“F” Words (Post 999!!!)

I admit that I uttered the trucker-talk “F""word a couple of times 

when I saw what I had done way back at the very beginning. 

There was no fixing this. 

The title of this post could well be another example: 

FATAL FLAW

I tatted this to see what would happen if I tatted Linda Davies’s Star Attraction Doily in very different colours than what Miranda has done beautifully begun here.

This is where the error happened:

I started it originally in #80:

But this was very taxing so I switched to #40 Lizbeth and Altin Basak pink (#50)

I was so disappointed when I saw what I had done as there is still a good bit left to tat and I quite like this pattern. I am very tempted to tat it again, but I will use other colours. I am so trying to get rid of the old stuff... 

Slowly, I am working through my threads and have diminished my stash immensely to this:

It really is a very modest stash now, don’t you agree? I should perhaps begin to add some new colours...heheh

Forgot to show you what my daughter has been giving away as little gifts to her friends: lavender (she grows it) sachets! Just look it this! Mummy’s handiwork getting all the outer glory!

One last thing...

I found these tiny elastics at the drugstore and they are absolutely perfect for wrapping about a ball of thread so that it stays wound! Love them!

If you look at the stash-pic, you can see every ball has an elastic around it.  Makes a tatter proud. : )

Stawasz Satisfaction!

I am delighted with this tatting. 

Firstly, it was actually FUN to tat and secondly, I did not have to un-tat more than a few times! This is a monumental leap forward for me - especially with Jan Stawasz’s patterns.

The thread is Lizbeth, #40 and I have realized something about it. Compared to tatting with Altin Basak, which I am currently using, the Lizbeth is certainly not plush or consistent in texture. Though it is lovely and stiff, it is not tactile in the way that the Altin Basak is. 

My pal Suneeti sent me some pink in the AB and I am tempted to send away for some other colours as it is nice to have a completely different feel to the Lizbeth once in a while, and it is not as soft and fuzzy as Cebelia.

However, I have just ordered some Cebelia ( the least inxpensive thread to order in Canada) for I want to tat that Victorian Trellis that Jane and Frivole have completed. Looks like a nice challenge and I wanted to be sure to have a full ball of ivory before I begin. 

Gian is hankering for some dedicated attention as I try to write up the pattern for my design...

Is anyone out there in Tat-Land interested in test-tatting the Pine Plains design when I compete it?

Pattern Re-Worked

My new design (Pine Plains Picot) is tatted with #80 DMC, sent to me by Ladytats. Thanks Ladytats, it is pretty, and a great thread to work with.

Tip From Tatting Fool

Miranda was right - try it she said. You can always cut it off.  

I won’t, as I really like the white chain.

Following Frivole’s lead, I just had to try this as well, 

for I had also noticed it in the blogs the other day:

Pattern by Corina Meyfeldt