Hankie for Mini-Boss

 Thanks, sewmuchfun!  I love the name - for now anyway, till she makes  her earthly arrival in April.
Well, although I agree with Diane, and would love to tat the border in the HDT, I tried it and it is just to heavy. There probably  would not have been enough of it to complete the edge in this pattern that i liked for the variegated pattern.

Also, I am on hiatus from PayPAl till I use up the thread that I have ,,,and I have a lot!  So, I have picked a #50 Cordonnet in Ecru, which matches the insert of the hankie quite well.

The pattern is simple:  Baby Lace by Mary Konior.

I say simple, because I think it probably is, but it took me the regular few hours to go through the left/right dilemma I grapple with!  I'm comfortable with the pattern now after couple of hours and a lot of false starts. I like the simplicity of this with the peach cloth.  Delicate.

Anon,

A Buddy for The Boss!

 Thinking Pink has worked!

Grandbaby-To-Be, cousin to The Boss, will be able to wear wee tatted goodies. Number 5  is a SHE!

Appropriately, I finished The Featherline Snowflake, in pink, last night, done in Lizbeth #20.  Still not following the pattern as written, but it looks all right  - needs a good blocking!

The baby girl  will have a hankie as well.  My mom had another, like the green one, this one with an 'L' on it;  same style as the other one and very, very fine fabric.  'L' begins my mom's surname and also my daughter's  married name. Lucky again!

What should I tat the border with?  White, ecru or this Lady Shuttlemaker variegated?

I cannot make up my mind.

I welcome opinions!

Anon,

Surprise from a Stranger

I do not remember a conversation about tatting  specifically with a woman named Mary; I talk to lots of people during a day at work and I have mentioned to MANY people that I am always on the lookout for old shuttles and patterns and folks tell me lots of tales about their tatting relatives and so forth. Mary must have told me that she would  have a look. She did.

When I got to work yesterday, a parcel was waiting for me. And a note:

The contents of the package:

The shuttles:

One of the shuttle has ' 114 CANDIDA ' scratched into both sides.

Needless to say, I am pretty overwhelmed by Mary's thoughtful generosity!  I am always amazed by such kindness and good will.  Thank you Mary! 

~***~

The same day, I received this in the mail!

I have been waiting....

 

 'Let's Tat' is a wonderful book - considered vintage - self-published in 1979.  I read about this on Ambitatterous's blog and found it online at a great price. ( Usually, it is hideously expensive) I was very lucky!  Every good word written about it is true! 

If you can possibly procure a copy of this fantastic tatting  book composed of  332 pages chock-full of instructions, pictures. patterns, stories and information about tatting, you will not be disappointed.

Here is how an error in a word was corrected.  Angeline Crichlow published one hundred copies.  

This correction technique puts a whole different spin on self-publishing!

Now, on to The Featherline Snowflake  as seen on top of the book.  I could not get the instructions right. Dyslexia won. I had to change the pattern instructions.  Probably I should have just e-mailed Jon, but I was lazy and just kept trying to fix it.  It seems to be okay now. Anybody else notice a problem?  Maybe there is an update on the pattern I missed.

BTW

Heather's having a great giveaway at her blog to celebrate her birthday. Check it out!

Anon,

Doing The Happy Dance!

 Aren't we sweet?

On tiny feet,

 We'll look so neat.

Oh, what a treat!

Anon,