Monday and yesterday I tatted. It's been so long! I have a friend coming to town today and there is a party for her 80th birthday tomorrow. I wanted something special to give her and she's a very accomplished knitter but not a tatter so I thought I would tat her Mary Konior's Large Cross.
I started in a deep magenta/burgundy thread. I had almost finished - was on the fourth arm - when I realized that I wasn't going to have enough shuttle thread. I don't do extra ends and besides the ball was attached so I would have had to cut BOTH ends and that means 6 ends to work in. That wasn't happening so I scrapped that cross and wound another shuttle with this thread (Lizbeth I don't know which color).
It's not perfect, but It was good to get back to tatting after sooooo long!
Teresa
5 comments:
Such a lovely cross! Might I hazard a guess for your thread color: either Lizbeth 117 Countryside or 164 Blue River Glades?
Blue river glades, methinks. Beautiful work!
Thank you, I'm quite proud of it after such a length of time not tatting.
Yes, Blue River Glades - I remember buying that but the label wasn't with the thread and I couldn't remember the name!
Very pretty! Now it's time for a Spinning Wheel!
Beautiful cross! I'll have to remember that thread color! I admire your perseverance in starting over. You would never know you've been away from tatting for so long, but you have been busy with lots of spectacular knitting projects!
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