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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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My tatting project in progress so far! My own pattern “Daylily Dance” PDF is at Goimagine goimagine.com/tatting-patt... also on Etsy. #fiberygoodness #tatting #fiberarts #lacemaking
Unfinished doily or table runner in progress with several motifs still not connected. A ball of pinkish red thread is at upper left with the thread attached to a tatting shuttle nearby. 2 more tatting shuttles are at lower left, attached to a cream colored thread. There are dark green narrow motifs in the partially finished section and some of the tatting is hand dyed colors of pink to light green.
September 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Mistakes happen. 😏 I told myself “join to same picot, NOT next picot” but then I joined to next picot anyway…so now I’m un-tatting back to redo the join where it’s supposed to go (where arrow is pointing). #tatting #rippingback
Tatting in progress on a hand, but undoing a mistake so the stitches are being opened up so they can be undone. 2 tatting shuttles are attached to the thread.
September 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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It’s my own “Daylily Dance” pattern (the PDF is for sale on Goimagine and Etsy) but I’m trying it in different colors. The thread sticking out at the left is where I had to correct a mistake and add new thread. #tatting #fiberarts #lacemaking #doily #tattinglace
Tatting lace in progress, showing a partially finished triangular motif being ready to join to another motif. There is a dark green narrow design in between the two pieces. Colors are a little different than the camera could capture: the red in reality is more like intense magenta. The shaded thread is hand dyed from the “Rhubarb Pie” colorway.
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Hand dyed thread “Rhubarb Pie” just listed goimagine.com/marileestatt... #handdyedthread #tattingthread #lacemaking #fiberarts
A twisted skein of thread in colors shading from red to pink, yellow, and green displayed over an open skein on a hand.
September 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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There’s an article about tatting (written by me) in tinyStudio Creative Life magazine issue 28! #tatting #fiberart #fiberarts #fiberygoodness www.fiberygoodness.com
Part of the article showing a tatted necklace, bracelet, a Celtic design, various tatting shuttles, and hands with tatting in progress. Table of contents and pictures from the tinyStudio Creative Life Magazine issue 28 showing colorful yarn, angora goat, Coopworth sheep, and fiber art images including a felt art bird image. The magazine cover showing a woman with a spinning wheel outside with trees in the background.
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Tatted earrings shell design from my pattern in “Next Steps In Shuttle Tatting” on Craftsy.com - this pair is listed for sale at goimagine.com/marileestatt... #tattedEarrings #tattingjewelry #tatting #tattinglace
Tatted lace earrings in a Nautiloid shell shape, displayed on a hand with some plants in the background. The earrings are made in hand dyed thread shading from aqua blue to sandy brown. The earwires are gray niobium with a small spiral embellishment.
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Here’s some of the creative signs at the protest in Greenfield, WI today. #indivisible #signprotest #activism
Protesters crossing a street carrying signs, which read “Putin’s Puppet”, “Free balls for members of Congress who have lost theirs”, and “Accountability isn’t optional Congress, do your damn job”.
August 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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View of Milwaukee from the Lake Michigan shore near Sheridan Park. #ScenicWisconsin #Milwaukee #LakeMichigan #GreatLakes
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Packing up an order. 🥰 #goimagineseller #handdyedthread
An open corrugated cardboard container showing the contents of hand dyed thread skeins, a packing slip with “thank you” written on it, a business card, and complimentary flower stickers.
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM