Thursday, September 13, 2012

Lace Mat Tat-Along...

Yesterday, Jon of Tat-A-Renda posted the diagram she had drawn up for this gorgeous Norma Benporath Lace Mat design and suggested a tat-along.  I had admired the design in the past and was just happily intriqued and found myself selecting thread, winding shuttles and happily tatting away before I could think it through and talk myself out of it.  By the end of the evening I had completed the 1st round...

 
Now, I have decided to use my older daughter's favorite colors and that this will be a Birthday gift for her...and so it must be done when she is not present to watch or it will ruin the suprise.  Therefore, this is as far as I will get today as she is now home from school...I am a bit over half way done with the second round.

 
Since the Lace Mat must be set aside for the evening, I am currently working on this...

 
This one is one of Jon's own designs...her Merriment Doily.  This is really pretty and very enjoyable to work on.  I started it back in March with some of the pretty threads from Jess!'s package she sent to me.  This is a size 20, I am not sure if it the colorway has a name or not...I can't seem to find it, but it's a gorgeous variaged lavender and blue thread.  Somehow or another this little doily never gets finished, constantly set aside when something else comes along.  Probably because it has no destination/recipient/purpose as of yet, it's a because I want to tat.  I have just 2 1/2 repeats left, we'll see if I can get this one done in the next day or so!
 

8 comments:

  1. Oh how gorgeous that surprise is looking!!! :)
    And the other is very pretty too!! :)

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  2. I love the color you've chosen for the tat-along! I've printed out my copy, so I guess I'd better wind my shuttles and get tatting!

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    1. Thank you...it's a fun tat, can't wait to see what you pick!

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  3. very pretty colors and a very nice start.
    I like the 2nd doily too.

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  4. Lovely! I am using that colour thread for another of Norma's doily, the current one I am working on.

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    1. It's been fun to tat thus far...I realized the thread color was the one you were using on your current doily as I was tatting last night, I wonder if that's why I just sort of grabbed that one. I really started this without really thinking about it, just picked up that thread and began :-)

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