Tatted Handkerchief and Earrings

 Hi,

It’s a beautiful morning here in Somerset,  I know I have not been blogging much for a few weeks,  but the CD Sunday challenge does not start until next month, (4th February). 

This is my go to project that I take with me,  I have tatted this in the hospital waiting for Vernon when he has appointments or in The Hive when I wait for him to have this hair cut,  could even have been lots of places,  but they were always seem to be in public,   Yes I do sometimes get asked is it crochet,  no tatting, so their people learn about tatting etc.,  see I spend the word tatting around.

I used the Turkish thread, Altin Basek thread no 50 which is equal to Lizbeth no 20,  pattern  is called Fleurette edging which has been re-written by Joelle link to her Blog

These earrings I made for a dear friend before Christmas,  they are in the same thread,  and I used my own pattern Butterfly heart, 

Hope you have a lovely weekend

Margaret 

Tatted butterfly heart earrings

 Hi

A little while ago yes well when I found the post it was May 2020 how time has flown,  we did what could  call poker cards,  we were given a set of cards with either a number of rings or number of chains and work a design using the required elements.

Well I came up with the poker butterfly heart design, the original  post was 20th May 2020,  here is a link to the Post.    I had some thread left on my shuttles and I made these two pairs of earrings.  The butterfly in the middle stands out in a 3D effect,  I don’t think these shades of thread show it up every well,  I did josh ine rings around the outside but they could be made with beads,  perhaps next time I made some I will use beads 

I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in summer fun and spring garden.

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,  stay safe from this new variant of Covid 

Margaret