Random Tatting Doily Done

Well, after the frustrations of cutting off 3 tries on 

the last round I decided to try and draw around the 

doily to see if I could come up with something that 

wouldn't have to be cut off.  It took a couple of tries, 

but throwing away paper or erasing lines is easier 

and less wasteful than cutting rounds even 3 inches 

long!  ;)

I drew this round and loved it!  Tatted it and decided 

this doily is done.  It's only 5 inches across in size 40 

and you can see by the regular sized clover shuttle that 

it's a small doily.  ;)
****For those interested, the stitch counts for this 

doily are all 4s.  My daughter says I should call it
"May the 4's be with you".  ;)

 Then Saturday night I went to bed, but woke back up 

at 1am and was up until 4am.  I sat and watched 

Christmas movies and then had an urge to tat something.

So, I found my HDT Confetti in size 20 and a Lizbeth 

Lilac Med. also in size 20(I have very little size 20).
I started to tat the center of the doily again.

 For those who wonder how much bigger the doily 

would be in size 20 below is a picture of the 20 

under the 40-not much difference.

Anyway, the doily is done for me.

I also knitted a 2nd dishcloth and now the 

yarn is done.

Have a fabulous week of tatting!!!! :)

Another round(not my favorite) and some knitting

Well, I started another round on the random tatting 

and I loved the look, the denseness and the way it 

held the arches, but it ruffled bad.  Then, I did another 

which looked good, but ruffled bad, and another the 

same thing.  I was so frustrated after cutting off 3 starts.

 I took a break and came back and ended up with this.

It's not my favorite, but it lays flat!  Wondering what 

will come next......

 My daughter had started a knitted blanket for me, but 

it has sat several years about 1/3 to 1/2 done so I 

decided I needed to learn so I can finish it.  After 

I worked knitting on the blanket(we need to add 

more yarn), I found the dishcloth our younger 

granddaughter had started.  She had about and inch 

done and I continued and below is the "finished" 

dishcloth(the bottom is her part, and all the mistakes 

above are mine!!  ;)  I think it's a good first!

And today I got on youtube to learn how to bind off 

to finish that one, then how to cast on to start another. 

I have this much done already.  I think I will try to 

get back on my blanket tonight.  ;) 

Hope you are having a wonderful tatting, or crafting 

filled Saturday!! :)

Another round on the random tatted piece

I got another round on here.  This round came fairly 

easy to me, now to see what comes next.  ;)

***more done since this post first got posted, but
no one has commented so I am adding to it both the 

post and the doily-I guess that is what it's becoming.  ;)

                                     

Have a great day and hopefully some tatting too!! :)

I finally got some more tatting in this week!!

I ended up adding another row to the random tatting 

I was doing.  Not sure what if anything more will be 

added, but maybe.  ;)

 I didn't do any tatting for 2 days while we worked  

on putting together this shed(2 days of almost 7 hours, 

and yesterday another 3 hours).  but, we have gotten 

some things accomplished finally and it feels good.

I have some Christmas tatting ideas in mind, but.....

with those they are intended for not having jobs right 

now, I don't know when I can accomplish them!!  ;)
Have a wonderful tatting filled weekend!!! :)

Another cross and random tatting

This is another cross like the last 2.  This 

one is tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Falling Leaves.
More crosses to come.

 I wanted to tat another cross, but there wasn't as much 

thread on the shuttle so I thought I would just sit and 

tat without knowing what would come of it.  I got this 

far before bedtime and my hubby and daughter really 

like it.  :)
Not sure yet, but I might add more.  ;)

Have a great week hopefully filled with love and tatting!!! :)

Tatting along

I just finished tatting this cross. It's the 

Big Cross from Tatting Patterns & Designs 

from Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson.
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Tropical Punch 

and Azalea Med.  The only thing is that I 

tatted it from memory and so the end chains 

are 1 picot and 5 ds short, but it's ok.

 This is the same cross finished a couple 

of days ago.  It's in size 40 Lizbeth Spring 

Fling and Raspberry Pink Med.  It has the
same "mistake" as the one above.

Both crosses were tatted to empty shuttles.

 I was tatting this motif from the pattern book in this 

post:  https://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-2nd-post-today.html
I don't like the way the chains look so I decided to start 

over and I messed it up, so I started over again and 

messed it up, so the crosses got tatted instead.

This is the same colors as the top cross.

 I also bought some new HDT threads from https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomCottonEtc?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=107694530&section_id=10486821&page=1#items
This first one is size 10 Fun in the Sun.

 The one on the right is size 40 Celebrate.

 This one is size 40 Aqua Marine.

 And, we had visitors again yesterday.  Mama and 

her twins.  We apparently have 2 mamas with twins.

These are the younger twins.

 They noticed me.

 I love this picture! :)

I also had another knitting lesson.  Our daughter 

started a blanket for me years ago, and since she 

has lost her motivation to finish it, I asked her to 

help me try.  For those who know knitting, it's 300 

stitches of plain knitting in this heavy yarn. She says 

I am doing well.  I have knitted 2 or 3 rows already.
Here is a picture from before:

So, I have accomplished some things.
I hope you have a great tatting filled weekend!! :)

Just finished Tat-a-Renda's Harmony Doily

The picture isn't a good as I thought it was, but it's 

ok, just dark!  Again, this is tatted in size 40 AlenAlea 

HDT Artic and Lizbeth Purple Dk.  It's 7 inches across.

I am working on several projects at the same time. 

I hope you have a tatting filled day and weekend!! :)

A 2nd post today

I tatted this motif in Lizbeth size 40 Spring Fling 

and Raspberry Pink Med.  Sorry the picture doesn't 

show the colors well.

 It's from this German pattern book which I received 

from a very nice older lady who came to my booth 

at the craft show the last 2 years.  I have looked at 

it before, but didn't think too much of it, but when 

I couldn't sleep(again) the other night I pulled it out 

and was looking through it around 3 or 4 am and am 

now totally inspired by so many of the wonderful 

diagrams(thankfully they have diagrams since I can't 

read German.  ;)  More to come from this book!!!

Have a happy tatting filled day!!! :)

Another day, another row done

I left off the JKs because for some reason I cannot 

seem to master them and make them look good!!
Either way, I love the way this looks.  While tatting 

this row, my hubby looks over and says, that is so 

beautiful!!!  :)  Sure makes you feel good!

I have been working on a motif and hopefully will 

show it soon.
Have a great tatting day!!! :)