TIAS #5

Two months of not tatting has shown the effect, now I am just desperate to catch up with everything…

First I thought I’ll get back to tatting with Iris’s TIAS, I have never taken up TIAS before or rather haven’t completely taken up one before – last I took was Sherry and that too I left it in the middle. So I was much more determined to do it this time.

Like all Iris’s patterns I like the way this winds up, am a huge fan of hers and can never forget that she was so kind to send her books to me thinking that I was a worthy student… I can never thank her enough! Those books mean a lot to me. So here is my TIAS and am earning to complete this one. I tatted this up in Marilee’s Sugar maple and coats size 20 color red.

Looking forward to add this bright doily to my collection.

Eleanora

Presenting Eleanora from Iris Niebach.

I finished this two weeks back but was extremely lazy to blog it.

I hate to admit that this is a very tricky doily and I did have a tough confusing start. Throughout the doily I had to un-tat a lot. I must thank Pamela for sending me a pattern print to help me out. But even then I found myself making some silly stupid mistakes.

Man! It was a relief to see this finished. I made this using Flora size 20 variegated thread as well as Sherry's Yummy Grapefruit.

Time for the next doily - I hope I Finish this fast as I have been sitting on it for the past 2 weeks. This is again one of Iris's Doilies Margerite.

This again is done with sherry's Spring poppies, I love the color...I've got to finish this ASAP, cant bear to see it left undone for long.

Scrunchie

When I saw Tattinchic's post on this I knew I had to tat this out and so I did.

Here is a snap shot at my version of the Hair Scrunchie.

Threads I've used is sherry's Spring Poppies size 20, while the other one in shades of pink is size 10 thread which I got from etsy store. Size 10 I feel makes it look more organised. It took me a while to tat this and I so fell in love with it that I was actually tatting both of these simultaneously. It really does make a wonderful gift.

HDT overload

I had promised sometime back that I will display my HDT treasures… well here it is….

Now the only problem is what do I do with this lot????

Threads include :-

Marilee - Tiger eye, Roses, Dark Red, Rhubarb crisp, Leafy, cool waters and finally Hydrangea.

Sherry - Vickies Lilac, Tutti Frutti & Spring Poppies, Tulips & Sunset sky, Rust, Yummy Grapefruit, Coffee & Cream and spring poppies again.

All these are in size 20, except for one spool of spring poppies and dark red.

Just like Laura I am more comfortable using Size 20 thread but with tremendous persuasion from Sherry I finally tried size 80 - and she was right it really fine and very good.

Conclusion - It’s to painful to see it wasted – I wanna keep it just as it is!

Now the problem lies when both of them being their naughty self keep coming out with different colors that it becomes painful to resist the temptation and then just like HDT addicts I finally have to give in. Girls... Please have mercy! :-)

some more bookmarks

This one is from Sherry's Blog! It was easy to do this. I wanted something in a blue combination so this was a perfect pattern because both (light and dark) blues blend so well.