Don't ask me where that came from!!! somewhere at the back of my memory, filed in a cupboard with a faulty catch, I seem to remember that it was written in an old autograph album from around the time I started learning to tat, crochet etc... all left handed!! Not knitting tho... I was taught to knit at 5 by an aunt and still knit in the Northern English way - needle under right armpit and yarn in right hand... stitches go from left hand needle to right hand....
Anyway, I went down the garden this morning to the sound of bird song which is where the whatsit came into my mind!! The bush sticks that we planted last week are budding!! Well, most of them are anyway!! Certainly the beech and something else (the rose ones I think) are being a little slower but there again we do live in an 'exposed to the elements' part of the UK!! VBG
So, yesterday I mentioned getting rid of the metal shuttle as my second shuttle on this 'ere hat!! Here you can see motif 5 on the go, and before I go much further I shall finish off those ends on 2, 3 and 4!!
If you compare pics from yesterday you can see that I changed the metal shuttle for a plastic one.... much lighter on the little finger!! The metal ones would be brilliant for tatting with a shuttle and ball, and keeping himself quiet about the 'flipping click' every time you pull more thread off the tradional shuttles!! I've got adept at using my thumb nail to 'ease the thread through to stop him complaining!! He complains about the click, young sir's fish tank bubbles, keyboards clacking and 'fidgeting' by the cats etc.... yet he has the tv turned up so loud that you could probably hear it on the other side of the railway line!!! (Did I ever mention we live in a 200 year old railway cottage???)
However, I digress.... I am going to HAVE to make some earwigs to go with that necklace.... now where did I put the shuttles, thread, beads, buttons..... (goes away muttering and decides to make another coffee....)
Chat later!!
You're just tooooo funny. I'm going to stop reading this blog as I've wet my aged knickers AGAIN!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHey.... don't blame me!!! LOL Just because your aged k's can't stand the strain.... VBG Change them for new ones and enjoy yourself this afternoon!!
DeleteI love it! You are making great progress on the hat (or as I referred to it a couple years ago when I was tatting mine "The Hat"). Mine is similar in color to yours, with a royal blue ribbon. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks SWtrompeter!! I'm enjoying doing That 'At... LOL, it's just the ends...!! Nice to hear someone else that's done it! I have seen it 'in the flesh' so to speak, when we had a talk by a lady from the Ring of Tatters... she had it on display!! Haven't decided what colour ribbon to put in.... unless I make a 'friendship braid' instead.... in rainbow colours!!
DeleteLooks like and awesome start!!! :)
ReplyDeleteA simple motif by itself, it's surprisingly pretty when combined together!
ReplyDeleteThanks Both!! I love the way the motifs link too!!
ReplyDeleteOn the ditty at the top of your post - I know it as:
ReplyDeleteSpring is sprung
Grass is riz
Wonder where them flowers iz.
I'm a little nut
Sittin' in a tree
Someone comed and stepped on me.
I'm cracked.
My children think I'm nuts for saying it
Oh I LOVE that version Crazy Mom Tats!!! Think I'll 'adopt' it as an alternative.... my kids think I'm nuts anyway!! LOL (So does Jane, but that's a different story.... VBG)
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