My surprise today

Hi,

Look what arrived in the post today, back in November I won a giveaway from Wanda in the US, I know she posted it at the beginning of December and I must admit I had forgotten about it, so when the postman came knocking this morning with two parcels I was surprised.

Thank you Wanda the parcel was lovely containing a pair of small scissors, two balls of Lizbeth thread, of which I do not have, Peacock Blues no 20 and Autumn Apple pie No 40. A book about Kansas landscape and the most beautiful bookmark.

The other parcel was from the Lady Shuttle Maker, I brought one of her hook pens on Christmas day from her esty store, its like a pen but without the ink instead it has a tatting hook which when you press it, it comes down just like an ink nib.

I hope you have had a nice day I am off to see and do the TIAS (tat it as you see) that started today, if you remember I did it last you and it turned out to be an aeroplane, so I wonder what this years will turn out to be.

Until we meet again 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

TIAS and update on hospital

Hi,
Another wet day in Somerset, its not really light for the second day and I am feeling just a bit down, at least we do not have the rain that Brisbane has been having and we are not flooded. I have been signed off for another month after hell day at the hospital, after Monday on a special diet and Tuesday visiting the loo very often, I spent yesterday morning in the hospital having a very unpleasant procedure, I am not going to say any more than that but I don't want to go though it again. I now have to wait to see the surgeon and hopefully now he might do something, if he wants any more tests I hope they are not like yesterday, today I am in pain I think yesterday has upset something it should settle down in a couple of days.
I expect you are wondering what TIAS is, there is a challenge in the tatting world which Jane is kindly designed and doing called Tat it and see, the picture is day one, I have followed all the instructions and have no idea what it is or how it will turn out, as they say watch this space. I will bring you an update as the days go on. Of course I did one silly thing it said one shuttle in a dark colour and what did I pick, black and yesterday was a dark day so I cursed myself for picking black, the blue is a shaded thread. I hope the light will improve next time I do day two.
Thanks for popping by and hope you are keeping well and dry. in the meantime take care until you pass by again.
Hugs
Margaret