St Georges Day, and Happy Easter

Hi,

Happy St Georges Day.

Also Happy Birthday to Gary our step son.

This is a scheduled post as I will be at my usual craft fair in Frome, which again this month my husband Vernon will be doing for me as long as I sit and only answer technical questions, he does not do technical.

During the week Jane of "Tatting and not a lot else" did a post about a piece of tatting she had found, she had been reading my mind or two great minds think alike as I found a piece of tatting at the bottom of my basket that I keep all my knitting needles in.

I have washed it and looked at it and found the pattern. I have no idea when I did this tatting but its found "Tatting in Lace" by Mary Konior, published in 1988. I know I brought this book soon after it was published I can only say I tatted this piece in the late 1988's
I think the thread is by Anchor and is gold and orange no 20 I have none left so I cant look at the ball to tell you exactly what it is, which is a pity as I did love this thread. The pattern you ask is Rose Garden and Windmills put together to make a doily.

As the cloth is not finished perhaps one day I will try and either match up the thread with something similar or try and see if they make this thread any more and then sort it out and finished it.

I still like the pattern and putting two patterns together make this piece different.

I would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and hope the weather stays this beautiful for the holiday, until we meet again in blog land Take care

Hugs

Margaret

The Fleet is growing and a lovely gift.

Hi,

I hope you are having a good weekend, and enjoying the rest from work.

Today its been a bit cloudy but looking brighter now the sun has come out, at least its not raining, its been dry now for nearly a week, very cold with a cold bite in the air and frost at night. The spring bulbs are looking lovely and my daffodils nearly out, the Forsythia is now out, the bluebells coming up and the shrubs shooting. Spring is just around the corner, oh it has been a long winter with snow very early in November.

Today I bring you my newest planes to the TIAS fleet, above is one who took off and has landed safely in Cheadle. He was in Lisbeth thread no 20 called Caribbean with black edging and he took with him a few butterflies. I know Nic has now received them, she was the first one of my followers to guess what the TIAS was. There is a blog for TIAS and here is the link if you would like to pop over and see them, the TIAS was done by tatters all over the world and the results are now shown on the blog. A big thank you to Jane for designing and organising the challenge.
This another new thread Lizbeth no 20 in Tropical Punch, I love these colours and they have worked up so well and look lovely. I brought eight new threads back in November and I am still wading through the colours. Below is the newest to my fleet using the Tropical Punch and with black edging. I think this colour will become one of my firm favorites.

I received yesterday this lovely gift from Typstatting, Margaretha loved my cup cakes, and I sent her one, in return she has sent me this lovely gift. Thank you Margaretha the two knit stitch makers and some gorgeous thread, in a little bag. Only tatters get excited about thread and I have already decided what to do with the green thread. I have already put one of the knit stitch makers to good use. Margaretha makes them and I must say they are totally gorgeous.

This is a cloth I am knitting at the moment, the pattern is from the Anna magazine September 1989 I am using white merchandised cotton. When the cloth is finished I will put a photo of it on my blog, at the moment I am on round 71, with 201 rounds altogether. I have a friend whose about to be made a grandmother and has asked me to knit some items for the forth coming baby in August, so I am going to be kept busy knitting for a little while, when they are finished I will let you see them. Being off work is giving me a lot of extra time for tatting and knitting.

Have a good weekend, and unto the next time we meet up in blog land take care

Hugs

Margaret