My Mother-in-law came to visit a couple of days ago and she had this crochet green bag which I'd forgotten I made for her.
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Crochet Bag
Thursday, 3 August 2023
Mark Myers Pumpkin revisited
Back in 2012, I posted this photo of Mark Myers' pumpkin pattern which I had tatted. Unfortunately, the link didn't work anymore but a reader kindly gave me a new link from the Wayback Machine which works. So if you had been looking for this pattern, you can find it here. I know it's still summer and you're probably not thinking of pumpkins yet but hopefully, you'll be happy to have it come fall. Mark Myers (aka Tat-Man) has many one shuttle designs and this one is no exception and a creative way of achieving the pumpkin shape.
Thank you Sarah for providing me with the new link!
Sunday, 28 May 2023
Hanky Edging Completed
Friday, 19 May 2023
New Gift Hanky
Someone has a special birthday coming up and she likes pinks so I'm making the one-shuttle edging again (see link on the pattern page). I didn't have a lot of time and this seemed a reasonably quick pattern to make. The colour of the hanky is an unusual shade of pink but I found I was able perfectly to match it with Lizbeth's Shell Pink Lt.
Back to tatting! I need to get this finished soon.
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Hanky Edging Completed
I finished the green edging for my mother-in-law. It's simple but effective and the shape appeals to me, like little shells.
Sunday, 15 January 2023
New Handkerchief
My mother-in-law really likes hankies and always has one in her handbag or her pocket. It's been too long since I made her a new hanky so as her birthday is coming up, out came my shuttles to tat an edging. I was going to go for something more complex but in the end the shape of this simple design appealed to me - it's from Ann Orr's Tatting Book No. 35 revised. I am tatting it straight onto the handkerchief, attaching it as I go.
Thursday, 12 January 2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR! (and apologies regarding patterns)
Happy New Year everyone, I do hope you had a wonderful holiday with family and friends and that 2023 is off to a good start!
I want to start my blogging new year with an apology: over the last few years I've regularly had people contact me to say they were not able to access my free patterns. I couldn't figure out what the problem was so I sent patterns to people who emailed me directly but... I had not visited the gmail account linked to this blog for some time and have just found many many emails from readers asking for access to patterns and I didn't know they were there and I didn't answer them!
So MANY apologies to all the people who contacted me via the google docs system to ask for access to patterns and I unwittingly ignored you! I have now re-uploaded all the links on my patterns page and I'd be grateful if people could test links and tell me if they now work.