All Spillin' Out!

It's amazing I have such a load (uhm, bag) of thread leftovers from tatting. The lengths range from approximately one yard to a few. Out of habit, I would pick up the tabs from bread loaf packagings and wind the bits up mindless, then drop them into a ziplock bag. Lo and behold, I now have over a hundred of them. No, I didn't count them, and they are spilling out!

Last night, we had the usual monthly ATC session at the library. Our organiser introduced a technique of winding thread on thick paper. So I took out my bag of leftovers. You can get a glimpse of our ATC activity here.

Below are my attempts at winding up the threads (with some creativity and oh, you need to focus) on corrugated material (recycled from boxes). Nice fun.

Finds In Hong Kong

Took a short trip to Hong Kong two weeks ago to visit my sister and to have a little break from work. Did loads of errands for family but didn't forget to catch up with Lynn Poling, one of our very own tatters who's assisting as admin to the InTatters forum. Met her there for the first time about four years ago when I visited and we had a lovely chat over coffee. Did the same thing again this time (but oh dear, we didn't even take a picture!). When Lynn heard that I was going over, she offered to take me to check out a thread that she found in a tiny shop in Mong Kok, Kowloon. She's such a darling.

Each of these cost HK$110 (~US$13.40).

The brand's Kimono and it seems to have been made in Korea (that's what it says on the blue thread label) but the variegated black says it's made in India (on the back of the label). Strange, but it could be true because I tatted with both these threads and they feel totally different. The blue feels sturdier whilst the variegated black feels softer. Will show you the products in the next post.

Then I asked Lynn to take me to Yu Chao Kai in Sum Shui Bo, one subway station down from Mong Kok station. There's a street that supposedly has all the bead shops. We walked into five, I think, and browsed, mostly. Of course we would have loved to bring home the shops but we said we only wanted to look-see, and we kept our promise. LOL I didn't come home empty handed though.

Some charms and earring "filigree" parts...

Lynn and I parted with a hug and exchanged a little something. I gave her the Fandango bookmark and she gave me this cross tatted in Lisbeth thread. It was a fabulous meeting and we had fun.