Classic Doily in green and white blocks

This is my Classic Doily (pattern in Free Pattern section) that I am doing in green and white size 20 thread

Celtic Christmas Motif

My neighbour bought a metal stag to decorate for Christmas and asked if I could tat it a "horse blanket". This is what I came up with. I will try to write the pattern out, but I think it might be a bit complicated with the Celtic design!

PDF now done and here is the link.

 

Starry Snowflakes

I have now written out the pattern for this little snowflake motif and here is the link to the PDF

The link will also be found in my Free Pattern section and I hope you enjoy trying it out.

Last of the snowflakes

These 3 make 16 altogether for neighbour, Sue, which I think is enough. I shall give them to her this evening. I hope she likes them!

More snowflake variations

I'm having a lot of fun with this project.

3D Collection No.1

I have decided to do a 3D collection of hair pieces and corsages and this is the first to be completed.

I am well on the way to finishing the second one and will post a picture when it is done.



Oval Doily in ecru now finished!

The doily is now finished. I have also finished the written pattern, but I have offered it to Georgia Seitz, to help raise funds for Palmettos sponsorship. If it is that she is not in a position to sell it to fellow tatters, then I will post it on my blog for free as usual.

Oval Doily in Ecru 3

Here is the doily, now a little bigger. I'm quite enjoying this pattern, it seems to be flowing naturally without having to re-do any rounds.

Oval Doily in Ecru - 2

Here, as promised, is a photograph of the next few rows of this new doily. So far each row has worked in very well.....no retro-tatting! Mind you, as it gets bigger, this will probably change! LOL!

Oval Doily in Ecru

Having finished all my projects and having nothing in particular to do I thought I would make an oval doily to put on my new television table, which itself is oval, and is in black glass.

This is the start. I have done a couple of more rounds and will post a picture when it is bigger still. I am writing the pattern out as I go, for a change. This makes life much easier.....trying to count stitches retrospectively is no joy. I am doing this one in an antique thread in size 40.

Double Fuchsia Pattern

I have now completed the pattern for my double fuchsia, and here is the link to the PDF. It will also be available from the free patterns section of this blog.

Dearest Friend Card

Today is my dearest friend's birthday. Janet has been my friend since 1983 and has been "there" for me through thick and thin. A true friend who never expects anything in return!

Coronet Doily Variation - Completed

 Here, as promised, are pictures of the finished Coronet Doily Variation.

 It was made with Coates Aida size 20 and measures approximately 25inches across.

Huge project nearly done!

At last I have almost finished the variation of my Star Attraction Doily. I have only two more little joining motifs to do and then I will press it ready for photographing tomorrow morning in the daylight. As soon as I have done this I will post a picture. I have not been tatting very much lately as my health is not permitting me.....very FRUSTRATING!!!!

Round/Square Doily

I have finally finished my Round/Square Doily. The outside edge is a little crowded, but I think the shape makes a change from the usual round or square doilies.

My best friend, Janet, loves it and that's all that matters. I shall present it to her tomorrow on her 44th wedding anniversary. Her husband, Allan, will have to make do with a kiss! LOL!!!

Round/Square Doily

This is one of those patterns that I have picked up my shuttle to see where it would take me!

I started round, then went to square and now it would appear to be ending up as a rounded square! LOL.

My best friend loves it, so guess what? With an anniversary coming up it will be hers!

Another Celtic Knot Bookmark

This is a variation on the Simple Celtic Knot Bookmark in my last post. I thought I would make it a little more interesting by weaving 3 rows of split rings.

Simple Celtic Knot Bookmark

I have designed this simple bookmark. The twisted chains give it a Celtic Knot style and by using 4 shuttles in alternating colours, makes it look a little more interesting.

I have written the pattern out and published the PDF which you can get from here

or from the Free Patterns section of my blog.

Don't worry if you do not have 4 shuttles, it can be done with 2 shuttles and 2 ball threads, but it can twist up quite a bit this way. Much easier to keep the threads under control if you use 4 shuttles!

Maria's version of Rosette Doily

Maria sent me a picture of the Rosette Doily that she just completed and considering she is a new tatter I thought she did it very well indeed!

Here is a link to her blog for more pictures.

Variagated Doily

I had some of this thread left on my shuttles from the ~Rosette Doily~ and thought I would use it up. I basically designed one row and then just kept repeating it. Sometimes offset and sometimes straight on. Not bad, but I don't think it is the best of designs!