13 minus one plus one!!!

Why the title to this post?  Well, read on!!!

I bet you can't spot why I cut one of the squares out?  I didn't 'see' the problem until I'd scanned the top picture and then it was glaringly obvious!!!!  Well, to me.  I could've probably 'got away with it' by carrying on but that's just NOT my way of working!!!  

So, look at the top right of the top picture and can you see the problem?  That motif is 'bulging' outwards.  So I cut it out and pared down the thread thickness and did the replacement.

This is the joy and frustration of HWT.  The joy is in the variety of colours you can mix yourself but you have to have a good BC3 to keep it under control.  My BC3 obviously took the day off when I started that square.  

The thing about HWT and using sewing weight thread is that the exact match of thickness isn't really too critical but if you're not careful you can choose one thread that is slightly too much thicker than you need.  I can't understand why I carried on with that square as it was obvious before I'd got halfway that it wasn't going to work!!!  I guess I was feeling lazy and didn't want to put things right at the time!!!

A quiet time ahead

Well quiet for the blog although a little tatting will be shown and not 'just' Fandango squares!!

The reason is because I've got two secret projects on the go at the moment.  The one you will eventually get to hear about but the other - probably not.

I will tell you a little bit about the 'probably not' one, though.  It involves crochet with a size 1mm hook and size 20 thread and is waaaaay out there as being totally original.  It's for a lady who makes really cool 'stuff' and wants somebody to replicate something already made for her in the past.  It's all custom made to each purchaser's requirements too.  

This is going to keep me busy for a month or so but as it's going to be hard on my hands I'm going to be taking regular breaks with the shuttles.

A new mouse!

Another mouse has entered the Exclusive Tatting Club.

This one is from Mary Anne in Ohio who had it in the Spokane Interstate Fair.  She got a blue ribbon too.  Here's the link to it in the club.