It's Windy Outside - Let's Fly Kites

Ruth said it is usually windy in the month of March, and asked for some kites for the calendar.

I have made mine. The pattern is in the Tatting Pattern Calendar for March 16th.


Besides that I am still working on the edging and the blue doily. The edging (for a tablecloth) turned out to be not so smooth-sailing as I had hoped. Like I said earlier, I only wanted the corners so I modified the pattern a bit (taken from the Priscilla Tatting Book 2). I had to undo one of the rows a couple of times because of some miscalculation at the start of the row. I think it is going to work now, I only have one more row to finish the first of the corners.

One for March Calendar

First of all I want to say that I am not Irish - but the March pattern has an Irish theme, with shamrocks and St. Patrick and all that. Would you believe that I looked up the dictionary to find out what the shamrock looks like. I want to make sure that I got the shape right. And I gave it a try - and came up with this shamrock. So, if you are thinking that the green is not quite the right Irish colour, you know why.



The pattern for this is on March 4th of the Tatting Calendar. Thank you Ruth.

Love is in the Air

This being the month of Love, I sent Ruth the pattern for a heart and she has put it up for February 10th in the Tatting Calendar

What a coincidence - I had a meet-up with a group of stitching friends this afternoon sharing our love for needlecraft - be it tatting, XS, quilting, crochet, patchwork and more.

There must be 15 of us altogether, some I've met before and for a few others it was for the first time. We are all members of the Needles and Craft online group. We had a great time admiring and appreciating each others' needlework. My show-and-tell is a housewife which was the homework for the Online tatting Class . I wrote about my housewife in the earlier post.

One thing I know is true - all are stitched with lots of love put into it.

Pattern for the Tatting Calendar

I have given the pattern for this edging to Ruth for the Tatting Pattern Calendar
and she said it will be put up soon. Please look out for it. And I think Ruth is doing a great job with the Calendar.





NOTE: Ruth has placed this for the 19th January (which also happens to be my youngest daughter's birthday). Just click the 19th on the calendar for the month of January (if you missed it the first time).