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Marilee Rockley
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I hand dye thread, design tatting patterns, and explore different crafts. 💙 On Goimagine https://goimagine.com/marileestatting/
On Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/yarnplayer
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The amount of dye colors used in a batch of “Mardi Gras” hand dyed thread, currently in progress. I should finish it up today and hope to list the skeins in both my shops in a couple days. #handdyeing #handdyedthread #fiberarts
Jars of fiber reactive dye open in the colors I use for a batch of my hand dyed thread “Mardi Gras”. Many different shades of purple, green, and gold are blended to make the resulting thread colors richer. I always wear a face mask 😷 when working with open dye powder to avoid breathing in the chemicals.
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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More info about these tatted lace patterns is on my blog yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/2026/01/visi... #tatting #lacemaking #tattingjewelry
Necklace and earrings set in dark teal thread with green beads. The design is my own original pattern called “Vision”. Necklace and earrings set in light blue thread with yellow and blue beads. The design is my own original pattern called “Vision”.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/no... #protest #activism
NO U.S. Occupation In Venezuela
Trump keeps telling us that he’s going to stop endless wars and lower costs. Now, he’s spending taxpayer dollars to invade Venezuela, capture its President, Nicolás Maduro, and declare that the US wil...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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“One Small Candle” tatting pattern is available free! More info: yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/2025/12/one-... #tatting #shuttletatting #lacemaking #tattingpattern
Tatted lace in a design representing a small lit candle on a base, hanging as an ornament. The base is gold metallic thread, the candle white, and the flame is red in the example shown.
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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In the process of tatting “One Small Candle”, one of my own designs. Pattern is free! Look for it on here: yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/p/my-free-pa...
Tatted lace candle in progress, using gold metallic thread for the base and white thread for the candle, still unfinished. 2 tatting shuttles are attached and the project is held in hand.
December 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Kristi Noem must go!
Kristi Noem was an unqualified choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, and her time in office has confirmed it. As DHS Secretary, Noem has lied to Congress, denied well-documented deportat...
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December 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Clean Water Act at risk!
This Thursday, December 11, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act. The legislation weakens the Clean Water Act and makes it easier for industry to pollute lakes, rivers a...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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In process of tatting the bottom part of the Celtic Triangle necklace. My design, and yes, I still need to follow my own instructions to remember how to make it.
PDF download is
available on Goimagine and Etsy (links in bio). #tatting #celtictatting #fiberjewelry #workinprogress
#fiberarts
Tatting in progress making my own Celtic Triangle necklace. Beads are being slid into place from the thread on left hand. Written pattern is visible out of focus in the background. Blue and green tatting shuttles are resting temporarily on the paper.
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I’m tatting around a beaded crystal. Actually used all these methods in a previous project and I’m seeing if I can manage to do it again - taking notes this time. #tatting #beading
A 10mm yellow crystal with seed bead beading around it and a round of white tatting in progress. A green shuttle attached to a ball of size 20 Lizbeth thread is being used for the tatted lace.
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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UN Crisis Relief
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November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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New batch of “Knitty Gritty” hand dyed thread just added to both of my shops on Etsy and Goimagine. 🧶🎨 #handdyed
Hand dyed tatting/crochet cotton thread in skeins. Earth tones shading from olive green to browns and golden yellow.
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Tell Home Depot: Stop cooperating with ICE!
Home Depot locations have recently been the site of cruel ICE raids and roundups, targeting day laborers who are just trying to work. In August, Carlos Roberto Montoya, a native of Guatemala, was str...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Creative sculptures seen at the protest today. #indivisible #craftivism #activism
Statue of Liberty crying in horror, her torch of enlightenment hanging down at her side. Effigy of Trump sitting on a concrete fence with the words “Liar”, Dictator”, and Felon” taped over him.
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Weekly Power to the People Protest” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... #activism #indivisible
Weekly Power to the People Protest · Mobilize
Join us this week—and every week—as we gather to make our voices heard. Our weekly protest is a space for community, solidarity, and action. Together, we stand for justice, equality, and change, remin...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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My artwork in #tatting is displayed where now?!!!😲 www.artsy.net/artwork/mari... #fiberartist
Marilee Rockley | Leaves of Lace Garland (2024) | Available for Sale | Artsy
Available for sale from Biafarin, Marilee Rockley, Leaves of Lace Garland (2024), Lace in cotton thread beads polymer clay, 10 × 8 × 1/2 in
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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So good to see my design in tatting being celebrated as a form of artistic expression! @biafarin #biafarin #Biafarin @galleriumart #galleriumart #Plantarium2025Exhibition #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt #ArtLovers #lacemaking #tatting #fiberart
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I’ll take a better picture when there’s more light, but just finished this wearable art necklace! Thinking of calling it “Starry Quin”. #tatting #fiberart #wearableart #lacemaking
An elaborate necklace made by tatting and beading featuring harlequin diamond shapes in several shades of blue and bright yellow beaded round crystals, displayed on a small mannequin.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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All that’s left to do is tatting the neck cord. Hoping to finish this original project by the end of this week. #workinprogress #tatting #fiberart #lacemaking
A complex design in tatting that includes beads, circular shapes in yellow and harlequin diamond shapes in shades of blue and gray. The project is still unfinished, held on a hand with a clear plastic tatting shuttle, ready to continue the work.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Working on joining the whole thing together. My own design - admittedly making it up as I go! #tatting #beading #lacemaking #workinprogress #fiberart
An elaborate unfinished project in tatting and beading, with harlequin motifs and beaded round elements, shown on a hand with a tatting shuttle ready to do a join. Colors are various shades of blue with gold and bright yellow.
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st... #SNAP #activism
Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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After wondering for weeks about how to connect the beaded+tatted elements of this art necklace project (including deciding what thread to use) I think I’ve finally made a pretty good start on getting it all put together. #tatting #beading #lacemaking #fiberart #workinprogress
Beaded lace tatting in progress, containing yellow crystals and seed beads, cotton thread and metallic thread in blue and white, some gold beads and darker blue. The design is unfinished, displayed on a hand. There are 3 round motifs and some harlequin motifs.
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Hand dyed thread “Crocus”. #tatting #crochetthread #lacemaking #handdyed
A skein of hand dyed crochet cotton in colors inspired by springtime crocus flowers, displayed on a hand. The thread was dyed with fiber reactive dyes for permanent colors of purple, yellow, orange, and green.
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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#NoKings Greenfield, WI
A protester in a cow costume, and a flag unfurling in the wind saying “No Kings in America”. A protester holding a sign reading “Release the Epstein Files” and wearing a tote bag with lace letters of tatting reading “Tax The Rich”.
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Tell the NFL: No ICE at the 2026 Super Bowl!
ICE officials have announced plans to target the 2026 Super Bowl, and the NFL is staying silent. If ICE raids the Super Bowl, it won’t just be Trump and his agents responsible; it will be the NFL, too...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM