Not the 'Pied', but the' Myra'...

Piper, that is!

 

Motif Challenge #1

Design by Myra Piper

So, I had just enough of Tatskool's delicious thread left to tat this motif, which measures about 2 inches in diameter.  Cute isn't it?

Then, figured I had better get the design written up for my Design-Tat Homework, before I dive into some other project.  I must admit I do feel some satisfaction in getting it ALMOST finished.

However, this writing up of a pattern is definitely not easy.  It is the least enjoyable part of the process for me, because I keep going over and over it.  As an ex-copywriter, (a gazillion years ago!) I have been trained to edit, edit and edit again!  And to think we have not even got to the drawing bit.

Should be a ton of fun, she said, with no evidence of mirth anywhere.

Back to the drawing-board...

It's Done!

 Motif Challenge #25

This was murder to tat!  Most of the problem was caused by the fact that I was using some thread that I had wanted to try from T.T.E. and it ended up being WAY thicker than the beautiful #40 Chocolime, by Tatskool.. I should have realized that at the onset.  But... well.... 

SO, when I added the beads (on the backside, where I had a big , thick, thread to tat through) the process became unwieldy.

Those tiny, little beads came to me from Crazy  Mom, along with the red ones.  I like them a lot. The outer beads are copper metal ones that I am also rather partial to. I liked the colour of both of these beads with the thread.

This design completes another round of the 25 Motif Challenge for me.  I highly recommend this brilliant ongoing participation, courtesy of Sharon, for those tatters who are looking to stay motivated.  It has really kept me tatting and on track when I felt like throwing my shuttles out the window and picking up woodcarving tools instead!

Actually, I would NEVER throw my shuttles out the window...   

(I have word that I am still on the Most-Wanted : Lace List in several states and provinces for unprovoked shuttle abuse during several tatting ...ahem... episodes in the past year.  Beware: The Tatting Police are everywhere.  Tatting is NOT dead.)

This should prove challenging to put on paper... I am greatly 'afeared!

Guess What I Saw Today

 Sue Fuller's Christmas Tree!

tatting is everywhere!

For those of you who do not know what I am talking about, go to Gina's blog, here. I fell in love with this little tree motif  yesterday, and lo and behold, I saw it hanging just outside my apartment building this afternoon!  How's that for synchronicity?

Tatting Detectives

The Return Of:

 Thank You, Dale Marie!

Looks like the book will be wending its merry way 

to sewmuchfun today! 

Yippee!!!

Seems that Dale Marie has had a bad time of it lately; she has sent mega-apologies to us, feeling terrible that we were waiting for her to send the book on.  I have sent her warm wishes.  I do hope things improve for her in the New Year.

Today she will post the book.  Let us know, sewmuchfun, when it arrives.

Heather...Heather... Heather...  All because of you, has this happy event occurred!  You were the one that cracked the case of the missing book recipient; receiving DM's facebook address was what did the trick.  I did not know who to look for on-line. That pivotal clue came originally from Isdihara, via Tatskool, by way of the sleuthing Sherlock, Suneeti.  Jane provided the name that matched the other clue. 

This problem-solving was definitely a great example of  the whole being greater than its parts.  Tatting teaches much more than stitches.

So, the tatting world is large and powerful, my friends, as these tatter detectives hail from all over the globe.  We are talking about Canada, England,  Ireland, Singapore and the United States.  All just trying to track down one errant piece of tatting literature! Thanks, Everyone!

#24 Motif Challenge

Tatted this up yesterday, as Suneeti sent me the pattern (hers, I believe) and said that it would be a good one for teaching.  I love the snowflake ( Note, Miranda:  SIX points!) and it indeed looks simple, but as I started tatting it...hmmm:  non-twist join at the end, SLTs, longish chains, double picots in the centre little rings, all that joining.  Would have done me in as a newbie!

Good for a beginner, but as a teaching device, I think it would gobble my hour right up!  Thanks, Suneeti, for the lovely motif.  I will give the student a copy of this and the motif.  It is tatted in the Altin Başak you sent me!

My design update: still limping along: