Tatfully Yours

I`m in love.....

2012-05-28T10:35:00.002-04:00

Good Morning Friends

Yes!!! It is true.....I`m in love!!!

With Marilee Rockleys Small Maple Leaf pattern. I purchased it from her on line store and I can tell already that my whole day will be spent tatting these little guys up!!

The larger one is done is Karey`s HDT in size 20 and the smaller one is done in Altin Basak (50) thread with white seed beads. I`m going to be making earrings out of the smaller ones. They measure 3/4 `` wide and 1 1/2 long. I`m going to be ready for Canada Day this year!!! (July 1st)

Next is Janes tatted Red Eye Tree frog. I tatted him in size 20 Lizbeth thread. Being a needle tatter I have to do some things differently but he came out pretty cute.

That all is all for now. I will have to put the tatting down but for only a little while today, so I can apply for a new job listing I found. Wish me luck!!

Tat to you later,

Tatfully Yours

Kelly

Fringe Registration is now available!!!!

2012-05-27T10:44:00.001-04:00

Hello Everyone

Just a quick note to let you all know that the Fringe Tatters registration is now available from the web site

http://fringetatters.ca/. Click on the Tat Days to find the link, There is a great line up of teachers this year....counting my self in that too.

Be sure to check it out and spread the word!!!

I look forward to seeing you there!!!

Tatfully Yours

Kelly

What I have been up to!!!!

2012-05-21T15:38:00.002-04:00

Hello All

This is my first entry with the new blogger layout. So I am not counting on this being easy.

First I have the Italian doily I have been working on. I could not believe I had to have Karey send me more of her beautiful HDT. I have gone through 2 1/2 skeins of ``Sunset on .Seneca lake`` in size 20. But at last it is done!!! It measures 16`` cross! This is the largest doily I have done. And I understand that she does not have any more of this colour in stock. Boy was I lucky to get enough to finish this piece.

And while I was waiting for the extra thread to arrive..... I did the same pattern but this time in a lovely yellow from DMC Cebelia size 30. This doily turned out to be about 14`` wide. I am thinking of putting it away for my mom for her next birthday!!

We have been busy with the gardens and yard work lately. And I am still looking for work but there is not much out there.

Well I must go. I have to clean up my craft room and then decided what my next project will be.

Take care and I`ll tat you to later,

Kelly

It`s good to be busy.....

2012-04-20T11:17:00.006-04:00

Hello All

Yes it is good to be busy!! And I really need to keep busy the next few days!!! Why? Well my son is on a school trip to New York city and this is the longest he has been away from me for all of his whole 17 years. And mommie is not doing to well!! Now don`t tell me not to worry, I know he will be OK but I just cann`t help myself. I will be better on Sunday night when he is home.

So to say the least I have been tatting, cleaning my house and doing some running around today!!

One of my stops today was to a house of someone I cleaned for about a month ago. He is selling his house and offered all of his baskets to me to use in the raffle the Fringe does in September. I really love using baskets around the house so not all of these will make to Cambridge!!!

In the tatting department I did Nancy Tracy`s owl pattern from her newsletter of October 2011!! They are made in size 20 Lizbeth.

Next we have a bookmark for my Aunt Wendy who will be retiring later this April. The pattern is one of my favorites. It is by LaRae Mikulecky and made in size 20 HDT by LadyShuttleMaker.

Now this last project has been a real peach to work on. I have been asked to teach this year at the Fringe tatting weekend in September. And being a needle tatter I wanted to come up with something different to teach. This motif is simple rings and chains but has 4 different ways to add beads to it. The designing was fun. The writing of the patten was another story.

My thanks go to both TotusMel of Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense and Rachel of Piney Woods Tatter (needle tatters) for testing my pattern and finding my typos.

Well I must be going. I am planning to wash some windows today and if I have time maybe I will re shingle the house!! (Just kidding!!!)
Have a great weekend!!
Kelly

Must stop in more often!!!

2012-04-03T12:19:00.005-04:00

Hello my friends in Tat Land

Where must I stop in more often? you ask. Well today I was out doing some Easter dinner shopping and had to go to two different stores to look for a smaller turkey and right across the road was a thrift store I had not been into since last summer. So I started in the craft part and found these......

The books were priced the same as they were in the 1940`s and 1950`s. Only .10¢ each and the two doilies were .50¢ for the pair!!!

When ever I go into thrift stores I always look for hankies. They are getting harder and harder to find.

But lucky for me at the cash they had a little basket with hankie in it. I picked up 6 and as you can see 3 of them have tatting on them!!! Just beautiful!! Each hankie cost .75¢ each.

