Another Tatty Tail....

Well folks... I've finished one of my ufo's.  When I finished I had just 2 inches of thread on one shuttle and 6 on the other!!  Talk about cutting it fine!  LOL

 Here she is in all her glory!!  She's destined to go on a cover cloth for my friends birthday present (she's a lacemaker too, but she can't tat!!)  'Twill be interesting to see what she makes of her in just over a weeks time!  Do you get the impression she likes Nelliephants??  Nellie was designed by Jane Eborall and I found the pattern over on her site...

Postscript.... Just realised 4 days later that I forgot to publish this.  It was saved as a draft in case Agnes saw it!!!  Was saving it for her.... but I forgot to attach it.... so maybe she'll get it at Christmas!!!  ROTFL

Tat's Abroad Folks!!

Hi All.  Missed me??  I've been 'on me 'olidays'  so to speak!! ROTFL   It was our wedding anniversary last week so I got treat to real Belgian Chocolate.... in Bruges!!!  We went on the ferry overnight on Friday and returned home on Sunday morning!

The map is lace and is located on the side of a canal!  Chocolate & lace... Excellent!!  There were around 300 guides, brownies, guiders and trefoil guild members there as well!  All from Tadcaster, York, Doncaster & Selby areas.  May even end up giving a talk on lace to some of them!

Of course, being a lacemaker and craftaholic.... I had to take something with me didn't I??  Give you 3 guesses.... give in??  Shuttles!!!!  Sat in the bar on both of the evenings and in the morning... tatting.  I had any number of people coming up and asking what I was doing!!  It was fun explaining!  I even ended up tatting mini trefoils for the guild ladies to put on their teddies which had been guarding their drinks!! VBG.  One lady thought I was sewing my fingers together!

Anyway, here's what I was doing on the boat.... the small motif is from Jane's site, and the earrings were a present for Agnes's birthday on Monday.  Yes I know there's only one.... somebody forgot to take a pic of one and so.... 'reconstructed it' and turned it into a different pair!! The pattern is here.

Also, I've done Jane's beaded snowflake!!

Do you think I've been busy???? LOL

Finished... ( I think.... )

Hi Folks

Well, after I'd done Jane's pram I had thread left on the shuttle....  Sue being Sue hates to throw thread away (years ago when I did Japanese Silk Flower Making I used to save the tiny bits and make really mini flowers from them!!!  Shame I haven't any photos.... LOL)  So, I started an edge for a hanky that was my Mums and brand new!!  Got round a corner and.... ran out of thread!!!

The pattern itself comes directly from Jane's Pram, ring of 3-3-3-3 and chain of 3-3  the corners are ch 6-6 ring of 3+3+3-3 and ch of 6-6.

Anyway I tried the websites I knew on the 'net, and couldn't find instructions to follow (I'm hopeless at destructions.... VBG) so I asked, and Jeanette explained how she used to tell her students how to join new threads! Jeanette hoped I could understand what she was saying (I did!! Thanks Jeanette!!)  She hopes to be able to 'copy' the pattern as soon as she can see when she gets her new specs in the summer!

It's just dawned on me that they are 2 different colours.... the top photo is taken in a 'north' light at the back of the room in the north facing window, and the bottom one is taken on the front window in sunlight!!

So, folks this pattern is called Jane's Inspiration and Jeanette's Optimism!!!

I was going to tat some pink and white rings on the chain picots in a different colour, but I like it as it is now its finished!  So, the thread that's wound for those will make something different... now to work out what....  Methinks I shall have to raid the stash of brand new hankies from Mum that I kept after she passed away, and there's a gorgeous pink one up there.... now to try working a new pattern out.... ROTFL... Think I'm hooked!!??!!

Ok, so I'm BACK!!!!

At school, freezing outside!!  You can tell.... we've got bookends on the windowsill!! ROTFL

As for me tatting, well there's two bits on at the moment... one's a tatty animal and I'll put pics up when its finished.... as for the other, well I decided to 'use up the shuttle' on a hanky edging and promptly ran out of thread!!  I got detailed destructions on what to do and how to join new threads in from Jeannette Hasseman... and as it's a sort of self design, I'm calling it....

Jeannette's Optimism!!! VBG  She was flattered when I told her and hopes to be able to see well enough to copy it sometime relatively soon!

We'll see if she thinks the same thing when its finished.... LOL  Lace class tonight and as its going to be full, tatty is going with me again!! VBG

Chat soon! Promise!!

Thwaite

Hi all.... been out to Kendal today, but I had to send you a pic of Thwaite... the view out of the chapel window this morning to be precise....  The top one is the view from the top of the window and the bottom one shows Muker beck and its waterfall....  And ..... the snow we got last night!

Just HAVE to share!! LOL  Harley dog enjoys the snow but not the cold... VBG  Melissa enjoying all except the car journeys.  She will look at this site... eventually!  We're now about to eat home made stew - made by Pete.... bliss, no cooking 'cept for breakfast porridge for me!! EXCELLENT!!!! ROTFL

Chat soon

Pendant!

Morning Folks... sitting in the chapel looking at the snow and chatting to Emily while I'm typing this.  While the film was on last night I made the pendant from the set from the Ring of Tatters.  It's here in all its glitteriness....

It snowed yesterday, thick icing sugar on the ground!!  Will be taking pics of it.  Harley Dog adored it, but wasn't too sure about going out in it for very long!!  Melissa brought his coat, but forgot the reflective hi-viz one, so we won't let him out of our sight!  Off to Hawes and Cumbria today all being well, if we can get across Buttertubs that is!  Otherwise it's into Richmond!  Either or as they say.... VBG

Let you know where we went... Honest!!

I made it!!

Well folks.... this is the finished article!  I had great fun trying to work out what to do, and I must say a HUGE thanks to Jane for her destructions on her website!  Brilliant!!!  This is going to HAVE to be framed!!  I think it deserves it.... 1 because I'd never done a lock join before.... 2. because I'd never made a split ring before... in fact I didn't even know they existed!! LOL

What's next?  Well, I bought a kit from the Ring of Tatters last December because I fell in love with it.  I'm making it twice, once for me, and once for a friend of mine who can't tat!!  Earrings and pendant.  I'll put it up here when they're finished!  Already started the pendant!  I may not be able to resist posting that when it's finished.... VBG.  Watching a film and tatting, sharing a bottle of wine with friends whilst on holiday for a few days.... my idea of a perfect life!  Hoping we get snowed in!!! ROTFL  I'll post some pics of where we are ASAP!!