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Marilee Rockley
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I hand dye thread, design tatting patterns, and explore different crafts. 💙
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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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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st... #activism
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
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NO KINGS Greenfield, WI · Mobilize
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Hand dyed thread inspired by native aster flowers. #handdyed #tattingthread #tatting #lacemaking #goimagineseller #handdyedthread
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Joining the center.☺️ But not done yet, I plan to add more sections, making a different shape. #tatting #fibrearts #fiberarts #lacemaking #colorfuldoily
Tatting lace in progress with motifs of multiple colors being joined together, shown outside on a warm day in early autumn. The person tatting the lace is sitting on a bench and displaying the work in progress on her hand. A small pink plastic shuttle is secured temporarily with her thumb while the most recent join to the center of the lace is not yet tightened.
September 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I came back from a wonderful nature walk where I saw many asters, so I’m inspired to try next hand dyed batch with these colors. #naturescolors #handyed #colorinspiration
Purple asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) perennial native to eastern North America, blooming in early autumn.
September 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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What colorway do you want in hand dyed thread? I’m thinking about
“Knitty Gritty” (browns, autumn earth tones)
“Blue Skies” (shades of sky blue)
“Stardate” ( purple, blue, magenta)
also open to suggestions!
Please reply with your ideas. #handdyed #handdyedthread #handdyeing
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I won at thread chicken, but just barely. #tatting
A very short thread tail being sewn in to a piece of tatting. The tail is so short that the needle must be inserted first, then the tail threaded into the needle to sew it in each time, hiding the tail under the caps of the double stitches before being pulled snugly to bury it in. When all this is done the remaining tail can be cut off.
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I use “up” joins when working from the front side, and “down” joins when working from the back side to keep the color blips all on the back side. I know that “blipless” joining techniques exist but never mastered them, it’s just a personal choice. #tatting 🧶 #fiberarts #lacemaking
2 tatting photos side by side, the left side showing an “up” join, the right side showing a “down” join. Blips of green show wherever the red tatting is joined to the green tatting on the back side of the work shown in the photo on the right.
September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I participated in the protest in Greenfield, WI today. Here’s a few of the signs. #Mobilize #protest #freespeech
4 pictures showing some protest signs. They say, “Violence has no place”, Americans believe in free speech”, “Due process is for everyone”, “Imagine being afraid of diversity but not dictatorship”, and “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”.
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM