NOT MENTION THEM
<AKTATTER> BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
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<Tatter> 12I give up on the highspeed
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<AKTATTER> BUT I THINK THEY ARE GREAT AND I AM GLAD YOU WANT TO SHARE THEM
<sherong> 12Going back to the backup dialup for the rest of the class
<AKTATTER> SHARON BRIGGS VIDEO FOR SPLIT RINGS
<AKTATTER> http://www.tattedlace.com/
<AKTATTER> MARIE WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THE CLASS ABOUT THE RINGS
<AKTATTER> HOW YOU MADE THEM WHILE THEY ARE LOADING?
<AKTATTER> TO KEEP FROM BEING BOUNCED KEEP TYPING K OR YES OR ANYTHING
<Marie> 06They were to look like wide wedding bands
<Cynthia> 13c
<sherong> 12NO the modem disconected, not an ISP problem 
<Marie> 06I used Jane's block tatted braid
<AKTATTER> ONE IS LOADED
<Becky-S> k
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/mariesmithblocktatring3.jpg
<AKTATTER> and another
<AKTATTER>  http://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/mariesmithblocktatring.jpg
<Winkerbill> 10oh, "rings," ....not "rings."
<Marie> 06They are made with DMC Metallic Floss in the skein form
<AKTATTER> they are large files be patient
<Winkerbill> 10oh Marie, they're gorgeons!
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/mariesmithblocktat2goldring.jpg
<AKTATTER> hopethere are no typoes tonight
<Cynthia> 13beautiful rings
<Marie> 06Thank you.
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<Winkerbill> 10were these for an anniversary celebration?
<Katie> Hi, Ruth!
<Winkerbill> 10Hi Ruth!
<AKTATTER> jane's braid http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nickeb/braid.htm
<AKTATTER> has everyone seen the rings now?
<StitchingSharon> 07lovely rings
<Marie> 06Yes my brother and SIL's 16th anniversary
<Winkerbill> 10they're fantastic!  
<Cynthia> 13That inspires me for our 36th coming up
<Winkerbill> 10they'd be great for a 50th anniversary....or a 25th in silver
<MarthaE> 12Very nice, Marie
<Cynthia> 13definately lots of possibilities!
<AKTATTER> well bling is good for all occasions
<Marie> 06Thank you.
<AKTATTER> thanks for sharing that with us marie
<Winkerbill> 10definitely!
<Marie> 06You are very welcome
<Cynthia> 13yes thank you :)
<AKTATTER> marie were there 5 ds across each row?
<Becky-S> d
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<AKTATTER> welcome tatter
<AKTATTER> ok back to the egg
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<Winkerbill> 10Hi Wally!
<Wally> Hi everyone
<sherong> 12Hi Wally
<Marie> 06The smaller had 3 ds after the vsp.
<AKTATTER> which came first the egg or the tatting?
<AKTATTER> thanks Marie
<Marie> 06The larger had 4 after the vsp
<AKTATTER> ok in this faux block tatted rick rack by ruth
<AKTATTER> oh hey ruth
<Cynthia> 13tatting or egg....cute
<AKTATTER> Ruth based in upon the zig zag chain
<Marie> 06I used the whole thickness of the floss. I think it is maybe 12 ply
<AKTATTER> http://www.tat-man.net/howto/zigzagtat.
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<Winkerbill> 10wb Wally
<AKTATTER> http://www.tat-man.net/howto/zigzagtat.html
<Wally> 05I;m using sister's laptop and is driving me crazy.  The settings are different
<sherong> 12Bungie cords being passed around, take one and pass the rest on
<AKTATTER> gosh they are dropping like hailstorms in a tornadoe!~
<sherong> 12No that was yesterday
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<AKTATTER> ok seat belts fastened?
<Marie> 06There were 9 tornados in SC
<Wally> 05velcro's on
<AKTATTER> Then Ruth at the end of th zig zag chain what did yo udo?
<Marie> 063 in the upstate
<Cynthia> 13super glue too
<AKTATTER> one is too many
<Tatter> hi ;; i finally made it in ;; 1st time in Class ;; sorry for interrupting convo .....
<AKTATTER> welcome tatter
<AKTATTER> to change your name just type /nick yourname
<Cynthia> 13 I hope the tornadoes were not too devestating
<Tatter> how do i create my Name ?
<Tatter> vs " tatter "
<AKTATTER> we are discussing the easter egg by Ruth Perry
<Marie> 06One was a EF3. Caused a lot of damage
<AKTATTER> type /nick yourname
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthpblocktategg.pdf
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<sherong> 12Atlanta got it bad also
<AKTATTER> daniela welcome indeed
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<AKTATTER> Class Daniela Laws has been in the throes of her first original pattern
<Daniela> lol , geaorgia  ;)
<Marie> 06Hi Daniela
<AKTATTER> a 3-d Christmas tree
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<AKTATTER> i can't wait to see it when it is done
<Daniela> w/ 4 shuttles !!!!
<AKTATTER> whoa 4!
<Daniela> lol
<Wally> 05Oh!  a multi shuttle pattern!  love them!!!
<Betty> 04oh my !!! 4??
<TatPat1> Sorry I'm late, almost forgot class.
<MarthaE> 12With 4 shuttles, it's got to be good
<StitchingSharon> 074 shuttles?
<Marie> 06Sounds challanging
<AKTATTER> glad you made it 
<AKTATTER> late comers sign i nwith name and hometown
<TatPat1> Patsy A. Goodman, Chula Vista, CA, 
<sherong> 12Sounds like fun
<Daniela> ya ;; b4 i present discussion on my design ;;; ya'll go buy halfa doz shuttles ! ;)
<TatPat1> USA karpap@cox.net
<AKTATTER> i guess ruth got lost in the shuffle
<Wally> 05Oops, forgot to sign.
<AKTATTER> at the end of the zig zag chain
<Wally> 05Wally Sosa, Puerto Rico needledreams@yahoo.com
<AKTATTER> ruth tatted BACK ALONG IT JOINING
<sherong> 12Anyone here have less than 4 shuttles????
<TatPat1> Patsy A. Goodman, Chula Vista, CA, USA. karpap@cox.net
<StitchingSharon> 07how did we get from 4 shuttes to 6?
<AKTATTER> EARLIER SHE MENTIONED WE MIGHT WANT TO USE
<Cynthia> 13some of us went to DST abd sine didn't--it might be an idea to indicate that on the klesson
<AKTATTER> SPLACE HOLDERS TO KEEP A SPOT ON THE ZIG ZAG CHAIN FOR JOINING
<sherong> 12Ruth's pattern is not 4 shuttles
<Daniela> well , i bought the cheap plastic shuttles from Herrschners.copm ;; turn out to be susan bates , n i love em
<Cynthia> 13No but it is pretty
<sherong> 12dani's pattern is
<AKTATTER> IN RUTH'S EGG ONLY 2 SHUTTLES ARE NEEDED
<sherong> 12Ruth
<sherong> 12Ruths
<AKTATTER> NOTE THAT RUTH MENTIONS TO WIND THEM CTM
<AKTATTER> CONTINUOUS THREAD METHOD
<sherong> 12Ruth's pattern has segments listed
<AKTATTER> IS THAT NEW TO ANYONE TONIGHT?
<Marie> 06Are you the geek Dani?
<Becky-S> What do you mean by segments?
<Daniela> cant tie mine CTM ;;; 4 colors are used ;; tie threads together , b4 each Round
<sherong> 12If she is she'll get more at Hector
<sherong> 12Look at the patern
<sherong> 12labeled 1 through 7
<sherong> 12Shows which part is worked when
<Daniela> geek ? me ? lol ... i think not !
<sherong> 12Daniela: Look at Jane Eboralls page and see if starting without a knot wil work
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<sherong> 12Start a ring and separate chain without a know
<sherong> 12knot
<sherong> 12There is a Dani the geek on one of the lists
<AKTATTER> SHERON MEANT THAT THE ORDER OF WORKING IN NOTED ON THE PHOTO OPF THE LACE
<StitchingSharon> 07On the zigzag, does she go all the way across, then back to starting and across again?
<Tatter> Hello everybody
<sherong> 12Was wondering if you were she
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<AKTATTER> USUALLY IT IS THE EASIEST WAY BUT YOU CAN START WHERE YOU WANT
<Daniela> well , when i do the chains , im wrapping thread around 3 other colors ;;; does add body ... good , cos it's a stand-up 3-d xmas tree design
<sherong> 12Hi Sherry
<celticdreamweaver> Ah AK you did make it 
<MarthaE> 12Hi Sherry
<celticdreamweaver> storm must be gone now huh
<AKTATTER> YES SHARON SHE DOE STHE ZIG ZAH FIRST THEN REGULAR CHAINS ON BOTH SIDES
<celticdreamweaver> Hi Martha
<AKTATTER> JOINING TO TH EZIG ZAG
<Marie> 06Hi Sherry
<AKTATTER> WELCOME SHERRY GLAD YOU ARE HERE
<sherong> 12Have you tried putting the thread on a double bobbin shuttle?
<celticdreamweaver> I have been here the past few weeks actually
<StitchingSharon> 07the center part is second?
<sherong> 12Tack a third bobbin on top?
<celticdreamweaver> I was the bad girl in the corner that didn't change her name tatter to her nickname
<StitchingSharon> 07bottom most row, then middle, then topmost? then go to split rings?
<AKTATTER> 1 = THE THREE LINES OF CHAINS
<Daniela> i alternate which color iuse , of the 3 i am wrapping around , at different stage ;;; so , i dont think a double bobbin shuttle would work
<AKTATTER> WHICH ENDS AT 2
<AKTATTER> 2 BEGINS THE SPLIT RINGS
<sherong> 12Try a Pelc and swap out the bobbins
<celticdreamweaver> Hey Ruth are you coming to Hector?
<AKTATTER> RUTH HAS GONE SILENT MUST BE A STORM
<celticdreamweaver> oh no
<AKTATTER> OK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EGG??
<sherong> 12Ruth said she was going but not teaching
<celticdreamweaver> ah
<celticdreamweaver> YOu are coming right AK
<AKTATTER> OK LET'S LOOK AT THE ANTIQUE EDGING 
<sherong> 12Her neice is teahig
<AKTATTER> YEP ILL BE THERE
<sherong> 12teaching
<AKTATTER> IT IS BY LINDA DAVIES
<celticdreamweaver> I knew her neice was teaching
<AKTATTER> YOU WILL RECALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CORONATION CORD
<AKTATTER> AND HOW WE MIGHT REPLACE IT WITH BLOCK TATTING
<AKTATTER> WELL LINDA WENT FURTHER
<AKTATTER> AND REPLACE THE CROCHETED PART WITH BLOCK TATTING
<AKTATTER> TO GREAT EFFECT
<AKTATTER> IN THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/~sherong/coronationcordbook/page4.gif
<AKTATTER> WE LOOKED AT THAT PAGE
<AKTATTER> AND THIS
<AKTATTER> IS HOW LINDA MODERNIZED IT
<AKTATTER> http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/lindadaviesatqscallopblocktat.pdf
<celticdreamweaver> Hey Wally...I read you are back in our hemisphere
<AKTATTER> THIS IS TRUE BLOCK TATTING
<AKTATTER> IN THE UPPER ROW
<AKTATTER> THE BLOCKS HAVE 3 ROWS
<Wally> 05Yep, trying to get use the the time zone here
<AKTATTER> REMEMBER THAT IN BLOCK TATTING
<Cynthia> 13very nice  
<AKTATTER> EVEN NUMBER OF ROWS GOES FROM A TO A
<AKTATTER> ODD NUMBER OF ROWS GOES FROM A TO B
<AKTATTER> WHICH IS WANT YOU WANT TO PROGRESS FORWARD
<Wally> 05those are lovely!  i came with a flower and a bookmark on the plane but I need to write everything down
<AKTATTER> CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM WALLY
<AKTATTER> NOW LINDS ALSO MENTIONED
<AKTATTER> HTAT THE CENTE PART WITH ALL THE LARGE RINGS
<AKTATTER> WERE CREATED WITH SELF CLOSING MOCK RINGS SCMR
<AKTATTER> http://www.geocities.com/GR8shuttles/scmrinstr.html
<AKTATTER> CAN YO GUESS WHY?
<Daniela> duh ;; not me
<StitchingSharon> 07no
<AKTATTER> LARGER RINGS ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN CLOSING
<Marie> 06I know. I was at the earlier class
<Wally> 05for the closing
<AKTATTER> THEY OFTEN TEND TO TWIST
<AKTATTER> THE DS ROTATE ON THE CORE THREAD
<Daniela> yes!
<AKTATTER> OK FOR YOU MARIE
<Wally> 05that's the best for huge rings
<AKTATTER> HODLING BOTH FIRST AND LAST DS WHEN CLOSING CAN HELP
<AKTATTER> BUT THE SCMR MAKES GREAT SENSE HERE
<Wally> 05also a scmr gives a nicer teardrop shape
<AKTATTER> TRUW
<AKTATTER> TRUW
<AKTATTER> AH SHUCKS
<Daniela> i place my fingers around as many of the ds' as possible ,when closing any ring
<AKTATTER> TRUE
<Winkerbill> 10hehehehee
<AKTATTER> THAT HELPS
<Wally> 05:)
<AKTATTER> LINDA'S LAST ROW
<AKTATTER> HAS BLOCK WITH 5 ROWS
<AKTATTER> THIS IS VERY ATRACTIVE IN ONE COLOR
<AKTATTER> BUT TAKE A LOOK
<Winkerbill> 10I find large rings get sort of lumpy looking sometimes.
