A new thread

 

I ordered a new thread, available at Handy Hands and Tatting Corner. Ljiljan thread was not one that was familiar to me. A tatting friend asked if I had tried it, so you know I had to search for it! It's a very nice thread, one I'd recommend.

It works up nicely as a button ornament, and I loved using my new shuttle from Rita Richmond of Shuttle by Design.

I liked it so much, I tatted a second one! I also managed to tat another Curds & Whey bookmark today. I love it when my tatting days go well!

My adventure in baking no knead bread continues. Today I made beer and cheddar bread for daughter Carol. It smells delicious!

Back on track

Yesterday was a tatting mess. Everything I tried tatting turned out wrong. So, everything I tatted went into the trash. Today was much better!

My at-school tatting was another bookmark. Luckily, I don't need to have 100 bookmarks until the end of October.

This afternoon, I worked on a button ornament. It took me three tries to get the correct ring size around this button. I finally settled on rings of 6-6-6-6 and chains of 6-6. I was going to use a different second round, but after doing a few rings, I knew it wasn't going to look right. I carefully un-tatted those rings and decided to use my doodle finish, one that I really like.

I saw on Facebook that someone had ordered this yarn pack, and I couldn't resist! Do I need it? No! Isn't it cute, though?

January 11 button ornament

Today is my brother's birthday. I'd like to say that I designed an ornament for his birthday, but I didn't. I just happened to design one on his birthday. Happy birthday, David!

Does this look familiar? I added a second round to the January 10 ornament.

January 11 Button Ornament

Materials:

5/8" four hole button

size 20 thread

2 shuttles wound continuous thread method

Symbols:

+ join

- joining picot

Round 1:

Ring 3 - 3 + 3 - 3, reverse work (join to button)

Chain 6, reverse work

*Ring 3 + 3 + 3 - 3, reverse work (join to picot on previous ring and to button)

Chain 6, reverse work**

Repeat from * to ** around, with three joins in each hole, joining final chain to base of 

first ring.

Round 2:

Split ring 6/6, do not reverse work

Chain 12, reverse work

*Ring 6 + 6, reverse work (join to base of ring on previous round), reverse work

Chain 12, reverse work**

Repeat from * to ** around, joining last chain to base of first ring.

Cut, tie, and hide ends.

My friend Shelley was inspired to adapt my Doodle Ice Drop as a button. I love the thread color, and I LOVE all those picots!

I was inspired to try Shelley's tourtiere recipe. It was delicious! We had it for dinner both last night and tonight, and there's just enough left for lunch tomorrow. It's been a while since I've tried a new recipe. This was a great way to start out the new year!

I seem to have Doodles on the brain today. A doodle donut started my day.

A doodle button quickly followed. I'd like to say I'm going to tat a Doodle Ice Drop tonight, but I think my tatting for the day is done!