Making Moving More Manageable

I am preparing to move, so lots of going through stuff, getting ready to pack up my little place; I had a look at my tatting stuff, and in fitting Fox fashion found enough flavour for a fine, fun giveaway.

Please leave a comment. If I cannot identify your name, I will not include you in the draw, which will be on January 20. : ))

Sorry if you are a regular reader and I do not include your name - but this giveaway is for the tatters I recognize. There are just too many giveaway-chasers; folks who comment on every giveaway they can find on the Internet, so that I have to very discriminating. 

Apologies to those I may not include because I do not recognize them as legit. : (

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The game is on!

With great dismay I made the same mistake! Can you believe it? Last night I had to cut out about 8 repeats in the centre of this row. 

I have never done that kind of repair before and it was challenging to ensure that the ‘fix’ is invisible. The result is okay - I cannot find the re-do, so I am ready to move on to the 15th row. It feels as if I have caught up to where I was before the little meltdown.

As I tatted, I paid attention to the up/down joins (could be why I messed up!) to see what I was doing on the fs/bs.

I figured out, thanks to Martha’s comment on the last post, that in fact I have not been doing this wrongly. The confusion came about because of joining so the red or beige blips do not show. At any rate, all is well.

To double check, I looked at my favourite reference book:

Mags commented on the previous post:

For FS/BS tatting, down on the front and up on the back is correct. At least according to Judi Banashek's book Impeccable Tatting, which is where I learned FS/BS.

Thanks, Mags! That is exactly what I did! I always run to Judi when I am confused. : )

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I started this border weeks ago.

It is from this book:

I am using #40 Olympus and it is lovely indeed!