thanks for the review

I’m really grateful for private sweet messages, positive comments, and public demonstrations of appreciation of my book. Thank you everyone. I am humbled and flattered. My heartfelt thanks go to my lovely friends, who encouraged and helped me, in particular to Karen and Muskaan who translated the book in English and made it possible to bring it to many more tatters than I had ever imagined. 

I almost fainted when I read Anita Barry’s message, in which she informed me of her intention to write a review of my book. Few days after, when I read what she had written, well, I can't find the words, even in my native language, to express my feelings of gratitude. She’s so generous and very kind with my book! She’s a Master Tatter, a member of IOLI and the first ever tatter who completed the IOLI Tatting Proficiency. She also completed the Tatters Across Time Proficiency and now mentors others who participate in the Program. She was a teacher at Palmetto Tat Days for many years.

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I'm not good at self-advertising. So, I am thrilled - and a little shy and trembling - to tell you that Anita sent her review article to:
-    The Online Tatting Class,
-    The International Organization of Lace Inc. (I.O.L.I.),
-    The Ring of Tatters,
-    and to The Tatters Guild of Australia NSW Branch.
I feel honoured that Anita thought that all these important organizations would have been interested in the review of my book.

Also, amazingly enough, she told me the book is being added to the IOLI library! Wow!

You can already read Anita Barry’s review on the TOTC site (link - https://www.theonlinetattingclass.com/georgia-seitz-book-reviews )

I'm particularly delighted that she loved that I “challenge others to explore possibilities”. In her sweet words: “With her simple manner and with great passion Ninetta is “between art and craft”. She begins with vintage lace ideas, adds new techniques, resulting in new modern appearances. What a marvelous inspiration for tatters!” 

Anita’s review is an amazing gift for me, I had never thought of anything like this, and still, I feel I’m not doing anything special, just sharing my passion. As the sentence at the top of this blog says, it's all about my passion and my joy.

In the pic, a design from 2022.

 Ciao, Ninetta

all roads lead to Rome

They say that all roads lead to Rome, in fact it is on the route of many travellers!

I already knew that I'm lucky to live near Rome! But I wouldn't imagine that this meant that I could have had the great opportunity to meet travelling tatters!! It happened in 2019, when I met Karen Cabrera in person! (https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2019/10/distractions.html )

And now I had the fantastic opportunity to meet the Master Tatter Anita Barry!

What do you think of an appointment under The Obelisk in St. Peter square? It’s fantastic, isn't it! And highly risky, LOL! For the crowd in the square, we almost didn't find each other! We should thank a light drizzle, for she had the umbrella with her, and intentionally opened it to make her visible to me, hers was the only opened umbrella in the square!

She is very nice and outgoing and one hour flew by! We chatted like old friends! Well, I think I talked too much, telling her about our just finished exhibition in my city, where I saw many beautiful laces, and about the Endrucks Project! Ah, now I have my own cat "Flat Felix" to take care of! Thank you so much, Anita!

Also, she was so nice to gift me some threads and one shuttle, that I love! And a beautiful pair of earrings! And many other lovely things… better to show you the treasure:

I save everything for a good use, and I’ve already wore the earrings. Will try the shuttle soon!

Well, I’d tell you, Felix told me he’s curious like a cat about what Anita will do with the motifs she got in return!

Do you think that I’ve been offline enough? Or do you think I spend too much time on Fb and I should be back blogging regularly? I can’t answer, maybe I’ll blog again. The Cambridge Dictionary says that “all roads lead to Rome” meaning “all the methods of doing something will achieve the same result in the end”. That's life, and it doesn’t mind if we are online or offline. The important thing is to always have (that’s right, the health first! But also…) a passion that fulfils us, that connects us with twin souls, and we'll never feel alone.

Ciao, Ninetta.