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I'm a procrastinator (I was working on this in April!), but at least I finished my state fair project in time to have it registered for judging.

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I really want to try tatting. Thanks for posting this! This community was getting a tad sluggish. Good luck at fair!

Yeah, we do slow down rather often. I suspect it's because so many of us are into multiple crafts. :) I know my focus has been on my knitting lately since it's rather new to me. Heh. Once I get this %$#& sweater done, maybe I can get back to my tatting.

Of course, if you're looking for lots of tatting talk, you can always sign up for one of the many email lists. Yahoo Groups has several, plus etatters.com stays pretty busy. :)

Oh yeah. When I should've been working on this I was knitting yet another bag to sell.

Oh thanks! If I get around to starting up tatting I'll definitely look into that! :) I'm definitely one of the multiple artistic projects going on at once kinda gal so I can see why it's so quiet in here..

If you need any help at all, feel free to post. There are several folks willing to help newbies here! (Including myself.)

Oh thanks! Come fall and winter when I do more than just knitting in the fiber realm I'll definitely post looking to get going. :)

Thanks!

That's lovely!! Good luck at fair!

Thanks!

I had to do something different like this - MN State Fair actually doesn't allow tatted doilies to be entered in anything! They allow placemats and table runners and etc, ornaments, "clothing accessories", and the "other" lot, which I will be entering.

That's so bizarre!

I don't know why, but perhaps most people would enter doilies if they could, and doilies are so common that they want to take away the ease of picking a random doily and making that, and perhaps making the same doily as someone else.

I suppose that does make sense... But do they allow doilies of other types (crochet, knitting, etc)?

They don't have lots for crochet or knit doilies, though they do have "other" lots under both crochet and knitting. I suppose the same fule might apply to them as well.

Yep. Sounds like. Interesting. Although the MS State Fair doesn't have that rule, I don't think I've seen 2 people do the same doily (or bookmark, ornament, etc.) more than once or twice.

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