International lace day

 

Hi,

Today is international lace day around the world,   Tatting is a type of lace and although it’s not known as much as it should be  we tatters like to promote it as much as possible.  I get told it’s a dying art or never heard of it,  or even my grandmother used to tat.  Well lets put the record straight it’s not a dying art,  it’s 17th century, although it die out in the 19th century it’s back in fashion and there’s so much that can be made with tatting.
Never heard of it well if you are reading this,  you have now heard of it,  and finally if your grandmother used to tat why not learn and bring something done in your family back.  There are so many YouTube videos on how to tat and many books,  no reason why not do something your grandmother did years ago.

The christening present is finished at last,  I cannot show you as it has not been given to my nephew and his wife.   As soon as they have it I will post it.  It’s taken about six months through illness, hospital stay, and a holiday which ended with flu and six weeks not even looking at it,  I am relieved to say it’s finished.

Today for international lace day I am showing the tatting I did on holiday in Switzerland,  the bookmark I finished while there,  it’s Four Petals bookmark by Robin Tatting by the bay and I used Lizbeth thread Christmas green and Lesur Pixie both no 20,

The little coaster is a pattern by Laura Bziukiewicz and I used Lizbeth thread Sunkist Coral no 20.  I started this on holiday and finished it off at home.

The Endrucks project did produce a pattern for today but unfortunately I only got the pattern yesterday and have not had time to do it.   I will make it and post it in a few days.

Enjoy the day making lace.

Margaret

Tatted Spanish dancer

 Hi,

I have scheduled this post as I am away,  this pattern of a tatted Dancer by Frivolite Con Sabor,  as soon as I saw the pattern I knew I wanted to tat it. 

This pattern reminds me of the Spanish dancers,  which do the Flamenco dancing,  I learnt some Flamenco  dancing when I was a child visiting Spain,   My mother was a travel agent,  I travelled thousands and thousands of miles all over Europe,  visited places that many tourist never get to see or even know existed.

This one I used the Christmas red and white Lizbeth thread in no 20

This one I used the Christmas red  Lizbeth thread and a yellow no 20 which is the same but I think it was a French one I brought locally,  the yellow is deeper than in the picture.

I hope to make some more,  possibly a blue one but in the meantime I am doing a few other bits,  I love this pattern and I know I will be making more.

Margaret 

Happy international tatting day

 

Hi,

                                   Happy international tatting day to all tatters around the world.

Today is a bank holiday here in the U.K.,  the weather has been mixed,  I just would like it to warm up,  usually we tat in public today, but being a bank holiday that won’t be possible.  I do often tat in public either in the hospital waiting for Vernon,  or again waiting for him when he has his hair cut at the craft cafe, The Hive in Shepton Mallet.

I wanted to make something quick in tatting for the day,  and last Saturday this pattern popped into my email box,  it’s called Stained Glass mini Cross by Lilliantatlace,   It’s one and three quarter’s inches long on and half inches wide,  I added a tail making it into a mini book mark.  I used Lizbeth thread no 20 Countryside.

I think there will be some more of these little cross idea for a small bible.

Enjoy your day hope you get a lot of tatting done.

Happy tatting 

Margaret

Happy St Patricks Day

 Hi,

Yes I am a day early and St Patricks day is tomorrow but I have another post going onto my blog tomorrow so as I hate two different posts on one day,  I am putting this one a day early.

                            Happy St Patricks Day to all my Irish followers

I made this tatted clover leaf,  it’s my own pattern I threw together,   I am calling it an Onion Ring clover leaf,  it’s in development as you could say,  needs a few finishing touches perhaps a few more stitches to make it bigger,   but for today it will do.   It’s onion ring leaves and a spiral chain for the stalk.  I  used Lizbeth no 20 thread in Christmas green mix,  I am running out of dark green,  so I used this varigated thread instead.  I will write my pattern out at some point

Have a lovely weekend,  I am away this weekend

Margaret .  

