Tat along with Wendy Round three - finished 8/25 motif challenge

Hi,
Here is the last round of the tat along with Wendy link to her blog.   I have really enjoyed tatting with Wendy and hopefully we can do it again.
This is the link to the pattern  I used Lisbeth no 40 American Apple pie thread.  Can you see my little error,  one chain has 6 picots instead of five so it does not flute into a half circle around the petal.  Decisions do I cut and just re-do or leave it,  decisions decisions I expect I will sort it it would be a shame to leave it.  I am undecided if I like this colour thread,   but I do like the pattern and will be doing it again.
I have put this as number 8 out of the 25 motif challenge,   I have some other pieces of tatting which I have been doing in between but I will leave them for another day.    The tat along mat is now growing as the next round is going around.  I also received the travelling Angeline book Lets Tat,  I am the last person on the list to have the book that has been travelling around the world for the last three years.  Next stop for the book will be its home Canada and Fox.  I also have Michele's book The Ruins of Lace by Iris Anthony, not sure how long it will take me to read it.
I hope you are well and until we meet again Take Care.
                      Hugs
                  Margaret

Tat along with Wendy Round 2

 Hi,
This is the second round of the tat along that Wendy and I are doing at the moment,   see last post for the pattern details.   I am using Lizbeth thread no 40 American Apple Pie.   Still not sure if I like the thread but the pattern is tatting up quickly and is fairly easy once you get into it.
I am having a restful day after a busy and active weekend well as active as I could at the moment,  I have a few picture to share which I will put on tomorrow.
I hope you are keeping well,  until we meet again take care.
                   Hugs
               Margaret

Tatting with Wendy plus Renuleks tat along mat.

 Hi,
It seems ages since I posted anything on my blog.   I am recovering well from my op and the infection has gone hooray.  The nurses have stopped coming in and I have the last couple of days been out in the car for a ride.  I am still not allowed to do anything,   at times I forget but I am trying to be a good patient.

Wendy from Uni and Tsuru link to her blog  suggested a tat along,  this is the first round of the pattern we both chose,   the first round is all split rings and a chain from one petal to another link to pattern.    I used Lizbeth no 40 American Apple Pie,   which I think was sent to me a while ago by Wanda. if I am wrong,  its been a while ago.  I have enjoyed this pattern something different,  I will post the next round when done.


                                                       --oo0oo--

Now while I am posting do you remember this.   This is the tat along by Renulek (intatters)  its  been ages since I posted this mat but finally I have finished the snowflake round and the little bits beside the snowflakes.  I stopped doing this mat after Vernons Dad died in January and then I did a bit and put it down and lost interest in it.   Well while I can't do anything but sit I picked it up again and here is the finished snowflake round,  now I am on the next round with three more to do.   I can't see this being finished any time soon but at least its back on track.   I am using Lizbeth No 20 Sea Island Citrus thread.

Thank you for all your kind wishes and messages they are really appreciated.
I hope you are keeping well, until we meet again take care.
                         Hugs
                      Margaret

Christmas Tatting - Tea Pots 25/25 motif challenge

Hi,

As some of you are aware Somerset and the South West have been hit very badly by the weather just before christmas,  I guess we are lucky as we live high up on the mendips but I feel really sorry for those who have been flooded and those who live on the Somerset levels,   which is the area most hit by the rain,   it just never stops raining.  They were pumping off the water from the levels into the rivers for weeks at 10 tons of water per second,  that was until the last lot of rain and they stopped pumping because of the amount of rain coming down was filling the rivers too much for the water being pumped off, so now the pumps are on when they can and river level lets them pump.

There was a lot of flooding in Cornwall and Devon which were cut off by the rail as the lines were flooded and wash away in places,   the force of the water buckled the lines outside Exeter,  the repairs were done over christmas so they could get the lines up and running for travellers who wanted to travel.

All in all its been a wash out christmas with many homes flooded,  roads flooded and damaged by the water,  its still raining outside so who knows when it will stop.  My garden is just washed out and looking very sorry for itself.   Perhaps we are lucky it was not snow as we would be snowed in.

Enough of our terrible weather, and on a lighter note,  for Christmas I was given Tea is for Tatting by Martha Ess,  I love her Introduction and I quote " What is more delightful than a good old fashioned cup of tea, whether a brisk English Breakfast, a soothing Chamomile or my favourite Earl Grey?  It takes time to brew a proper cup of tea - time to boil the water, patience to let the leaves steep to perfection.  Tatters embrace a craft that takes time and patience, as well, to produce their works of art"  Well Martha they are the truest words I have read in a long time but just one thing,  I hate tea, cant stand it.

This lovely pattern is called Tiny Square Teapot I have used Lizbeth no 20 in Falling Leaves, simply I had the thread on the shuttles.

This pattern is called Antique Rose Tea Set but so far I have only tatted the tea pot.  It was tatted in a lemon no 20 but in the photo it looks white but I can reassure you it is lemon.
The light today is bad so I used the coffee table as the background and then the camera automatically used the flash.  I do like this pattern I have not sewn in the ends as I finished it last night and the light was not good enough to sew them in.


