TIAS 2013

Today is the first day of Tat It and See (TIAS) 2013.  If you haven't participated before, I would urge you to try it.  The link is http://tatitandsee. blogspot. co.uk/.  I did my first last year and it was amazing.  She publishes pieces of the pattern every few days.  The exciting thing of the whole project is that you are welcome to give a guess as to what the tatted piece will be as we go along.    Each piece of the pattern builds on the previous until the finished piece is tatted.  Last year there were over 100 participants from all over the world.  It was great to look at all the postings of the finished piece (goats).

The TIAS is for every level of tatter.  If there is a technique that needs explaining, she explains it very easily. I actually learned about SSMR's last year for the first time.

I have mailed in my Phase I of Tatters Across Time Proficiency Course.  It has been received and is now in the evaluation phase.  

Pacifier Keeper

Finished a pacifier keeper for our grand daughter.   Modified Jane Eborall's janeeborall.freeservers.com/funnyface.pdf  bookmark pattern and a lock chain.  Used Yarnplayer's HDT size 20 in peaches n' onions and olde rose. Clips were purchased through Ebay. I will definately be making more of these.

Tatted Name

Here is my Christmas gift to our new granddaughter.  The alphabet is from "Tatting ABC's & 123's by Houstine Cooper and Handy Hands Inc."  Her name was tatted in size 20, the pink in DMC Cebelia and the salmon in Lizabeth.  It has been blocked.  It is ready to be framed and put up on her wall.

Took a break from hand dyeing samples to do a Christmas present which I will post in a couple of days (need to block first).  I also managed to tat a sample of a Christmas Tree Edging.  The pattern can be found here:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/lacossette.  I tried to make it look like trees in snow with snow capped leaves.  I did not have total white beads so I used crystal looking ones.

Blue-Violet Samples HDT

Blue-violets were my next samples dyed.  Had a little trouble with a couple of the colors as to much of the blue came out leaving a little fushia.  Going to tweak the formula next time.  I like the colors.  I am planning on dying the very lightest in a larger skein.  I see snowflakes in my future with this light color (it just has a faint tint of color).