But this was the best purchase and find!!! This lovely round doily in very fine thread. I was both happy and sad to get this piece. Happy because I found it but sad because it only cost me .50¢. All that hard work!!! My treasures cost me a total of $5.70. Not to bad.

Well, must be off. House work waits for no one but me!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

The prefect International Tat Day (almost!!!)

2012-04-01T13:03:00.003-04:00

Why is it ``The prefect International Tat Day (almost)``? Well as you can see I have my hot chocolate ready and my tatting but the problem is we are having some rain today. I know`` why is this a problem?`` you say.....well it means that hubby is not on the golf course but home doing some ``projects`` around the house!!! He is great at starting them but leaves the clean up for me to do!! All I want to do is sit in my cozy chair and tat the day away!!

Well I guess things are not all that bad!!! (what you cann`t see that I added some Bailey`s Irish Cream to my hot chocolate!! (hee hee don`t tell!!!!)
The tatting I am working on is a little bit of a challenge for me!! Not the tatting it`s self because it is only rings and chains. The challenge is that the pattern is written in Italian and for shuttle. It is from a il lavoro chiacchierino magazine and I am really enjoying it. The thread is a HDT from Karey in size 20 but I have a problem there too. I am running out!!! Some girlfriends with the Fringe are going to Karey`s tatting weekend this month and I hoping they can find more for me!! The doily has 9 rows to it and I have finished 6 of them and it already measures over 8``.

Well I should go before my hot chocolate gets cold!! I hope you are having a great International Tat Day where you are!!!

Tat to you later,
Kelly

What I have been up to!!

2012-03-22T08:23:00.007-04:00

Hello to all in Tat Land!!!

I have been busy tatting this week after my wonderful weekend away from home!! We did a lot of shopping and talking! It is always good to get away from time to time!!

First I have something that just arrived in the mail on Wednesday. My exchange item for the ``Knotty Tatters`` the Fringe Tatters Group is doing!! This first exchange was called Hankie Pankie. I`m now sure if you can see the post mark but it came all the way from Australia!! I love doing these exchanges!!

I am for some reason in jewelry making mode!! I loved making this pendant and earring set from Marilee Rockley book ``Up and Tat Em``. I used size 30 threads. The multicolored thread is from Marilee herself from the gift giveaway in won!!

These earrings are a Nancy Tracy pattern done in the same size 30 black thread. I had to change up the pattern to get it to work for a needle tatted but I think they came out pretty good.

Lastly, I did this bracelet for my sister in laws birthday. It is a Kaye Judt pattern she taught a few years ago! I hope my sister in law likes it.

Well must go!! Beagle wants to go for her morning walk and I am starting work on a new doily pattern today. But more on that later.

Tat to you later!! Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Ready to work with...

2012-03-16T17:24:00.003-04:00

Thanks to everyone for your help with my skein problem!! I just sat quietly and took my time and got my HDT ready to go!!

I have started with some thread that I got from Karey Solomon size 20 called ``Season changing``.

This will be a good project to take with me on my trip to Toronto this weekend. I am staying over night at a girlfriends, with lots of shopping and tatting!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!
Tatfully Yours Kelly

Happy Mail

2012-03-13T13:47:00.004-04:00

Hello All

I got to the mail box before hubby and my birthday gift I ordered from Lady Shuttle Maker has arrived!

It`s amazing how he knew just what I wanted!!

Plus a bonus thread because I did some test tatting for Sherry and this was my thank you!!

Now I need some help!!! How does one get this thread onto a bobbin or card to work with it?
Can anyone help me!!!

When I figure it out I will show you something made from them!!

Tat to you later!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

If Spring is coming why am I in a snowball?

2012-03-07T09:56:00.004-05:00

Hello Everyone

I will explain my title for this blog!!! With spring coming and my hubby really hating the drywall job that was done on our kitchen ceiling; we decided to wall paper the ceiling so it looks like we have tin up there. So, we had to go looking for the trays to put it up with......(this is where the snowball started) and while looking in the laundry room, hubby starts looking in the cabinets and says ``do we really need all this STUFF!!!``!! Well hours later and two very full garbage bags later the whole laundry room is now clean!

Now, we will be needing help putting up the wall paper so that turned into me cleaning to tops of the kitchen cabinets and fridge!! I also sprayed down the oven last night getting it ready for a good cleaning and of course that will lead to the kitchen floors needing a good hands and knees cleaning!! ( This snowball is getting out of control!!!)

On a sunny note my giveaway prize from Marilee the Yarnplayer arrived today!!

And I was able to pick up a copy of Bead and Button where Marilee is shown with her beautiful tatting!!

