Thursday, September 1, 2011

Tortuous Tatting

It has been a strange week.  I have stubbed toes, banged funny-bones, tripped, broken antique bowls - you name it.  Off-kilter.  And it showed big-time in my tatting:


I just could not get the thread the right length 
and then joined the wrong end...


Jon's Pattern: Firus

Both of these were a complete disaster.  
My dyslexic self could not cope. 
Jon's Firus and the next motif by Teiko Fujito - don't ask.
I will try again next week.  
Hopefully this all will pass...

Pattern from Tatting Patterns- Aunt Ellen's Treasury

Even this simple little motif that I tatted to feel better fell apart.  
It all went well till I tried to sew in the ends.  
The first part that was already sewn came
 undone and could not be fixed. 
* sigh *

On a more positive note:


And that's the kind of week it's been.

14 comments:

  1. oh Fox, what a week. surely all the bad stuff happened this week, and next week will be all good.
    congrats on your new thread stash, and according to ambitatterous http://ambitatterous.blogspot.com/ you are officially a threadophiliac.
    along with many of us, you suffer from threadophilia ~ the love and obsession with threads.

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  2. Well, soon a new week! It must be going around, as I've started the same tatting, joining incorrectly, 6 times; then found that the baktus I'm currently knitting is misshapen; not to mention my failed drawings. So put it all down for a long weekend, and enjoy the end of summer! Ellie

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  3. Ah... then there's no need for me to feel alone! I hope next week is better!

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  4. Ladytats, You think? : ))

    I'm going to get a decal for my car. Imagine a ball of thread and the heading: Threadophiliacs Thrive With A Good Yarn ; 0

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  5. Well, it seems to be catching......
    Where did you get your finca perle, Fox? I've used up some thread, so I must replace it with more! Guess I have the dreaded thread disease, too. lol

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  6. May your weekend be restful and peaceful and may there be a great new week for you coming! :)

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  7. What is the beautiful variegated floral looking thread? I LOVE it.

    I'm sorry about your week, hopefully next week will be better (can't go downhill....)

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  8. Eek!!! Well, at least you got some more tatting experience under your belt.... I feel like I've been on a pause for over a week now. :-( No good reason, just... haven't done anything. Maybe it's just the cycle of the moon or the changing of the month... (Don't worry; things will get better.... We're mere days from my much-hated birthday! LOL).

    AnyWHO, As far as the last one, where the hidden end came out, Can you pull it out completely and re-hide. Since I needle tat, I may have a different take on this, but one of TotusMel's videos made me realize something that I just couldn't believe took a pass on occurring to me: If you're hiding ends by just passing through them stitches, you can put a needle into the stitches and THEN thread the needle and pull through. Of course, it depends on your method of hiding ends, but... Maybe...?

    <3,
    Stephanie Grace

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  9. You could say you have dropsy, I am having a simular week as I cant bend, lift, carry, or stretch, if it falls it stays until hubby comes home, tuesday it was beads (oh he love that one) Wednesday was sissors, yesterday was a pen and knitting needles, roll on getting the stitches out and its heals so I can move again.
    Take care I am sure by the time the weekend is over you will be back to your self again.
    Lovely thread wonder what you are going to do with it.

    Have a nice weekend.
    Margaret

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  10. Margaret, I can just imagine Vernon with the beads! LOL!!

    Stephanie Grace, Thanks - tried all that and more! There just was not enough thread as I had cut the first hide very close. : (

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  11. fox, on the brighter side, you've got wonderful new threads to play with when you are ready to get back to tatting. hope tomor's a better day. :)

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  12. Thanks for all the encouragement, Everyone. And yes, i am playing with that lovely new thread!
    Fox : )

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