Kurbatskaya Challenge

Umintsuru and I have begun a BIG challenge! 

You can see her beginning  here.

I am using some #40 Kary Solomon HDT and for the white, I am tatting with the Portuguese thread I found in a local Crochet thread shop.

I have added a row and a half: this 

This Kurbatskaya pattern is difficult to follow and the photograph in the book does not show fine detail very well so I found myself starting the second white row three times.

On the fourth row I changed the count of the split rings and it seems to work now, but I am wondering what is going to happen later on! I have a feeling I will be doing a lot of revisions to the original.

It will be interesting to see how we each approach this Russian pattern. I am so glad to have a partner-in-tatting for this lengthy piece. Thanks Umintsuru!

Delays: Dental Drama

I will not bore you with the gore. Neither will I wax on about the pain, nor the swelling. I shall not bend your ear with my feeling-sorry-for-Fox, Sarah Heartburn carryings on. No, I am a stronger person than that. I AM A TATTER. (* sniff sniff*)

I have managed to begin Renukek's row 9.

I spent ages trying to figure out what colour to use for this round before realizing it had to be yellow! So obvious. 

There is another piece I have been working away on, trying to refine what I believe is a flawed pattern, but more about that later.

I need a pill... : (

Smashing Success

The Little Brother was shyly excited that I had finally made something especially for him. I believe he was equally pleased that I had not brought The Boss anything that day!

The little blue flower in the corner was the first thing he
commented upon, and you know what? I had not noticed it!

This border is designed by Robin Perfetti.

Little Brother was happy with the red smoke. 

He said he might put some Star Wars pieces 

on the hankie. Perfect, said I.

Georgia’s Grace

This is Georgia Setiz’s pattern from 

"Tatting on the Edge...and Beyond.”

I tatted this over the weekend because I was inspired by Frivole’s rendition, which you can see here. It is such a beautiful pattern and a lovely tat, which I carried out using #30 Cèbèlia. I liked the ecru that Frivole used and this was the only ecru I have in my stash. 

It is hard to believe it is the same pattern as this:

Not only have I recently developed a liking for ecru and white thread, but also am no longer overly fond of two colour tatting as in the above piece.

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Can anyone tell me where the pattern is for a design that uses these beads to make a little tatted name piece? I cannot remember where I saw it and I got these beads today for The Boss and Her Brother. Now I can’t find the pattern!

The needles are the self-threading kind that I also needed as I seem to have lost mine. Frivole reminded me how easy they are to use. Thanks, Frivole!

p.s. One more thing! Small picots rock! 

I made a conscious effort in this piece to keep the picots as small as I could. Took some effort, as I seem to automatically tat larger ones. 

I like the itty bitty picots a lot better. : )