Well I`d better get going!! The floors will not clean themselves!! I am hoping the snowball melts this weekend with the nice warm weather we are going to be getting!!

Take care!!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Coming out of the dumps!!!

2012-02-28T08:56:00.006-05:00

Morning All!!!

Some of you know or may have noticed I have not been blogging much lately. For someone who is not working and at home much of the time I should have loads of tatting done to share with you. But I don`t. Just been in the dumps lately!
But things are starting to look up!

Hubby`s side of the family is on the grow. First his niece had a baby girl a couple of weeks ago and a nephew`s girlfriend is do in 3 months.

So I have picked up my crochet hooks and knitting needles and started making some gifts for the new arrivals.

Next, I was able to buy this book from ebay the other week and have tatted a doily from it. I used some hand dyed thread in size 20 that I picked up from Karey Solomon called ``Willows by the water``.

I am really enjoying working with HDT`s. My hubby has let me buy my own birthday gifts this year, so placed an order with Lady Shuttle Maker for some of her threads and a hook pin. The only thing is, it will arrive well before my birthday at the end of March. I wonder if hubby will let me open my gifts early? But if I get to the mail first.....what he doesn`t know won`t hurt him!!! ;))))

And much to my surprise I also won some more HDT`s from a wonderful giveaway that Yarnplayer was doing. Not just threads are coming but a beautiful hand made necklace pendent and bracelet. Thank you Marilee!!!

So with a good report from the surgeon on my recovery and being busy looking for a new job; things are starting to look up!
The sun is shining and I feel I need a big cup of tea. I will go now.

Blog to you later.
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Tribute to Gina

2012-02-17T15:29:00.004-05:00

I spent much of my day, as many of you in Tat Land did, tatting and remembering our good friend Gina.

I am grateful that I had the chance to meet Gina a couple of years back and we even took a class together. But I think what I will remember and miss the most will be her laugh, her smile and the warmth she shared with everyone.

We will miss you Gina!!

Passing of a dear friend...

2012-02-14T18:59:00.003-05:00

I am very sad to hear about the passing of a wonderful person and friend Gina Brummet the Tatting Goddess.

I was lucky to have had the chance to meet Gina a couple of years ago when she came up to Canada to teacher with the Fringe Tatters group. She even came up to my room with other tatters for a pizza party.
I was looking forward to seeing her later this year as she was planning to come up again to teach for the group.

You will be sadly missed!! I will have a spearmint tea for the both of us tonight!!
Rest in peace.

What would you been doing?

2012-01-28T13:20:00.011-05:00

Hello All

What would you be doing on a wintery day like this?

I was a good girl and got all my running around jobs done before this wintery weather started today! I had to drive into town and take care of my girlfriends and my parents cats; as they are all away on a vacation.

I`m starting to think that these two lazy fur balls may have the right idea. (It is not often that the dog shares her bed with the cat!) But before I could make my plans for the rest of the day, I had some cooking to do. So I got the slow cooker out and put on a big batch a beans to cook for the day.

I could pick up and work on the table runner. It is coming along nicely and is a great project to start and stop if you like. Or maybe I`ll work on some hearts or a bookmark or two!?!

I have finished my exchange piece for the Fringe! The theme for this year is ``Knotty Tatters`` and for the first exchange of the year we called it ``Hanky Panky``!!! I am mailing mine to the UK but do not know where I`m receiving one from. That`s the funny of it all.

Well I better stir the beans and get tatting!! The ankle is coming along well and I have an appointment on Monday with the doctor!
Keep warm!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Hello and Happy New Year

2012-01-09T11:01:00.007-05:00

Good morning to all in Tat Land!!!

I know it has been a while between blogs but I am finding that the more time I have on my hands; the less I get done!!! Things will be getting better now that hubby and son are now gone all day!!
I made through the holiday season with only a few set backs. Once I was moving well with the walker boot I thought I could do anything and everything. But I learned quickly that if I baked 11 dozen cookies in a day, on a ceramic floor, that I will be in bed for most for the next day!!! I also had to learn that if it didn`t get done in time for Christmas it wasn`t going to get done!! That was the hardest thing for me to learn!!

We had a nice quick holiday over all!!

Here is a picture of what I am wearing on my ankle around the house. It starts out lose and comfortable in the morning but by dinner time I am ready to ripe it off.

When I go outside (if it is snowy or icy) I wear the walker boot. But luckly the winter weather has not been too bad here is southern Ontario. Which has been great for me and getting around.

I have been doing some tatting! The little motif in this piece is from ``Tatting Patterns and Designs`` by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson. I decided to join them and see what I could come up with!! I`m using size 30 thread but I`m not sure who made it.

