When a project is finished I have three choices for thread left on a shuttle: 1. Figure out something to tat with it until it’s gone; 2. Leave it on the shuttle and use another shuttle for the next project; or 3. Unwind it, putting the thread on a card or bobbin.
Of these choices, I like to do #1 the most, #2 if I’m lazy and have other shuttles available, and #3 only if I have to. With the left-over thread from the goat, I chose to do #1.
The doodles I did in Lizbeth River Blue Dark in size 10 to finish off the thread from the shuttles.
Normally, any doodles I do from thread ends are put in a jar. When I want to add a little something to a letter or note I can usually find something in this jar that works. This time, I added a couple of these doodles to the goat before I mailed it off.
I like how this turned out. I hope my message therapist likes it, too.
This post was supposed to go up last week, but I didn’t do something quite right. We were on vacation last week and I didn’t check to make sure if it posted or not. The good news is I have pictures to share next week!
“A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge – out of fairness to goats.“
I love your idea of keeping doodles to include in notes. I think I’ll give it a try! The goat is adorable!
I use up my thread the same way you do only I have a bag to keep them in, pieces of thread not long enough but too long to throw away are kept in another bag, used often to hang a snowflake or something. Like you sometime I leave the thread on the shuttle and use another one for something new, I think we must be twins in tatting.