I am sure that I have said this before, tatting is so difficult to display and therefore I am always trying to find new ways of attracting people to look at it when I have a stall. At the same time is is necessary to give customers an opportunity to handle the goods and look at the workmanship.
This is the latest addition to my display stands.
I am not sure it is going to work but will give it a try next month.
I have not picked up a tatting shuttle for over a fortnight now as I've been crocheting these Lego tissue box holders for a Christmas Market. I do hope they sell as really value my time and hope it has not been wasted, especially giving up other crafts for them.
I am aiming to make at least a dozen, but finding that just 8 of them are taking up so much room. So used to tatting which can be put into the smallest space.
I am delighted to say that the doily is at last finished, all I need to do is tidy up the threads that have been left around after any such project! As I worked from round to round on this doily I did not write the pattern down, because really do not think that it will ever be made by me or anyone else! So this is definately a one off!
It is 20" wide and I am actually not keeping it, someone requested this doily back in July, the only stipulation was that it was green, large and had to be completed by Christmas. She has not seen it yet so hope she will be pleased.
So regret starting this doily but I am now getting on fine with it, just have a few false starts on every round as I attempt to get the pattern and tension right. I do have a variety of balls of green but found myself running out of the essential colours so went to e.bay to get these emergency supplies. Really needed to match the colours and not be too random with them.
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am particularly fond of the two balls of green on the right and look forward to using them in the future with another project.
But here is the doily so far which is taking up so much of my time.
The next picture you will see is of it finished. Hurrah!
I was going to show you how much I had progressed on the doily but I am having a slight break whilst awaiting the threads I won on e.bay. Unfortunately I was not in when the postmen delivered the parcel so now have to wait until it can be collected or re-delivered.
In the meantime I thought I would try and make another bookmark which symbolised another national emblem of a country within Great Britain and here it is the daffodil.
Martha Ess designed this daffodil, it was one that she demonstrated at Tat Days 2012, which I happened to attend. I have already used it on Easter Cards but have now found another use for it, do you know the country it represents?
I am still working on this doily and making it up as I go along, have tatted a little bit more than this picture shows. but running out of thread that will match. The reason is that I have wasted quite a bit of thread when chopping the original up and have also made a few false starts. Not only that I did not realise how much thread the project would take.
However, luckily I purchased 9 balls of green thread on e.bay, some of the colours will match and should enable me to continue. Will show you another picture in a few days time.
My son spent the last weekend in Scotland and he has apparently bought back some traditional Scottish shortbread, but I will have to wait until I see him next to know what they taste like. The emblem of Scotland is the thistle and if you go here you can read all about why this is so.
I had a request to make three thistle bookmarks and they are now finished and ready to post.
The pattern is on the side of my blog, the only difference is that now I split the threads on the top to make them look more like the flower on the thistle.
Still struggling with the green doily which I hope to show you on the next post.
