Went to see my parents last weekend. And since I took the train, I got some tatting done. Learning entwined rings, and trying in size 3 since size 40 about broke my brain.
I tried it with some linen thread I had, but running out of thread and reloading messed me up.
I made an earring from Marilee Rockley's book Tatting with Beaded Jewelry, but size 10 is a bit large/long for earrings for me. This will probably be a bag charm or a pendant.
I've done it again in black size 20 thread. With smaller beads, too, of course.
It snowed this week. We got about 3 inches of it. Then some melted and froze again. Then melted and froze again.
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| Not far from my house, the day after it snowed |
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| very wintry look |
I got some shuttles from the craft resale shop. One is a Tatsy, with the instruction packet. There was a Boye shuttle in the same package, with some thread still on it. I tatted one of the patterns from the sheet.
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| I ran out of thread |
There was also an Aerlit,, with thread and a few rings tatted. I had to retro-tat a ring that had gotten twisted up, then continued the edging until I ran out of thread. I tat much tighter than that original tatter.
As a bit of a giggle, I made a hat for a coworker's cold cat.
And I made progress on my scrap bag (from Karey Solomon's Bring on the Buttons) during Richard Embry's Tat & Chat yesterday.
And I spent some time practicing Marilee Rockley's technique for Victorian set split chain. I haven't mastered it, but I do have a better idea. Bad picture, but it was the only one I could get at the time.
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