Tatting Shuttle

Now I know another reason why I love Needle tatting soooo much. I have just spent forever winding thread onto a shuttle for my first official attempt at shuttle tatting and it's taking forever.If I ever manage to finsih winding I am going to learn the correct way this time. No 60 year old booklet with totally ambiguous directions. Instead I will be using all the links on Georgia's page and all the videos on u tube and hopefully it will sink in and maybe I can "get" the dreaded flip. So back to the winding.

Finally finished

Finally finished this jewellery set from Lyn Mortons Tatting Jewellery book. I had to change the 2nd row on the necklace because the actual pattern didnt sit right for me. However I think that it matches nicely

How slow am I

I have been meaning to get on and post but Glory of Rome has overtaken my life. Bad bad little me. So while I am getting some tatting done at night in front of the Tv its definitely not as much as I want. And as for taking time to take photos of what Ive tatted well pfffft, so not happening. Well I had better run my troops are calling.

Real life interferes

Well I have been busy doing "stuff" and not having much to show for it. However I did finish my gold bracelet and I am really happy with it. I used  a pattern from Lyn Morton's book 'Tatting Jewellery'. I do love this book it has so many pretty glossy pictures. I also used the gold metallic thread from her website and I love the crispness of the thread. And for once the picture almost as good as real life.

 Apart from that I have been using some old (vintage plus) jet beads that have come unstranded and have been playing with patterns to incorporate them. The jet gives a wonderful heavyness to the piece and some subtle shine also. I am almost tempted to do another row or two before I add the fittings. Maybe, we will see.

Saturday morning

Its Saturday morning and I don't have plan for the weekend, so I will have to watch out that I just don't waste it away. I desperately want to finish off the scrunchie that I am working on. I have had to redo it a couple of times the first time was a scissor job but now I am on the last round so fingers crossed that It will actually work out like the picture in my head. Then its on to a pattern of my own that has been begging to be made. It too looks pretty on paper. Hopefully I will get both of those done today. The plan is OH NO when did a plan sneak back in. Well the semi plan is I have a midday hair appointment and as its just for my wonderful hairdresser to fix up the hair colour that didn't work the other day I think it will be safe to take my tatting with me. It might be a bit of a struggle to work around the cape but it down time that I would only use reading. Hopefully more pictures tomorrow.

Start this startt this!

Okay I have to adnit it I now officially have too many things on the boil at once. I have quite a few tatted pieces that just need that 1 vital 'element' to be finished. So they are lying around the house much to the annoyance of the NonTatter . Personally I need to be cloned So that a "Me" gets to do one job each. I bars not being the one to make and go to a dentist appointment and I don't want to be the one to go for that pap smear either. I want to be the one in the pool being serve cocktails  by my totally buff pool boy Miguel. Oh that's right I don't have a pool boy. Well one can dream, can't I?

 On the other hand I actually bought a pair of shuttles. See evidence above. Well I'm off to check out Georgia's tatting class for today.

Tatting time and unwanted twists

Well I finally got around to finishing off some of the pieces that I have been doing. The bracelets are made using vintage edging patterns and I am fairly pleased with the results. Except, there is always an except isn't there. Except that used for the 2 bracelets with flowers develops an irritating little twist on every second chain.Yes I have double triple checked and that is the way the pattern goes. Needless to say I will not be doing it that way in future. So I have added flowers to keep the eye away from those twists. Got to say I am rather chuffed with the purple flower. Pretty pretty pretty! Or should I say lucky lucky lucky that it worked out so pretty. Whoopsee almost forgot earring at bottom left is a Yarnplayer pattern from her latest book. With the exception of the peach thread all threads are my own HDT's the green brown being Lizbeth and the others being DMC Cordonnet Special .