Good Morning
congratulations to Glynda Devore who was picked in the random draw - I hope you like the gifts Glynda
It's been a busy week - in between having new doors fitted in the house and a new floor in the living room, I have been busy tatting pretty little teapots from A Book of Tatted Teapots by Martha Ess
I have been tatting for about 2 years and, up until then, I hadn't even heard of tatting. Along with other crafts tatting is becoming really popular. There are lots of free patterns online, lovely pictures on Pinterest and tutorials on Youtube. When I first started I bought "Learn to Tatt" by Janette Baker. This book comes with an interactive CD which makes it easy to follow. It explains how to master the craft and has patterns suitable for a beginner
back to time for tea......
this was my first attempt, it is called Tiny Round Teapot (an obvious choice of name!)
and.....a tiny square teapot
both were tatted using Lizbeth thread size 20
Yarnplayer has wonderful patterns and one of the first things I made, using 1 shuttle, was her Carnival earrings. It is an easy to follow pattern which incorporates beads
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Another nice pattern is the Stumpy bookmark from Kersti Anear - I love this pattern and it looks good in variegated thread
I used the same "Stumpy" pattern for the angel's wings on a pillow for my friend Jo. The script "I believe in angels" is from The Graphics Fairy
.......yet another craft for which I need "things" - this time shuttles, threads (in every colour), patterns and a lot of patience!
Lots of tatting patterns and shuttles are sought by collectors and fetch really high prices. Mary Konior books are out of print, but can still be found. I have her books Tatting with Visual Patterns and Mary Konior tatting Patterns (of which there are 3 but I only have one so far).
Have a great weekend
I have been tatting for about 2 years and, up until then, I hadn't even heard of tatting. Along with other crafts tatting is becoming really popular. There are lots of free patterns online, lovely pictures on Pinterest and tutorials on Youtube. When I first started I bought "Learn to Tatt" by Janette Baker. This book comes with an interactive CD which makes it easy to follow. It explains how to master the craft and has patterns suitable for a beginner
back to time for tea......
this was my first attempt, it is called Tiny Round Teapot (an obvious choice of name!)
and.....a tiny square teapot
both were tatted using Lizbeth thread size 20
Yarnplayer has wonderful patterns and one of the first things I made, using 1 shuttle, was her Carnival earrings. It is an easy to follow pattern which incorporates beads
.jpg)
Another nice pattern is the Stumpy bookmark from Kersti Anear - I love this pattern and it looks good in variegated thread
I used the same "Stumpy" pattern for the angel's wings on a pillow for my friend Jo. The script "I believe in angels" is from The Graphics Fairy
.......yet another craft for which I need "things" - this time shuttles, threads (in every colour), patterns and a lot of patience!
Lots of tatting patterns and shuttles are sought by collectors and fetch really high prices. Mary Konior books are out of print, but can still be found. I have her books Tatting with Visual Patterns and Mary Konior tatting Patterns (of which there are 3 but I only have one so far).
Have a great weekend