And lastly here is a picture of my coffee table in the living room. It is starting to get filled up with my tatting, which is not a bad thing.

And yes I am as surprised as you are!!! I have not yet killed my Christmas flower!!! Amazing isn`t it!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and get a lot of tatting done this New Year.

Tatfully Yours Kelly

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T08:15:00.001-05:00

All the best to you!!

I hope that all of you in Tat Land have a wonderful holiday season!!!

Tat to you soon!!
Kelly

High fashion foot wear!!!

2011-11-22T14:37:00.007-05:00

Hello one and all!!!

Well I have made it through my first two weeks of having my foot in the air and I have just received my new fashion boot for the rest of my recovery! I`m styling now!! The doctor says I can start walking on it but I think I will start off slowly. Stairs really scare me!!

Next I have a picture of some of the snowflakes I have been working on!! With much inspiration from ``The Piney Woods Tatter`` I have been doing interlocking chain-ring centers for these snowflakes!! I `m using size 10 thread with e beads and have made about 20 of them so far!!

Well that is all for now!! Time to try out this walker boot and take a tour to the other side of the bedroom!! Wish me luck!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

I`m fine how are you?!

2011-11-09T12:01:00.005-05:00

Hello Everyone in Tat Land

I`m doing well and can actual do some tatting too.

Here is the view visitors see when they come up the stairs of my house!!

And this other picture is my view of my poor old foot!!

This is the piece I am tatting right now. I decided to try the ``Yes U Can`` doily!! Many many thanks to Diane that Lace Love`n Librarian!! She has added (to her site) her stitch count of this doily to help with the doily work!! I couldn`t do this with your notes Diane THANK YOU!!

I am taking Diane`s advice on the 3rd round and changing the stitch count of the inner rings from 3ds to 2ds. The doily is waving a little but not to bad!! I`m using Coats size 20 thread.

Well that all for now!! I am getting a little tired and may need my afternoon nap!!
Take care!! More later!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Hello all

2011-11-06T18:43:00.003-05:00

Just a quick update!!! The surgery went well but I have put in a very bad day today!! I just tell myself things can only get better!!!

Update you later this week!!

Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Some tatting has been done!!!

2011-10-30T11:13:00.008-04:00

Yes it is true I have been doing some tatting!!!

But first we have a picture of the goodie I received from The Piney Woods Tatter`s blog. It was a weekend giveaway I won!!!

I can not wait to start a new project with some of my goodies! Thank you Rachel for doing your wonderful giveaways and for your caring note!!

Here we have an ornament I did 4 years ago at the first Fringe weekend attended. It is a Debbie Arnold project. That year I made more than 6 of them for X-mas gifts.

And here are 2 I just finished last week! I really do love this pattern!!

Well I must go!! Time for some laundry and more tatting!! I have much to do before Fridays surgery! Blog to you later!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Hello

2011-10-19T08:13:00.015-04:00

Hello to all in Tat Land

The closer the surgery becomes the busier I become! Just got the pre-op done along with the blood work. Also had to buy a special leg elevator pillow for after the operation.
But I have been able to do some knitting and tatting too.

Can you guess what these are?!?

TOE TOPPERS!!!!

I hate having cold feet and I will not be able to wear socks after Nov. 4th so I came up with these little toe toppers to help keep my toes warm!! What do you think?

Next we have the ``Magic Square``. Norm with the Fringe shared this pattern with my friend Pat and she shared it with me. I love this piece!! It is done in one pass and is easy but a challenge all in one. The rings and chains are all the same through out the piece but you really have to pay attention to where you do your joins. I did this in size 10 Lizabeth, colour autumn spice!!

And here we have some test tatting I did for Lily at ``The Eye Candy for Crafters``. Really enjoyed doing these earrings. Might have to make some for X-Mas gifts!!

Speaking of test tatting if anyone needs some done and are not in too much of a rush, I could do some for you.(That is if you trust a needle tatter!! Looking your way Jane!! Hee hee)
I hope to be able to think straight and start work on anything about the middle of November. If interested in putting me to work for you just email me. (address found in my profile)

Must run! Time for work!!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

What can I say?

2011-10-08T13:25:00.010-04:00

Hi Everyone in Tat Land

What can I say....I know I was to blog more often but this thing called life is getting in my way of blogging and tatting. Lets see first I was very busy helping with the Fringe tatting weekend. Both before and helping out with the event. Things went really well and everyone had a great time. (I have pictures of my goodies I show you shortly). Next the STRESS levels around here have been very high!!!! My job is closing down the end of October and with this I had to tell my hubby. He took the news ok. I was really hoping I would have had a new job before I had to tell him. The one I was waiting for didn`t come through.

