Summer Posy

For the first time ever, I found a tatting publication in a charity shop.  I often look to see if I'll find any vintage patterns and last week I found the Ring of Tatters "Tatting 2000" publication.  Not really vintage as such but just nice to find some tatting at last!

Here is a motif from it.  It is called "Summer Posy" and is by Marjorie Hanson.

I tatted this in Altin Basak 50.  It's a very nice thread.  I only had one ball of it which I had liked before but had kind of forgotten about.  Whist placing an order for something else, I thought I'd try another few balls.  I really like the pale blue (slightly lilac) colour of the motif above but I also really like the other two colours I got:  a nice lime green and a bright pink (a bit like the pink I'm currently using for the hanky border).

It's a nice smooth thread which is very pleasant to work with.  The size works out a bit finer than a Lizbeth 20...  I'd have to test it to see if it's as fine as a 40 or something in between (I think probably something in between).

I'm still not completely happy with my tatting.  The "flow" is not quite back yet but I hope I'm getting there.

I'm also making progress on the hanky border:

Hope you're all having a nice weekend

and that the sun is shining wherever you are.

Best wishes,

Frivole