A little late...

Hello Everyone in Tat Land

I would like to thank everyone who had kind words and helpful advise about my sun burn. The vinegar really worked well and took the sting away. Thank Victats. Burn is gone now and a little brown colour remains. Our weather has changed a lot in the past week. A lot more rain and cooler temps.

I picked up my order from my sister. I know the colours may not be the most colourful but for me they are golden. White, ecru and black in size 20 in a good quality thread is hard to come by in my neck of the woods. And I can't wait to try a pattern from my new book "Tatting with Visual Patterns" by Mary Konior.




I will go now, so I can start tatting. But which pattern to start with?!?!

Happy Tatting
Kelly

Good Girl.....

Hello Everyone

I have been a good girl and have stayed out of the sun for two days. So that means I have some tatting to show. This is made from size 20 DMC thread and it is totusmel.blogspot.com cameo pendant pattern from Pam's site also know as Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense.





I enjoyed that pattern so much I did these earrings, in size 60 thread. I think they came out very pretty.


Then I went a little crazy and tatted the cameo in HDT size 20 that I bought last year from Karey Solomon at the Fringe Element tatting weekend in Cambridge, Ont.

This last one I tatted in the same HDT thread but instead of 8 repeat of Victorian stitch I only did 6 repeats. I have not decided if I will put a charm in the middle or not.

I am enjoying this pattern so much that I think there will be more to be seen in the next few days. Thanks Pam for the pattern.

Tat on!!!

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone in Tat land

I, as many of you in Southern Ontario, have been enjoying some very unseasonal warm weather. Not just nice blue skies but warm breezes and an itch to do some outside work. Well I did spend some time out of doors on Friday and Saturday and I have the sun burn to show for it.
Believe me I wish I was not working the garden but doing some tatting. It still surprises me how quickly my skin burns these days. I am from the generation that would sun bath for hours (with baby oil on my skin) and the local radio would do a *BEEP* so you would know when to turn over. Not now a days. So today is going to be spent inside tatting. But I'm not sure what I'm going to work on. I did do some shopping a couple of weeks a go so maybe something with beads, again!! Lol
I am looking forward to Wednesday because I will be picking up my order from Handy Hands. I had the order sent to New Jersey and my sister is picking it up this weekend and I can get it from her when she returns to Canada. I'll share a picture with you of my purchases later.

That is about all for now. I'm going to go and put some lotion on my burn and get tatting. Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend.

And still more beads...

Hi Everyone

Yes I am still working with beads. With last week being March break for the students and being busier than I thought I was going to be I only have a little tatting to show. I have started a necklace set for a bride but have only done about 3".

And I still do not know who I am by tatting this dark green bracelet for myself but something must have snapped in me and maybe because my birthday is coming. I just went for it. It is tatted with Lizbeth size 20 and has about 250 beads.


Monday, a girlfriend and I are heading out of town to do some shopping at a little beads store I know of. Who knows what I will come home with but I'll share them with you on Tuesday.

Oh, I received the report from the MRI I had and it came back stating my left knee has arthritis in it. Goodie, goodie for me. I have to look into some physic and just go from there.

Tat on everyone.

Beads beads everywhere...

I have finally been able to get some tatting done. My hubby was away for a week of golf in the great USA and just got back on Saturday morning. Now, yes I did miss him, but the week was a little different without him here. Less dishes to do, less laundry, less messes to clean up but more running the roads with my son. He is home now and I can get some tatting done. And the week before I was busy with an appointment with the hospital having a MRI done on my left knee.

I came across this pattern by Nina Libin on Georgia Seitz site and was a little intimidated with all the beads. I tested the pattern with this little piece first.

And I liked it. So I decided I would make a bracelet doing 6 beads on each side and this is what I came up with.

Now, I'm liking this pattern so much I jumped in with both feet and made this necklace and bracelet set. I did just stick with one colour of beads but maybe I'll be braver in the future to do it as the pattern is done. We'll see. The necklace has 550 beads and the bracelet 238.


I have some white thread beaded and ready to go for Tuesday. And away we go.

Happy Tatting everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My copy of Sherry new book just arrived today in the mail and I can't wait to start tatting some spring things!!! I also received this HDT because I was one of the first 5 to order her book and this was the bonus. YAY!!

I was also one of the lucky ones to have test tatted for Sherry's new book and "Curly Q" was what I tatted for her. And for doing this I received this HDT called "Tutti Frutti" size 80.

Also this week I tatted this doily called "Loop-di-Loop" by Hartmut Hass. It is tatted in DMC size 30 and was a little bit of a challenge for me but it was not going to bet me. I like this doily now. Now that it is done.

Are you happy now Pat......

Hi Everyone

I'll explain the title of this blog entry. My girl friend Pat as been on my case about the fact that my site has not been updated for a while. Well sorrrrrrry!!!!

One weekend was busy with a Jann Arden concert remember Pat....(the concert was amazing!!!!) Then the next weekend was taken up with a wonderful book that I read in two days. That's a record for me. Then after that I have been doing some tatting. On Sunday and Monday I finished this doily called "Saturn Ring" in size 20 Royal thread. It measures about 10.5".



I also have started tatting some hearts for my membership for the tatting guild. The fee for the guild is one tatted heart a year. Last year I was able to hand in about 52 hearts and I am aiming for 75 or more this year. The Fridge Element Tatting guild will have to keep going for many, many years. I'll put together a picture of the heart when I get a few more done.

Until then happy tatting!!!