It's a....

Rabbit on a unicycle!!  What is? Did I hear someone ask??

Janes Tat it and see of course!! Lol

You can clearly see it!  Oh Yes You Can!!!!  The button is his face and the first 'tatty bits' are his ears!!!  So, I think Maureen in Oz has just given up faaar to early on her Wabbit!!! LOL

So, what else can I tell you... well, it's been chucking it down with rain and sleet here!!!  'Orrible weather it is!!!  Had to go shopping for food earlier, and what did we come back with?? A feather and down Winter Duvet!!!  Our duvet is over 30 years old and really just 'past it's best'!!  Considering going and curling up under it NOW and hibernating till this weather has disappeared!!! VBG  Well, I would, 'cept for one slight challenge... 1 cat on the fishtank... and the other 2??  On our bed!!!  It wouldn't be polite to chase them off so I can change the bed now would it??  I shall have to do it later!!  Hope it's not too much later.... otherwise it'll be waiting till tomorrow!!

Anyway, off to do food now.... I'se hungry I'se is.... think it's either the weather or the amount of energy that rabbit is expending on that unicycle!!!

Chat later

My Tatty bits.... or Why am I freezing??

Soooo... what have I got to share today... what snippets of wisdom??!!  Wisdom?? Me?? Rofl!!!

Hope my readers haven't had the same wevver as we've had!!  Bits of snow, thaw, frost, thaw, bit of snow, thaw, result?? ICE!!!  I hates Ice!!!  Sir tried to go out in My Mini this morning... it's got better road handling than his Hyundai.... and the drivers door wouldn't close!!!  What did he do??  Drove it round to where I was with the Hyundai holding the drivers door to... and swapped cars leaving me to have to get it home the same way!! Men!!!!   Locks thawed now, just need to squirt it with lubricant... Why can't men think of these things???  Usually it's just that the window refuses to 'drop' because of ice on the bottom of the window... think that system is peculiar to minis....  Not that today tho!!

I'm busy making some teardrop earwigs to go with the bracelet I made the other week, the Linnea one from Marilee Rockley over on Etsy!!  Same colour thread and beads!!  Not the same beads tho.... because the gold ones on the bracelet would be too big for earwigs!!  They'd weigh me liccle ears down so they would!! VBG  First one's nearly finished, will finish it later and probably 'share a pic' over the weekend!!

I'm also going to HAVE to make another Chicken Wing Whatsit!! (Thanks to that certain BC3 that keeps churning them out and blogging them!!!  And another mousy, and another bracelet, and.... I'se planning what to do while the wevver is 'orrible' over the weekend!!!  I have No Intention of wandering very far from home unless it's vital!!!  (Does food shopping count as vital me wonders??)

Oh, and here's my latest 'contribution' to that there TIAS...

So I did the tatting and then realised I'd joined to the wrong vsp on day 8!! It's corrected now and you can see umbrellas falling out of the elephants foot stand!!! Either that or its a front to back ? on legs instead of a dot!! Lol  The reason it's front to back is because this crackers tatter tats front to back!!  It's 'cos I'se left handed!!!

Onnyhow... chats later!!

Meet Al....

Well folks... he's finally arrived.... Did I just hear you ask who???  Simples!!  It's Al!!!!  Whaddya mean you've never heard me mention Al before??  Sure I have, haven't I??  Ok, ok, ok,  I'll introduce you properly!!!

Here you are:

That's Al.... Al the Albino Field Mouse!!! VBG  I think he's after the bread crumbs on the kitchen side!!  He's skinny because he's only a baby mouse!!!! Rofl

Field mouses are normally light brown with a cream belly and a short tail.... the grey or long tailed mice tend to be found in houses and other waste areas.... Unless they're cream and light brown and have furry tails - they're Dormice!!! Well, that's what we've found in our neck of the woods anyway.... Didn't know you were getting a biology lesson did you!!! LOL

Anyway, Al, as you can see, is Albino.... and he's the only mouse to LOVE snow!!!  (Well, unless you've read the Brambly Hedge books that is!!)  I first spotted him a few years ago when the UK was blanketed in the funny white stuff!!  Now he's back.... watching out for that funny white stuff so he can have a Snow Ball!!!  I'm hoping he doesn't invite too many of his furry 'friends' to the Ball.... otherwise all the snow they bring into our house will make it rather cold and damp!!! Rofl

The pattern for him came from the Baubles Bugs & Blossoms Randy & Gary Houtz...  book which I managed to get hold of as a Christmas Present!!!  First off I tested the pattern with this:

but I just HAD to make Al now didn't I???

Anyway, that there weatherman on the TV said it's going to be 'orrible weather over here for the next few days... cold, windy and a strong possibility of the White Stuff and I don't mean milk!!!  So, up popped Al!!  Now I wonder where I put me brown.... make him a little friend!!!! Rofl

Chat later!!

Bauble Bobble.... etc...

Well it is!!!

I convinced meself that I 'Needed' to try the destructions BEFORE I have a go at making mousy!!  You know how it goes.... if at first you don't succeed.... you ain't a budgie!!! (Suck seed???)  Ok, ok, ok, I heard the groan all the way over here in East Yorkshire!!! LOL

Anyway, as I was waiting for the next instalment of the TIAS to come live.... This instalment: (well, the blog anyway....

SPOILER ALERT!!!!  Which I now think could well be.... a Kellywopter!!!  You don't know what a kellywopter is???  I'll tell you shall I???  (It's a thingummybob with a jigamatwist on it's undercarriage!!! Rofl)  Well you didn't think I REALLY knew did you???

I decided to do a tryout of the pattern for a bobble bauble...!!!