I was also given the book Tatting with Rings by Jon Yusoff,    so far I have read the book but not done any patterns that's for when I have time to play,  it an interesting book with some lovely patterns,   just got to sort out some plastic rings.
                                              ---ooOoo--

This beautiful bookmark was sent to me from Wendy,   its from the book Playing with Picots.  the thread is gorgeous and is hand dyed from Jess at Tat-ilicious link to her blog.  The thread is called rainbow-ilicious,  which is on Jess's Esty store.
You can see this beautiful bookmark on Wendy's blog it looks a lot better than the picture I managed to take,  she called it  Sunrise Sunset bookmark,  link to her blog
Thank you Wendy I will treasure this beautiful bookmark.

The teapots finish my 25 motif challenge,   I am going to start another 25 motif challenge after the New Year.
Until we meet again take care, keep dry, and stay safe.
                    Hugs
                 Margaret

My tatted Fluffy Angel 23/25

Hi,
I want to introduce you to my Fluffy Angel,  a couple of weeks ago I showed you a fluffy snowflake,  well the brain cells went into overdrive  and I googled to see if there was a fluffy angel,  no could not find one.  With the brain cells working this is what they came up with.  This has been tested tatted by three lovely ladies  Wendy from umintsuru  link to her blog,   Fox from Tat-ology link to her blog  and Diane from Lace-lovin Librarian link to her blog.   They have been three of the best test tatters I could have have, to have a pattern tested worldwide is amazing and with the technology we have today this has been easy to do, so now  with there help the pattern is ready.

I used Oren Bayan Koton Perle no 8 but any thread that will fluffy can be used,   she takes 7 and three quarters of thread approximately and is 2 and half inches long with a wingspan of 4 inches approximately,
This is the fluffy Angel with beads,   I only put one bead per picot but Fox used three on each picot which look totally beautiful.
So for the first five tatters who would like a copy of the pattern please leave your name on this blog and I will send you a copy,   but I am afraid after that the pattern is now on my esty store,  which I am adding today, there is a link in the sidebar to my esty store.
They have all said she is gorgeous so I hope you will agree,  this is the moment of unveiling and the time I sit and hope she will be liked.
I have really enjoyed designing her and I have some more ideas running around the brain cells for fluffys.
News on the scan,  I had it yesterday but I have no results as yet,  just hoping they find something.
I hope you have a lovely weekend and stay dry.
                         Hugs
                      Margaret
PS Sorry all five free patterns have now gone.

Tat along by Renulek (Intatters) Challenge and Orchids

 Hi,
Yesterday was lovely day cold, blue sky, and sunshine,  I went out for the first time for some time   ok it was only to the wool shop but it was out, I got the buttons for the babies cardigan I showed you a week ago now I can finish it off and put it in my esty store, (there is a link to the esty in my sidebar I was asked last time) Then in the evening we went to friends for a couple of hours,  I know I was in pain by the time I got home but it was lovely just to get out of the four walls. Today its cold and rainy, dark and overcast totally different to yesterday.  My scan is on Thursday,  crossing fingers they find what it is.
I have started doing the tat along Challenge from "Intatters" this is another doily pattern,  and I have no doubt I will keep this one too.   This time it was set by Renulek link to her blog  she is Polish oh and shes called the doily a napkin.   The blog is in Polish but blogger will translate the blog.    This is round one and two,  I am using Lizbeth No 20 Sea Island Citrus,  which is a new thread and I have not used before, I treated myself to this one when I brought some thread a couple of months ago.   Its working up very pretty,  I hope I will feel the same when I have done round four it looks a bit of a nightmare. 
  

My orchid is flowering again,  I took this picture on friday,  well you know I love orchids,  they are my favorite flower.  If you have not seen Wendy's blog over the last couple of days, please pay her a visit link to her blog   she has put some gorgeous pictures of Orchids on her blog,  one is marked especially for me.  Thank you Wendy for finding the photograph and thank you for sharing those wonderful pictures.
Thats it today I hope you have a lovely weekend,
Until we meet again take care

                      Hugs
                   Margaret

Look at these earrings

Hi
Yesterday the postman's brought these gorgeous,  well they are more than gorgeous they are totally stunning beyond words earrings from Wendy  of Umi and Tsuru link here to her blog.   They arrived really quickly from Singapore and were her gift on the PIF (pay it forward)
They were tatted in Country Kitchen Lizbeth 40 with Swaroski crystals beads and crystals
Thank you I really will enjoy wearing these earrings.


We are back to the rain and wind,  tomorrow looks really horrible again at least here were I live we are not flooded,  if we were the majority of the country would be flooded as we are quite high up on the Mendips.


Try to stay dry and take care
                        Hugs
                     Margaret

Pay it forward or PIF

Hi,


Some months ago Wendy  did a PIF,  which means the first three comments on the post gets a gift made for them.   I did comment and how there is a gift on its way to me,  I will of course show you when it arrives.
In the meantime under the rules which are :-
Authors of the first three comments will receive a handmade gift,
But they in their turn - promise the same on their blogs.


So if anyone would like a handmade gift then please leave a comment on this post,  the first three will get a handmade gift made for them.


Only comments left on the blog will be counted and e-mail comments will not be acceptable.
                                            Hugs
                                         Margaret