This morning I brewed a cup of herb tea – mint, mmmm!- and sat down to work on my exchange butterfly and what do I see but a BIG mistake! I missed a join and a chain, and it wasn’t the last thing I did, either. Grumble, grumble, *sigh*
Instead of finishing the butterfly I retro tatted. And it’s dark thread so it took me awhile (the eyesight is one of the first things to go, obviously!) to get back to where I started last night. I knew I was tired last night, but I didn’t know I was that tired! If I had just not picked it up after work I would have been done with the wings by now!
And then I had trouble reading the pattern for the middle! I turned it this way, and that way, and turned it over…. I finally figured it out (I think) but again, didn’t get as far as I thought I would.
So instead of showing at least a part of the butterfly – as a hint until the recipient gets it – I have nothing to show for my tatting time today. I spent all my time either retro tatting or tatting and had no time left for pictures.
But the tea was delicious!
Category: Tea for Tuesday
Tatting Tea Tuesday
I happened across a blog by isdihara, who has a neat idea – Tatting Tea Tuesday! A great excuse to pick up your tatting at least for a little while if you need one. So I thought I might try it.
I didn’t have a lot of time, and the tea tasted suspiciously like coffee (I do like tea but didn’t take the time to make it!! Shame on me!!) but I did get started on an angel. I’m actually trying to empty the shuttles to use for another project, and something like this is much more fun than un-winding a shuttle without tatting to show for it.
So, here is the start of the angel. I’m hoping she doesn’t have to wait until next Tuesday to get her wings – to say nothing of the rest of her!
