Perfectly Perfetti

Robin's new Winter Frost design is lovely. I was one of the fortunate tatters who had the privilege of test-tatting her pattern. : )  Thanks Robin!

Here it is in #60 DMC Cordonnet Special:

I found it a bit of a fiddly pattern to tat and for some reason my stitches really are not consistent or nicely formed. Not sure what the problem is here, as the thread is DMC, which is generally great to work with. So, the uneven quality is all my doing, not the fault of the design.

A few days ago, I completed another of Robin's pretty snowflakes:

This one is tatted with much more consistency. Perhaps I was pulling the threads a bit more tightly.

Now, I must say I am glad the last Jan Stawasz didn't work out as I have decided to tat it in #80 Lizbeth instead and realize how much happier I am using #80 - even if it is Lizbeth! Actually, this coloured ball is very good: very smooth; consistent.  love the colour, whatever it is called.

Lastly, I'd like to thank all those tatters who must have voted for my Ben Fikkert doily. I see I have won an award over at Crafftree. Quelle surprise! THANK YOU!

Focussed on Flakes

Well, the first is actually a wreath - a brand new great pattern

from Renulek, which you can find here. 

Then Posy by Mary Konior.
White Thread: DMC Cordonnet Special #60

Then two pretty snowflakes by Robin Perfetti:

The thread is Karey Solomon’s HDT, #40.

For Scale

I am currently test-tatting Winter Frost for Robin. 

You are going to LOVE this one!

Not At All Impressed

Mr G may not be impressed with my tatting...

But I am certainly taken with his fine teeth! 

We brush!

Taking a Jan Stawasz break, 

I felt like a few small Mary Konior motifs, 

tatted with the remaining Karey Solomon HDT, #40.

Then another of Frivole’s - latest pattern Snowdrop,

this time tatted in DMC #60, a WONDERFUL thread.

This one is smaller than 

the DMC Cordonnet #30tatted previously:

The hankie edging - Hedgehogs - in #80 Lizbeth is a slow one to tat. 

Not hard, but very time-consuming. I really like this Mary Konior edging.

Miscalculation

There was a fatal flaw; I found it as I began the final two rows of the mat; a Jan Stawasz pattern. 

Something just felt off- it had since the middle of the tatting I had done, but I could not see an error. Finally, I counted repeats in the photo ( taxing enough as it is so small ) and then counted elements in my work.

Yup. There was one error that meant I had increased the elements by one and had kept tatting. There was another mistake as well, but it was not as critical. Both boo-boos were towards the beginning.

I had spent about half an hour looking for the problem; sometimes it is so very difficult to find mistakes.

At any rate, I do not have enough of Karey Solomon's #40 or the #50 DMC to tat a new one. So, I am going to re-tat it in #80 - gasp - Lizbeth, as I have a lovely colour to use. I like the pattern; I find it a pleasing design.