Saturday, January 23, 2010

Remembering Mary Konior

 Although I have been a citizen of Tat-land for just over a year, and  my shuttles are newish, I have all of Mary Konior's books.  I was influenced by her work from the start and have read those books over and over again.  Such a wellspring of inspiration.


With her life in my mind, I tatted up one of her patterns using Yarnplayer's Garden Afternoon and Cébélia #20 in green. Her considerable talent may have been in my thoughts, but there was a sorry lack of proficiency  in my fingers! There was a lot of retro-tatting, cursing, missed beads and foul language - you know what I mean!

The end result looks pretty, but is full of errors and alas, lacks finesse.  All of that aside, the design is so very lovely; so ... Mary Konior,

Anon,
Posted by Fox at 12:27 PM

10 Comments:

  1. I feel the same way. I feel the Tatting world will miss Mary. Like you I have her books and don't feel I really do justice to the patterns like I should. But it gives us something to strive for! Your motiffs look great to me. Loverly colors.
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  2. Beautiful pattern and thread. I think it looks lovely!
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  3. This is a beautiful pattern and the thread is perfect!
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  4. You've done justice to Mary Konior's memory with these beautiful motifs. Thanks for this touching post.
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  5. You've chosen a vibrant combination of colours, very pleasing to the eye.
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  6. Thank you for participating in Mary's Memorial, Fox. I know what you mean. Some of her patterns look so simple but are so intricate when one begins tatting. You did a lovely job. Your friend, Bev
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  7. The colours are lovely and you did a great job with the pattern!!!!!
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  8. I agree with the others, a touching tribute.
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  9. Tatting one of Mary's patterns is the best way to remember her.
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  10. Hi Fox!
    I think your tribute piece is very pretty! The colors are so vibrant and are a great choice for one of Mary Konior's deceptively simple looking patterns. Her patterns are so streamlined that they appear easy when in fact I think they may be harder because I have found there is no place to hide. I've had a couple unsuccessful runs - so short they weren't even worth posting about.

    The one piece I have made (you know the one) is the first piece of tatting I have done that my teenage daughter really liked. She thought it was pretty and said she got why I liked tatting, finally. I don't think it was because I tatted it well or even the color - I know it was solely because of the beauty of Mary Konior's pattern - so simple, so elegant, so perfect...
    :) Ann
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