Here it is.... complete with it's mastikes.... (no of course I didn't make a mistake.... VBG)

If you could see it clearly enough you'd see that on the very last 'round' I got the ribs switched!!!  Didn't spot it till I tied off the shuttle threads!!!  How annoying is that??? Mind you, gives me an 'excuse' to make more!!! VBG  wondering if it's possible to make loads... fasten them all togevver and fasten them to me scissors!!!  Then with any luck me scissors won't go missing!!!  Whaddya reckon???  different colours maybe... wonder what it'd look like in variegated thread.... can I make earwigs??? Rofl

Right, off to play, after I've done some food shopping... forgot the milk etc!!  Then I may just give Mousy a run!!!

Chat later

You've been told!!!

That this blog is a laugh!!  Well, as you know this particular Pigmini is just a tad of a complete and utter nutcase!!  Proper Nut Job that's me!!!

Right, that there TIAS.... yesterday I gave various suggestions as to what it was... and in the comments Miss said I should stick to the EFUS!!  So.... That means it is.... An Elephants Foot Umbrella Stand!!! Rofl

The 'other whatsit' what I was busy with... yes you do know!!! Even if you don't want to admit that your rememberall is broken!!!  It's Marilee Rockley's Linnea Bracelet that I purchased over on Etsy!!  Well folks, it's.... Finished!!!  Want to see??  Yes??  OK. here you go!

Now the pattern calls for size 10 thread and over here in the UK the only size 10 thread I could find was in our local 'sells all shop'!!  The thread they sell is merely pastel shades in single colours!!  Didn't fancy making it in 'pastel'... so.... I changed the pattern!!!

Had 20 thread, and after I'd got to the '3rd' ring I measured it and worked out how much longer to make it!!  5 rings worked perfectly!!!  The thread is Lizbeth and the beads are from my stash!!  pink lined clear in the middle, then gold then silver lined royal blue!!

I'm quite pleased with the result!!  And before you all say it.... Yes I DO know it needs 'flattening a little'!!  However I'm rather pleased with the results!!  May just have to do another one in different colours now!!

So.... I wonder if this means I can try not following the destructions for that there mousy???  Not having any grey thread.... thinks I may just have to make a liccle white mousy with albino eyes.... Yes?? No??  think I'll make one with whichever eyes come to hand first... so... Watch this space folks!! Watch and learn how NOT to make a mousy!! LOL

Chat later!!

Day 7!!

And yet another bit of the puzzle done!!

Here's my contribution folks:

Right... so guesses.... bat ears?, bunny ears?, scissors? donkey ears?  dog with 2 tails??  a hare?? or is it still an Elephants Foot Umbrella Stand??  I really have no idea!!!

My bracelet is coming on apace, but I'll show you it finished now... so no pics until it is!  Doesn't look much with 20 safety pins over the picots!!  I'm on the final side of the final round so it shouldn't be too long!  Then... well, there's this 'ere mousy to come creeping out of his hole... and I may just have to invest in some of Marilee's books... and I've got beads and buttons so earwigs or anuvver bracelet maybe?  Then there's the 40 thread to be tatted into something ....  get the impression I'se going to be one busy tatty body?? LOL  Must finish bracelet first tho!!

We've had a funny ole week with the weather.... it snowed on Sunday night, not much, but enough to snarl up the traffic on Monday!  Freezing cold on Tuesday and Wednesday, but no frost overnight on Wednesday!  We were out for a meal on Tuesday with Li'l Miss and most of the rest of the family... (Mummy & Daddy, MIL, and of course Sir!!)  Went to a chinese restaurant and Li'l Miss decided she adores prawn crackers!!  On Wednesday we were at the Radio Club for a talk on Amateur Radio in the First World War.  Very interesting it was too!  Yesterday of course was my lace class...

Lace??  Yes I did say lace!!  And I don't mean tatty lace... bobbin lace is what I mean!  I've had this 'ere piece of Bedfordshire lace on my pillow now for 3 years!!!  It's still only a third completed!  However, it's moving on... and the pillow is residing at my Crazy Dutch Friends house for the week!  Hopefully the Lace Fairies may just do a bit for me!!  Mind you, they can't do too much because the bobbins that need to go back in are residing in my bobbin case here!!

So, we will just have to see what happens there won't we??

Right, now to send the above pic to Miss for her TIAS blog!!  Then I'll get more of the bracelet done... then I can have a go at a mousy!!

Chat soon

Miss me yesterday??

Evenin' All.... so did you miss me yesterday???

Yesterday I was one very sad tatter.... a good family friend passed away on Tuesday.  Freda was one of life's lovely ladies, always ready for a laugh and always seemed to have food on the go in the kitchen!!!  So, for those of you who are reading this and pray.... please remember Freda and George & Leanne who are now missing their wife and mum.

Anyway, didn't feel much like posting.... so I decided to do it today instead!!

These 'ere batty ears....

I know they're batty ears because bats sleep downside up don't they??? VBG  Mind you, knowing Madam they could be scissors or bunny lugs or even her version of my Elephants Foot Umbrella Stand!!  (Wish I could remember which radio/tv show that was on.... one of those laugh and guess shows.... way back in the '60's I think!!)  Knowing my luck it was probably something like Just a Minute.... but I don't think it was....

We've had mixes of weather today.... snow's all gone for now... 'cept where the sun ain't shone at all... like in the garden opposite where I stand.... can still see grey white stuff under the bushes!!  Mind you, I'm quite happy.... snowdrops are out!!!!  I loves snowdrops!!  (just reminded me.... somebody did a snowdrop pattern.... must make snowdrops!!)

Wanders off muttering strange and incoherent things about computer files and finding patterns and who did them....

Chat soon!!