In the end it was probably for the best I didn`t get the job as I am going in for surgery November 4th on my left ankle and will not be able to get around to well for a while!!!

I know it is alot to take in but I have been able to get some tatting done and even a little knitting too. But first some pictures of the goodies I got at the Fringes Tatting weekend!!!

I was lucky enough to win this copy of 25 Years of the Ring of Tatters.

Here are some books I treated myself to.

And of course I had to purchase some more thread!!!! The ones in the middle are HDT from Karey!!

Lastly the knitting I got done. This sweater is for a special little girl. I just have to sew on the buttons and get it in the mail!!

Thanks for letting me bend you ear for a bit. I hope I didn`t come off as being a big downer!! I know things could be worst!! And because it is Thanksgiving here in Canada I am getting off the pity train and just be thankful for my family and my wonderful friends. (That means you guys in Tat Land too!!!!!!)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!!

Tatfully Yours Kelly

I`m still here...

2011-08-17T07:01:00.004-04:00

Hello Everyone

I know I was to be blogging more but life is getting in the way and taking up a lot of my time!! I have not even been able to tat as much as I would like!! :((((((

Between appointments with specialist (for my ankle problem), physio, work and now my son has just got his first job!!!! I feel more like a taxi than a person sometimes! And on Monday I had to go out of town to get a new brace for my ankle and also a cortisone shot. Now I just wish that the cortisone would start to work. No pain relief yet!!

I was able to tat this little doily in Lizbeth size 40 called Wild flower Garden. I love the colours in this thread. The pattern is from The Tatters Treasure Chest called Sonata.

Now this next picture you will not believe!!! You all know I am a needle tatter only, well I was looking for ideas for fund raising for the Fringe group this year and after seeing all of Diane`s beautiful podgy-ed shuttles I decided to give it a try!!!

I took them to a meeting we had for the Fringe and ended up sell some of them to the organizing members.

Speaking of the Fringe, we are now taking in registration forms for this years tatting event!! It is September 23 and 24th in Cambridge, Ont. Canada. If interested just check out their wed site.
www.fringetatters.ca or fringetatters@gmail.com

Hope all is well in your part of Tat Land!!
Talk to you soon!
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

Bestest Day!!!!!!!!!

2011-07-02T19:21:00.004-04:00

Good Evening Everyone in Tat Land

I just had the bestest day!!!!

Yes, I did get some tatting done but that was not the reason it was the bestest!!!

Yes, Cobourg was having its wonderful waterfront festival but that was not the reason!!

I did receives some very nice gifts and did some shopping too but that is not the reason!!

Do you want to know the reason??

Well it was because Ms Fox herself came out from the city to visit meeeee!!!!!!

Nothing better than getting to spend the day with another tatter and getting to enjoy the waterfront.
We visited another tatter who had a booth in the craft tents!!

A wonderful tatter, who was nice enough to let me pick out my own beads and thread so she could tat this beautiful bling wave bracelet!! And she got it done in less than a day just for me!!

And she also gave me this lovely tatted seahorse!! With metallic threads and beads. It is one of Deb Arnolds`patterns. I just love him!! Who doesn`t like getting gifts!?!

And lastly I did get some tatting done while I was waiting for Ms Fox to arrive!! It is still a work in progress (wip). I am not a fan of doing clovers but with Fox s help and ideas I think I am doing the clovers on this ok so far!!

What do you think Fox?

What a fun filled day!!! I hope we do not what until next year to do this again!

Hope you had a great weekend too.
Tatfully Yours
Kelly

What was I thinking?

2011-06-14T09:30:00.005-04:00

Good Morning Everyone

It`s true ``what was I thinking``!! This little doily was tatted in Sulky quilting thread size 12wt. It is Eileen Staffords pattern called Blue Doily. In this small thread, it only measures 4`` across.

As a result of the thinnest of the thread I had to hold my needle a little different and this was what happened to it.

My poor needle is done for! It should be straight!! One doily = one needle. A little of a high price for using this thread. I do not see myself using this really thin stuff again. I have had to order a new and improved ultra thin tatting needle from my friend Rita. I hope it works better!!

And here is my pride and joy!!! It`s the doily I have been working on for about 3 weeks!! It measures 12`` across and is one of the bigger pieces I have done!! I used Coats size 30 and the patten came in one the books I got from Jane!!

I believe I am now finished 8 of my 25 motif challenge the second time around. This time I wanted to challenge myself with projects that were larger or have me learning new stitches, etc.

Hope all is well with you in Tat Land.
Tatfully Yours
Kelly