Update on Renuleks Wiosna Mat

Hi,

Sometimes in the life of a tatter something goes wrong,   we all make mistakes no mater how clever we are or how long we have been tatting.
Well here's my cock up, yep I tatted the 4th round,  the whole lot and then went to add the flowers in-between the circles,   then disaster stuck I had tatted five rings in each circle instead of six,  the flowers would fit but not the next round.   I had a choice.
                1.  Cut off the whole round and start again, wasting a lot of thread
                2.   leave as it is and stop there,   its still a pretty mat and I do like the colours
                3.   Give it as a birthday present as it is,  the person who is going to get it
                      does not read my blog and wont know there's a mistake
Well there you have it,   I am doing number three at least no thread is wasted,  no time wasted in re-tatting and in the words of my husband you have enough doilies why do you want more.   He's pleased that I am going to give as a birthday present and its not another doily taking up space in the draw.
Will I start again I don't know at the moment,   I am off next week to Sheffield for a check up on my eye, and I have a lot of things to do in the next week.   I was enjoying the pattern and I was pleased with the way the colours were working out.    I will sew in the ends, wash it and block then it will be ready to give.
Hope you are having a nice day
                                   Hugs
                               Margaret

CD Sunday Challenge, Everything stops for Tea

Hi,
  I went for plain and simple this time using Joanna Sheens  Patience Strong CD,   I rather like the idea of the afternoon tea with the plate of sandwiches.   I also used the backing sheet that went with the image blue ribbon down the side and die cut flowers down the side on the back with blue gems in the middle, I cut a piece off the front of the card and placed the image half way.  My camera decided to give up and I had to buy a new one,   but Currys gave me the wrong SD card for it,  so I had to go back again and get the right one,   So now I can take my photos without messing around with the Ipad and then emailing them to myself.
Until we meet again take care
      Hugs
                              Margaret

Happy St David's Day

Hi,

To all my Welsh followers Happy St David's Day.
I tatted this daffodil from the pattern by Jennifer Williams,   the inspiration for the daffodil design came from her garden,   I used Lizbeth thread no 20 Pineapple Parfait,   I could not find a yellow button in the shop but i did find this green glitter one,  I only just finished it in time to post it today, I have not put the beads in the middle yet.  I would like to thank Joelle, for some help my brain went blank when it said bridge the chain,  but as you can see I managed in the end.

Our American and Canadian followers are having a very hard winter just to show you spring is nearly here I took this picture of one of my snowdrops this morning when it stopped raining.   I took it with my new camera,  my old one gave up the ghost so I had to buy a new one,  I planted a few in the lawn last year in little clumps and this one has popped up on his own,  Hopefully next year he might find a friend to flower with.

Have a nice day

                                 Hugs

                             Margaret

Update on Renuleks Wisona 2015 Mat

Hi,

What a beautiful day we had today,  the sun has shone all day and its warmer,  it felt like spring is here.
This is Renuleks Wisona Mat round four finished,   it was too dark for me to sew in the ends last night and it needs a press,  today she has published round six hopefully I can get round five done quickly and then catch up,  I seem to be lacking behind.
I am still using Lizbeth thread, no 20 in Countryside and white.
Hope you have a lovely weekend. until we meet again take care
                                  Hugs
                              Margaret

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year

February's Pinterest Challenge / update on Renuelks mat Wiosna 2015

Hi,

This is February Pinterest challenge that Suzanne and I are doing, hopefully we will complete 12 one for every month of the year.   This is my February's piece,  its a tatted cross using a button in the middle,  the pattern is called  Encapsulated Button Sunburst Motif of which this cross is a variation.  The pattern was originally published in November 2002 issue of the Tatting Times published by Karey Solomon and was a free pattern by Lily Morales who uses variations of advanced techniques adapted from the "3-5-7-9 Button Motif" from a Labour of Love by Lily Morales 2002
link to  patten   I was not as happy with this cross and may do it again,

Here is an update on the Renuleks mat I have finished round three it was too dark yesterday to sew in the ends.  I am using Lizbeth thread White and Countryside no 20.   I have not blocked it yet so it looks a little creased perhaps after the forth round I will give it a quick press.  This pattern is being done by a lot of tatters around the world,  each with there own colours its proving to be a popular pattern which Renuelks has designed.

Hope you are having a nice day, take care 

                                    Hugs

                                Margaret

Renulka's New Mat (Wiosna 2015)

Hi

Happy Valentines Day,    Hope you all got a card and present.

Today I have the first two rows of the new Renulka's spring mat called Wiosna 2015 that she is designing,  I am already nearly finished the third row and yesterday she published the forth row,  so I am not too far behind hopefully I can catch up this week.
I have used Lizbeth no 20 white for the chains and countryside for the rings.  I am liking the way this is working out so far.
Have a nice day
                              Hugs
                           Margaret