A little more than 1/2 way around row 12

Not doing too bad on this quick round.

This has been done between last night

and today.  :)

Hope you are tatting along today!!  :)

Spring doily progress

I just finished row 11 of Renulek's Spring Doily 2016.

 And, to make a long story straight to the point-Sunday

 I had some tatting time and added a little more length to

the edging I am tatting for my Christmas wreath bow.

That is my quick update for tonight!

Have a fabulous night! :)

An edging to show a bit of

This is part of Mary Konior's Anniversary Edging 

from Tatting with Visual Patterns.

I am tatting it in size 20 Christmas Red.  I started

last night when the lighting wasn't good enough

to work with the size 80 on the Spring Doily.

This is about 8 inches long, but needs to grow to

about 3 or 4 feet by my guess.  I plan on 

adding more to the sides of this to widen it so

I can make a large Christmas bow to go on a

wreath.

My Spring doily has had a little more progress, but

I need to re-wind both shuttles so I took a break.

And, I am really hoping to start the bracelet with 

the new beads.

Hope your day is bright, cheerful, and that you

have time to tat!!!  :)

A little more progress

Almost half way around!!!  Little bits here and there

and just maybe tomorrow to be a tatting day!  :)

 We just stopped at Hobby Lobby and I got these 2 balls

of Christmas Red size 20 thread.  Well, if you look close 

you can see that the one of the left side is smaller

than the one on the right. They are both the same size

and I have noticed this with other balls in different

colors before, but this bothers me that maybe I am

not getting the same amount-although, maybe one is

just wound tighter????  Just wondering.

These are hopefully going to help me complete

a project started a few years ago and needs to be

done!!!!!!!!!!!  

 I also got some pretty blue beads and am in the

process of trying to decide what I want to make

with them.

Have a wonderful day, and a tatting filled 

weekend(hopefully)!!!!  :)

Started row 11 last night

I made some good progress considering I have been

dealing with headaches for 3 days and not feeling

too great.  I really am happy with how much I did

last night and what little I have done today!!!

Hoping you are accomplishing some tatting!!  :)

Have a great day!!!!  :)

Still slowly working on the Spring doily

I finally finished round 11 Correction Round 10.  I still have ruffles, but

when laying on something flat, I kind of like them.

I am sure they will need to be blocked, but that's

ok, I only block after sewing in all ends after

completing the doily.  :)

 This second picture shows how wide it currently is

the width of a sheet of paper.  I had only 2 joining 

rings to complete and when I closed the first one,

there was a mistake, I missed the picot somehow.

So this morning I went to open the ring to fix it,

and the thread broke(size 80), so I took it apart

tied on the thread and finished the row.  I am so 

thankful!!  Now I can try to catch up!!!  

Our granddaughter invasion was a split invasion

this past week.  They came on Monday, but the 

younger left on Wednesday to go camping with her 

dad and his family, and the older stayed till Friday

and had to go with her dad for the weekend.

We had fun and lots and lots of noise!!!

Have a tatting-filled day!!!  :)

Still on row #10........

Well, I actually made it about 1/2 way around finally.

Tatting time has been limited by 2 days of not

feeling well(not sick, but no energy and just

not up to 100% and not much else got done

those 2 days either).  

I do have an interesting little story to tell. 

Yesterday we were waiting to go to our youngest

daughter's college graduation and there was a

knock on the door(rarely do we get company), 

there was a lady wanting us to vote for her for

something(I am not into politics).  Well, my hubby

wanted the chance to talk with her about what 

she is representing(me, being bored by the conversation

picked up my doily and started working again, 

and after about 10 minutes the lady stops and says

are you tatting???  And I proudly said yes!  And 

I thanked her for being the first person I have found

who knew what it was.  She told us that she is 

forever kicking herself for not taking time to

learn from her neighbor who tatted-and my 

hubby told her I would gladly teach her, but

she decided her hubby would not agree to 

another craft and that she shouldn't tell him

about the beautiful tatting I have in my living

room.  Oh well, she left with a tatted snowflake.

And this is our daughter before her crossing the 

stage.  I had to use a 60X zoom to get this picture

so it's a little fuzzy, but it's the best that could be done.

Her program isn't completed until the end of August,

she is receiving and Associates Degree as a Sign

Language Interpreter.  We are so proud of her!!!  :)

Tatting makes waiting easier!!!

Oops, I forgot to add the blue background, but

I do need to say that sitting at a pain clinic 

waiting for a friend gave me tatting time and 

as you can see I did pretty good.  That is

about 1 1/2 hours work(doesn't seem like much).

 As as you can see this is still ruffly, and I just "threw"

it on the scanner quickly so I could post it.  :)

Hoping to get back to work on it tomorrow.

I am not sure how much tatting will be 

accomplished next week because our granddaughters 

will be invading us again, and our youngest daughter

graduates from college Friday(well...walks the aisle, but

doesn't know if she is truly graduated until the end

of August), and she will be home for 2 weeks.  I think

I may be a bit busy, but if they spend time going to the 

swimming pool, or watching their Monster High movies

(which I am not into) I will tat then!!!  :)

Happy tatting everyone!!!  :)

Blue to fulfill Diane's request

Ok, Diane said blue and I went through my solids, 

but I am horribly addicted to variegateds so, I  

used size 40 Lizbeth Niagara Falls.  I  think

this actually shows up better than any solid might.

I was going to add beads to the joining picots,

but forgot until after 2 joins were complete.

Again, this is Ninetta's pattern here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/16993398448/in/photostream/

And a big help when starting is muskaan's tutorial here:

http://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/04/tatting-tutorial-layered-rings-part-1.html

Hope you have had a wonderful day and 

hopefully some tatting too!!!  :)

2016 25 Motif Challenge # 4

A huge thank you to muskaan for her tutorial on

Ninetta's layered rings.....link here:

http://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/04/tatting-tutorial-layered-rings-part-1.html

I have tried to tat this earring(I thought it was a pendant)

 3 different times and I failed all 3 times.  I have hesitated 

to attempt it again, but I really want to get it down!!!  

It's a beautiful earring(I left off the top ring

 because this one is not correct), 

but now that I am understanding it, I want to do it again

and hopefully get it correct this next time.

As I said, this is Ninetta's pattern.....link here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/16993398448/in/photostream/

It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Black.

Have a tatfully wonderful day!!!!  :)