As you can imagine, I didn’t get a lot of tatting done, just one small motif from the January 1960 Workbasket magazine. I was putting away the Workbasket I just bought and picked up this one to look through. This medallion is supposed to be joined with six others to make an edging for a pillowcase.
I didn’t quite make it per the directions: instead of making the center ring then doing a cut and tie, I made the center ring and climbed out on the last picot. And I’m not really sure that it would come out correctly if you followed all of the directions. I had to refer to the drawing a couple of times and I was still a little unsure (the drawing, aka “picture” isn’t accurate, either!). This is not a hard pattern, simple rings and chains, but before I made the second round I wrote out the directions in a more modern fashion just to be sure – a person can really get lost with all those words and paragraphs! Considering I did a lot of tatting from Workbasket magazines back when I was learning it’s amazing that anything was finished! And actually came out looking like they were supposed to!
I got something fun in the mail this week. I did a little exchange with Stephanie Grace at “Tat’s What She Said”, just for fun. I suggested the butterfly from Soyloquesoy on Intatters. This is the lovely card she sent, and a few extra goodies. Didn’t she do a great job on the card? Thank you, Stephanie Grace!
I haven’t quite decided what I am going to use the paper-fold inkwell with yet, but I’ve got a vague sort of idea. Now if I can only find the time!
Today’s tea was just plain decaffeinated tea. I didn’t really have time to savor a cup today and didn’t want to waste a special tea when I couldn’t take the time to really enjoy it. Maybe next Tatting Tea Tuesday won’t be quite so rushed.
Wishing all of you a wonderful week, with maybe a little tea and tatting!
I love your motif and the color! It's such a unique design. 🙂