Four More Floral Repeats To Tat
17 1/2 inches
Then two more lengthy rows followed by fill-in motifs.
This has progressed faster than I had imagined.
Also, it has become more enjoyable as I approach the last of the motifs.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Regarding Renulek
Oh, I do love Renata's designs. I find them entertaining and stress free, so I can play, add beads and relax - just what I need as the Morimoto pattern is giving me hives!
Can you even see the shiny gold at the joins? I know the colours are a bit odd, but as I told you, I am trying like mad to use up the small stock I have of Lizbeth #40.
Some of the stash is the green flower centres in the Japanese pattern below.
I have actually finished 6 motifs completely, but was too lazy to take a photo. Anyway, I have twelve more to tat. I am not so fond of repeating motifs in doilies.
In the mail, a package from Belgium. Gian was immedietely captivated.
Then he couldn't resist a stroll ll over the beautiful hankie. Gracefully. With aplomb.
Thank you so much Tallly. I love this. It is a commemorative "Never War Again" hankie; Tally knows my dad was a pilot with the RCAF during WW2. Such a wonderful thoughtful gift to send to me. It shall receive a special tatted edge.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
All Sore Thumbs
I don’t know why I have had NO luck tatting in the past few days. I have made every crazy error: skipping the place I was supposed to join to; forgetting to join; missing picots; attaching to the wrong place. All stupid stuff.
Maybe it is because my hands are SO SORE. I have dry splitting flesh around my thumbs and first fingers. I wear gloves and cream at night, use hand cream. Nothing works and those little cracks hurt like the dickens.
I removed the beads. They were not appropriate where I placed them, plus my tatting tastes and priorities are in flux. It is the process of this piece that has my interest, maybe because of the long chains and the close attnetion that tatting them demands.
The quality of the shape of my stitches is paramount. I’m not thrilled with what I am seeing, but am working through that, intent on improving rather than constantly judging. Do I sound crazy yet?
Unfortunately, the quality of the thread is beyond my control. It is difficult to make good stitches when one shuttle is wound with knotted thin thread and the other has almost twice the twisty thickness wrapped around it.
To top it off, I have used up the entire ball of red while waiting for another in the post. Ditching the last portion didn’t happen but things - read mistakes, then scissors - did, and I ended up without new thread and wanting to get on with it.
Perhaps I am being tested bt the Tatting Muses. Yes, I fear that they may be the source of all the mischief afoot. Consequently, I am on my best behaviour, desperately determined to remain focused, for to distress the Muses would surely bring certain tatting disaster.
After 5 completed motifs I am back to 2.
Maybe it is because my hands are SO SORE. I have dry splitting flesh around my thumbs and first fingers. I wear gloves and cream at night, use hand cream. Nothing works and those little cracks hurt like the dickens.
I removed the beads. They were not appropriate where I placed them, plus my tatting tastes and priorities are in flux. It is the process of this piece that has my interest, maybe because of the long chains and the close attnetion that tatting them demands.
The quality of the shape of my stitches is paramount. I’m not thrilled with what I am seeing, but am working through that, intent on improving rather than constantly judging. Do I sound crazy yet?
Unfortunately, the quality of the thread is beyond my control. It is difficult to make good stitches when one shuttle is wound with knotted thin thread and the other has almost twice the twisty thickness wrapped around it.
To top it off, I have used up the entire ball of red while waiting for another in the post. Ditching the last portion didn’t happen but things - read mistakes, then scissors - did, and I ended up without new thread and wanting to get on with it.
Perhaps I am being tested bt the Tatting Muses. Yes, I fear that they may be the source of all the mischief afoot. Consequently, I am on my best behaviour, desperately determined to remain focused, for to distress the Muses would surely bring certain tatting disaster.
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