Handkerchief edging

Another item on my 'to-do' list was to edge a handkerchief. Mission now accomplished.

This edging was from the book Tatted Fashion by Teiko Fujito and used DMC size 80.

A woman who is experienced in edging handkerchiefs advised me to do a row of double crochet around the edge of the material prior to attaching the edging. How happy I am for her advice, because it worked out well :)

Magnificant mail

More happy dancing today!

The postman left two seperate parcels today, both for me :)

The first parcel contained Mark Myers' Jacobean Flower Spray pattern and the second contained new thread :):):):)

What a treat to have the thread and the pattern arrive at the same time so that I can start the project straight away.

I plan on doing the pattern in DMC 80 and then repeating it in Altin Basak 50 to see which I prefer.

Hmmm....this, combined with my other UFOs, should keep me occupied for quite some time....

Workbasket magazine

Crazy Mum Tats is very generously giving away Workbasket magazines.

See the following blog for details.

http://psychotatter.blogspot.com/

Motif 20

This motif was designed by Jon Yusoff and has been tatted in Lizbeth 20. Her design shows the colours in the thread beautifully.

Lizbeth thread comes in some gorgeous colours, but I think that I prefer the feel of Altin Basak. Shall have to compare the two a bit more.

Motif 19

Hoorah! I remembered to scan the tatting at last. Doing the actual tatting is always the fun part. It's the follow up work that throws me, such as scanning the motif so that the picture can be posted to the blog.

The following two motifs, 'the square and diamond motifs', were from Jane Eborall's site - . Quite appropriately named really.

The pattern suggests making several of these motifs and then joining them together to create a larger product. I didn't do this because I'm still at the stage of tatting smaller objects so that I can see what different patterns look like when they are finished.

These two patterns look really sweet. I also did the triangular pattern from the series, but did not scan it. My completed triangle could definitely not be considered 'sweet'. Poor Jane might reconsider sharing her patterns if she saw how badly I botched it :(

Motif 9

Well, I just had to try Jane Eborall's reversible motif because it looked so nice on other people's blog.

What can I say? Jane is a creative genious with very good spatial skills. I wonder if she can read road maps the 'right way up' regardless of which way she is travelling....

This pattern was fun to follow and I'll probably do it again in pink. I learned how to do this great new trick to hide the thread ends instead of stithing them in afterwards. It's called 'invisible ends' ( or some such thing). Wonderful invention!

The first photo is 'one side' and the second side is 'the other side'.

Motif 8

This interlaced medallion is from Judith Connor's book Creative tatting with beads, shuttle and needle. It used Altin Basak size 30. I'd really LOVE to buy this book, but it is no longer being printed :( Amazon is selling it for about $111 US dollars. Bit too expensive for me........

I used a split ring technique between row 2 and row 3. Not a very pretty attempt, but hopefully I will get better with practice.

Motif 5

This pincushion portrays yet another use for the size 20 variegated yellow/white Coates Mercer crochet cotton.

The tatting pattern was derived and amended from a very old DMC Corporation Tatting for today publication.

The pincushion itself was made from rolled up strips of material and then covered in black velvet.

Motif 4

This motif, which was designed by Judith Connors, is now securely fastened to my son's 21st birthday card.

It has been made from the same thread as Motif 1 - size 20 variegated yellow/white Coates Mercer crochet cotton.