<AKTATTER> AT ELAINE EASTEP'S EASTER EGGS
<AKTATTER> htto://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/elianeeblktategg6.jpg
<MarthaE> 12k
<AKTATTER> and
<AKTATTER> htto://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/elianeeblktategg7.jpg
<Becky-S> s
<AKTATTER> the two color work is really great too
<AKTATTER> any questions on the edging??
<Daniela> brb ;;
<AKTATTER> ??
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<AKTATTER> many thanks to ruth and linda AND NANCY FOR SHARING THEIR WORK ONLINE
<Cynthia> 13no I like the tatted better than the coronation cord model
<AKTATTER> NEXT WEEK MARTHA WILL BE SHARING THE HOW TO ON TATTING FOLDED RINGS!
<AKTATTER> AND RUTH PROMISES AN EXPLANATION OF THE DOUBLE CORE MENTIONED IN CLASS THIS AFTERNOON
<Wally> 05folded rings?
<celticdreamweaver> Yeah Martha
<Cynthia> 13awesomr.  I can hardly wait
<AKTATTER> WELL CYNTHIA WE ARE PREJUDICED IN FAVOR OF TATTING I GUESS
<Cynthia> 13make that awesome
<AKTATTER> PLEASE NOTE
<MarthaE> 12It was one of my classes at Palmetto last year
<Winkerbill> 10I tried what it SOUNDED like she was doing with the double thingie....ended up with set stitch - 2 in each set.
<AKTATTER> NO CLASS MARCH 31 AND APRIL 7
<Winkerbill> 10I don't think that's what she meant, though.
<Wally> 05ah.  will have to check the patterns
<AKTATTER> WE HVE NOT DONE A LESSON ON FOLDED RINGS YET
<AKTATTER> OK LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS??
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<AKTATTER> ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
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<Becky-S> Where did you go when everyone was looking at a egg or video
<TatPat1> Hope every one has a lovely Easter.
<AKTATTER> WHEN I TYPE A LINK BECKY
<AKTATTER> SUCH AS
<AKTATTER> htto://www.georgiaseitz.com/homework/elianeeblktategg6.jpg
<Cynthia> 13Have a safe and happy Easter
<AKTATTER> YOU COPY THAT INTO YOUR BROWSER WINDOW
<AKTATTER> AND GO VISIT THAT WEB PAGE 
<AKTATTER> BEFORE CLASS YOU CAN VISIT THE LESSON PAGES AND PRINT THEM OFF
<Marie> 06Should be http://
<AKTATTER> START A NOTEBOOK
<AKTATTER> RIGHT THANKS
<Winkerbill> 10suddenly the double-click thing on the link isn't working for me.  
<AKTATTER> AND WATCH OUT FOR MY BAD TYPING
<Winkerbill> 10OHhhhh...didn't catch that....
<Cynthia> 13Get a BIG notebook as it will fill up fast
<AKTATTER> IT DOESN'S ALWAYS WORK FOR ME EITHER
<sherong> 12You're not the only one, did it earlierm not now
<AKTATTER> SO I OPEN A SECOND BROWSER WINDOW TO USE
<Becky-S> Ok thanks all of this is new to me
<AKTATTER>  DON'T GET DUMPED OUT OF CLASS THAT WYA
<AKTATTER> JUST EMAIL ME BECKY IF YOU HAVE QUESTONS?
<Becky-S> thanks
<AKTATTER> LAST CALL?
<AKTATTER> MANY THANKS TO ALL FOR SHARING AND 
<AKTATTER> THANK YO UFOR STOPPING BY
<AKTATTER> SEE YOU ALL HERE NEXT WEEK
<AKTATTER> THE LOG WILL BE POSTED IN A FEW MINUTES
<Marie> 06Enjoyed the class everyone.
<Winkerbill> 10Thanks to Georgia, Ruth, and Linda....
<AKTATTER> GOOD NIGHT AND HAPPY TATTING!
<Dani> im glad i finally figured out how to get into here ;;; couldnttill tonight
<Billie> Good Night Everyone!
<AKTATTER> COME AGAIN DANI
<AKTATTER> NIGHTERS
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