2024 TTA L Temperature tat along part four

 Hi,

This is part four of the temperature tat along which is on facebook,  each day I note the temperatures of the day and then do tat the colours as per the temperature chart  I am only nine days behind,  simply because I had a couple of days when I was not well enough to do anything.

This is now the whole of February,   the orange square was the 14th when we had a very warm days hence the first orange square,  hope we have more and the temperatures go up,  just getting fed up with yellow and green,   the 29th day I have sewn on two beads L and P to note is was Leap year day..

I am using Lizbeth thread no 20 throughout.

Have a lovely weekend.

Margaret

Tatted Hearts and Angels.

 Hi,

It’s a windy and again dark day here in Somerset,  we expect yet more rain again later,  the weather over the last week has been so dark we need the light on just do anything,  rain it just keeps on raining,  the Somerset levels are flooded yet again,  I live in the Mendip  hills and the water drains into the levels,  with many roads flooded and land slips in the south west.  Roll on summer.

Today I am bring you some tatting that I have done over the last couple of months  and not posted,  first the picture above is the Peacock Hearts,  which I left some thread on so they could be hung, ii did save sewing in the ends,  this heart pattern is from Birgit’s  tatting it’s an old blog but here is a link to her Blog

I made them with Lizbeth thread no 20

I really enjoyed making these angels,  the pattern is from My Magic Tatting,  and they called Merry Christmas Angels,  I used white Lizbeth thread no 20.  There are a few people that will be receiving one of these in their Christmas card this year.

Margaret

Endrucks projects October and November

 Hi,

I am a bit a late posting on the Endrucks project work I have done over the last two months.  Firstly as some of you know I hit my head,  I’m getting over concussion hopefully it’s going but I am still suffering with giddy spells,  which it not good,  I stopped driving for a few weeks as the pain from the hit was really painful made worse when our roads are so tough with potholes,  although Vernon tries hard not to hit the really deep ones.   I still feel where I hit occasionally,  but I feel I am on the mend.  I never thought concussion could last so long.

Secondary I had trouble with  blogger,  I had a scammer that got into my laptop pretending to get my money back,  no he was trying to get my money,   it was a few days after I hit my head and I was not thinking straight,  lesson learned think twice and twice again,  I think he messed about with blogger because he could not find any mobile banking,  I don’t do mobile banking I don’t trust it.  The bank and PayPal were brilliant,  they spotted the scam,  and he got nothing,   perhaps because I had been in the bank that morning so they knew I was not away.

Anyway if you did not get a comment on your blog now you know why,  hopefully it’s back to normal and all sorted.

Now for the reason I am posting today,  the picture above is the October game for the Endrucks project,  using the Iris pendant by Ninetta Caruso,  it’s a diamond motif used as a pendant,  we had to make two,  well you know me I made a set so there was three,  the pendant is as the pattern  but I added three strings,  two to the sides and one in the middle,   Taking a long piece of thread off the shuttle,  threading three beads onto the thread making sure they are in the middle then tatting a long string,  making sure the side pieces were the same length,  and the same with the middle string with matching beads and tatting a long length.   The earrings match the pendant this time I placed the beads at the bottom ring and made a ring at the top to hold the fastenings.  I used peacock blue Lizbeth thread no 20.

This is the November game which Muskaan did from an adaptation of the pattern called Antiks snowflake, I was very slow on this snowflake but I did finish in time,  this pattern was a little advanced with split chains,   Something I am a little rusty on,  but I got there in the end.  I used Lizbeth thread in white no 20. 

I hope you have lovely weekend,  it’s very cold here,  frosty and we may get snow later,

Margaret 

Snowflakes are falling

 Hi,

Over the year there has been a challenge on Facebook to do a snowflake every month,  although I did get behind due to making Maisy’s christening present I have now caught up and these are my snowflakes for July as the above picture,  they are from the Robins pattern snowflake no 19 and snowflake no 8 from her book four dozen snowflakes.

 This is Paisley snowflake by Muskaan,   I love this snowflake and the way it flows.

