Tatting Tea Tuesday January 12, 2010

Well my Tatting Tea Tuesday wasnt REAL exciting

I did this... I had a lady request 3 colors and I made up some samples as well and decided to do a colorway as well :)

And this but its not finished

I was merely using up thread on some shuttles

And this

Its the Prima Butterfly from Lady Shuttle Makers book The Exquisite Collection of Tatted Butterflies

Ohhhhh ane before I forget I bought some new tea yesterday it was Lipton Green Tea Orange, Passion Fruit & Jasmine... TALK ABOUT AWESOME TASTING TEA!! It was good!!

Tatting Tea Tuesday October 6, 2009

First let me add that I am horribly frustrated today. I dont know what my problem was... Maybe the fact that I knew I didnt have alot of time to tat today or the fact that I was so stinking tired this morning it wasnt funny. I had to write my kids notes to get them out early for Nates re-eval I was dozing while doing that UGH!! After a frosty and chilly walk to the bus stop with the kids it woke me up, I came in to my warm snuggly house and made another cup of coffee and ate some breakfast. Then I thought I NEED TO TAT, but what to tat?? I have a big binder full of "wanna do's" and a pile of them as well so as I looked in my pile I seen this lovely butterfly pattern by none other than Lady Shuttle Maker. Her designs are magnifique` lol Just go down to about the middle of her page and you will see FREE PATTERNS its the butterfly (of course)

on to why I am frustrated I WANTED to tat more than just this beauty. It took me 4 yes 4 attempts at this butterfly, I kept messing up it made me angry. I was also attempting a bookmark from a pattern and you guessed it I messed up 6 times and gave up by then it was getting nearer time for me to leave. So there ya have it the day is gone. BLAH... Nate has another appointment tomorrow at the same place but I need to leave here at 3 instead of 12:30 maybe JUST MAYBE I can get some more tatting in.
Wanted to add my tea was apple cinnamon spice YUMMY!

Motif #19, #20, #21

3 more to add to my 25 motif challenge
As I said in the previous post I was "trying" to make another St Pats doily and ended up not making the chains correctly because I had a husband and 2 kids plus a dog bugging me LOL
I also made 2 more small butterflies with scrap pieces, dunno why I am in such a butterfly mood lately but its fun and reminds me of the summer we dont have yet, its so chilly for June I remember last year complaining of being too hot now I am cold LOL

Butterfly #19 (BOTTOM RIGHT)


R: 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3-2 cl (8 long p)
R: 2+3 -- 2 -- 5 cl
R: 5 -- 2 -- 3-2 cl
R: 2+3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 cl
Tie ends together to form antennae

Butterfly #20 (BOTTOM LEFT)


R: 5 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 4-1 cl (6 long p)
R: 1+4 - - - 5 cl
R: 5 - - - 4-1 cl
R: 1+4 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 5 cl (6 long p)
Tie ends together to form antennae



Mini Doily #21


CENTER (done in White)
R: 3-3-3-3 cl
CH: 3-3-3-3
*R: 3+3-3-3 cl
CH: 3-3-3-3
Rep from * 7 more times (9 rings total so far)
R: 3+3-3+3 cl
CH: 3-3-3-3 + at 1st r
Cut Tie Hide Ends



Round 2 (done in Sage Rose)


R: 3+(last p of any ch)3+(1st p of next ch)3 cl
CH: 10 - 10
Repeat around joining last ch to 1st r
Cut Tie Hide Ends


Round 3 (done in white)


R: 3+(p on ch)3-3-3 cl
CH: 12
R: 4+(p of prev r)4 cl
R: 5-5 cl
CH: 10+(p of prev r)12
Repeat around joining last ch to 1st r
Cut Tie Hide Ends

25 Motif Challenge #16, #17, #18

#16 is the top left Butterfly, I just made it with the left over piece from the doily on the right.

R: 6 - -- - -- - -- -4-2 cl

R: 2+3 - -- - 5 cl

R: 5 - -- - 3+2 cl

R: 2+4 - -- - -- - -- - 6 cl

Tie ends together for antennae

#17 in the bottom left butterfly.

R: 7-5-2 cl

R: 2+3 - -- - 5 cl

R: 5 - -- - 3-2 cl

R: 2+5-7 cl

Tie ends together for antennae

The doily is my St Pats Doily made with size 10 thread and the thread I got from Bre-Aly Threads is called Sage Rose...

Pattern is as follows:

Round 1:
R: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
**R: 3 + 3 - 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Rep ** until you have a total of 9 rings
R: 3 + 3 - 3 + 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Cut - tie - hide ends
Round 2:
R: 3 +(2nd p of any ch)3+(next p of same ch)3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Continue around to the end joining last ch to first r
Cut - tie - hide ends
Round 3:
R: 3 - 3 +(2nd p of any ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
R: 3 - 3 +(4th p of same ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
**R: 3 - 3 +(2nd p of next ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
R: 3 - 3 +(4th p of same ch of rnd 2) 3 - 3 cl rw
CH: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw
Rep ** to the end and join last ch to f irst r
Cut - tie - hide ends

Motif #7...

...is a butterfly

This was made with 1 shuttle and my Grapity - Lime HDT
Pattern is as follows

R: 6-6 cl
CH: 15
R: 6+6-6 cl
CH: 25
R: 6+6 cl
CH: 6--------6 (the long p is the antennae)
R: 6-6 cl
CH: 25
R: 6+6-6 cl
CH: 15
R: 6+6 cl
CH: 6+ @ beginning
Cut tie hide ends

25 motif challenge 14 of 25 part 2

This pattern was supposed to be something else but turned into a neat simple little butterfly

I used a size 10 thread and 5 needle

R: 5-5-5 cl rw

CH: 8-8+(p)8-8+(p) rw

R: 5-5-5 cl rw
CH: 8-8+(p)8-8+2-LONG P+(beginning p)

Cut tie hide ends

Cut the p and knot for the antennae