These are from 24 snowflakes in tatting the fourth day of December and 12th day of December.

All the snowflakes were tatted in Lizbeth thread no 20 in white.

Margaret

Paint Brush bookmark

Hi,

I am sure if we get much more rain and wind,  and this is the second hurricane or should I say ex hurricane to fly across the pond on the jet stream,  this island will either sink,  float or  bash into Europe,  or float across the pond,  either way it’s been another very wet month.

I found this post started but not finished from January,  I suppose you could say better late than never,  it’s one of my favourite bookmark patterns  Flowering Quatrain bookmark by Joelle,  link to her Blog

I used Lizbeth thread no 20 Paint brush,  unfortunately some threads just don’t do justice to a  pattern and this is one of them,  

Stay dry and walk between the rain drops

Margaret.

 

Centaurus Earrings

 Hi,

These earrings were designed by Lillian Tat lace,  they are three circles which are joined by placing a circle in a circle,  which I did three times,  they are unusual and look very different,  I used up the left over thread from my Cal Celtic snowflakes.

Colours used was ice blue and medium blue Lizbeth thread no 20.  I will be doing some more in different colours.

Hope you are enjoying the heat,  we had some heavy rain today as it’s the start of Glastonbury this week,  I am sure those arriving and setting up their tents,  it’s over 1,000 acres this year and there will be 200,000, festival goers. The site is bigger than the city of Bath,  with Elton John headlining on Sunday night.  I will be watching him on tv as I could not cope with that many people and noise.

Margaret 

May Tatted Snowflakes

 Hi

What a beautiful day here in Somerset and it looks like next week will be just as good with possibly no rain.

On Facebook their is a challenge to make a snowflake every month,  well these are my May snowflakes,  this month I used a pattern by Be-stitched called Tatted ice snowflakes,  I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in white 

I hope you are enjoying the weather 

Margaret 

April Snowflakes

 Hi,

I am a bit late with the April snowflakes,  this is a challenge on Facebook for doing a monthly snowflake, I was  doing the cross stitch panel which I showed last week meant I could not do both at the same time,

These two snowflakes are a pattern by Diane,  from 2013 called Snowflake no 3,  The plain white one is the original pattern with longer chains,   and the beaded one I added beads in the chain instead of the JK rings and beads at the top of the central ring.  I do love this snowflake, although my chains look a little out os shape,  but snowflakes are not always prefect.

I used Lizbeth thread No 20 in white. and blue seed beads.

Margaret

Ps sorry I forgot to put the picture on,  which I have now done so.

Enducks Project, Tatted bell

 

Hi,

Its a very cold and misty day here,  we have had nearly a week of fog,  everything I went out it was foggy,  yesterday it was clear and cloudy and I stayed in to do some housework and catch up on some things,  today its misty and even colder.

Novembers project on the Enducks project was the angel which also made a bell if you turned it upside down,   it was my pattern which I designed from the enlarged heart,     I did made one change in the pattern when I got to the ring which is now at the bottom I did a small chain of three double stitches before making the ring,  and added a crystal in the middle,  and then another chain of three double stitches back to the outer chain.  I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in white

This month the project is snowflakes,  I am busy with an order at the moment so I may not get many snowflakes done,  my hand is not liking the cold weather and is painful,  but we shall see what I can do.

Also this is my new shuttle in memory of our late queen,  this will be kept and not used.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend

Margaret 

Tatted Friendship Dove

 Hi,

At least today the sun us shining and although it’s as cold as it has been,   we did have a frost this morning,  this is a tatted Friendship Dove,  it was not a hard pattern but I had to keep reading as there are 90 parts to the pattern that’s rings and chains,   the pattern is by Frivolite Con Sabor.   I used Lizbeth white thread no 20 .  I do like this pattern and will make some more 

Meet Franki this small motif was designed by Noo Bear,  I did change the last row a bit by joining it to the second row where the point meets,  to make the pattern more stable.  I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in Peacock blue and Ice blue.

I am now starting a large tatting project no doubt I will take a break and tat something else in between. So watch this space as they say 

Hope you have a lovely weekend

Margaret

Christmas tatting

 Hi,

This Christmas all my tatting has been on the dark side,  I was asked for two purple ice drops as above,  she decided on two different threads both Lizbeth no 20 in Purple twist and Iris Fusion.

Then she asked for two ring donuts again in purple,  but larger for this one I used Purple Splendor,  thus is my own pattern and came out at just over 3 inches . 

The second one well it curled up,  I can only think that because I was rushing it i tatted it too tight,  after cutting off two rounds I changed the last round a bit and yes it laid flat  for this one I used Iris Fusion.

Having finished with purple (not my favourite colour) I went on to red for my sister in law,  she likes either all white or all red,  this is the third day of December from the book 24 snowflakes by Lene Bjorn.  Christmas red thread by Lizbeth no 20.  Yes I made a mistake there are seven arms not six but I like it and it’s just a little bigger,  as she has a big real tree at Christmas it will look fine.

Now I am going to tat some white snowflakes,  before stating a large tatting project.

Hope you are having a lovely Christmas and stay safe and well

Margaret 

Tatted Donut Rings

 Hi,

I hope you are all well hopefully as I have published  as I am scheduled this post the sun will be shinning and the weather is a bit warmer.

I have been a bit slow with my tatting recently,  but I made this two tatted donut rings from some thread that was left over on the shuttles,  

I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in Spring Gardens and Summer Fun,

I also made two pairs of earrings in the same thread which I was hoping to add to this post but I have not added the fastenings but I will post when I have done so,

Margaret 

Tatting advent calendar

 Hi

I promise to post more of the tatting advent calendar that is going on in Facebook,  well I am behind no surprise there,  my flowers are red  or white or even red and white.  I have changed the colour of the basket to gold,  so I have to redo a couple of pieces.  

In the picture are day,  8,9,10,11,12.15 and 18,  I still have the leaves and as few large flowers to make but are having such dull dark days that the red has been hard to tat.

I a, using Lizbeth thread no 20.  Christmas red,  gold and white.   I have brought the material to sew it onto so when it’s all finished I can hopefully sew it over Christmas. (If I can catch up that is perhaps we better say new year )

Margaret 

Red snowflakes

Hi,

I was asked for some red snowflakes,   Above it the Hidden Rose snowflake which was designed by Muskaan last year, link to her blog http://tipsaroundthehouse.blogspot.com.   

 

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This snowflake is no 42 snowflake designed by Robin from her new book Four Dozen Tatted Snowflake,  which is on sale in her Etsy shop,  link to shop www.Etsy.com/shop/tattingbythebay

 This snowflake is Diane’s snowflake #6. Which she design and blogged on the 23rd September 2012.   

I did add a bit to this snowflake to make it slightly bigger,  on the arms I added a split ring  of 2-2-2-2/2-2-2-2,  and placed them on the chains.   This is a link to Diane’s blog https://lacelovinlibrarian.blogspot.com/ 

Hope you like them in red,  it was a change to do them in red rather than white.  They were tatted in Lizbeth thread no 20  Christmas red 

Margaret

It’s raining snowflakes

 Hi,

As I write this it’s dark, raining and blowing a gale,  and is going to be like this all weekend.

I tested some snowflakes patterns for Robins (Tatting by the bay) new book Four dozen tatted snowflakes.   Well here are some more from her wonderful book,  I used Lizbeth thread in white no 20,  I am enjoying tatting the patterns and I will be doing some more.  I have put the hangers on them ready to hang up.

I hope the weather is better with you where ever you are, stay safe and well.

Margaret 

April Doily

Hi,

I am very behind with blogging,  I hope to catch up over the next couple of weeks,   here is a doily I tatted,  its called April and was designed in lock down by Laura tatting from Facebook. 

This doily I did enjoy I am going to make another one but in the meantime I have several other things I want to do.   I used for this doily Lizbeth thread No 20 in Blue Ice and Turquoise Twist.

Margaret