Marie very kindly offered to test tat Irene for me and this is her rendition which is SOOOOO pretty. She used Lizbeth size 20 in coral pin...

Way back (almost three years ago) I decided to make a Mrs Odum’s daisy.   This is my first attempt. A month or two back I decided to have a...

Here we go with rounds 8 and 9. Slowly 'getting there'!!!!

Let's see!  What can I moan about today? Well, not a lot.  I do have one or two moans and this is one of the smaller ones. Front side/...

I hope you're not getting 'blog bored' with the Irene doily.   There is one blog that I try to read from time to time and each ...

Now this round looks very simple and straightforward although I agonised over the start of it!!!  No idea why but these mental 'blocks...

I have a very dear friend in Atlanta who is determined to lead me astray!!!!   She keeps sending me pictures of the dishcloths/hot pads she...

Keep showing you the progress of the doily that is now being test tatted.   This one I've called Irene as that's the name of one of ...

I know it's Monday but today I'm a very happy bunny!!!!   My good friend, Tim has kindly test tatted Beatrix for me.  This is the la...

This is my third blanket and I'm making slow progress due to the distraction of the tatting I've been working on!!!   Not probably t...

This time I've found a couple of round doilies that I like in the Dutch books. I've started as you'll see in the bottom picture...

Finally and finally got the page finished.  Why does it take so LONG?!?!? You will see that I've named them.  I read Maureen's comme...

I'm eternally grateful to my two lovely test tatters who took on the task of doing the oval doilies for me. Martha did them and so did ...

This time I'm going to tell you a TRUE story! I was browsing through Etsy just before last weekend and found that a seller was making an...

This is going SOOOO well now that I'm hoping to get the pattern up on my site by the weekend.  Just one more round to go. Can you s...

Most of my yarn stash is just odds and ends of polyester or some such mix of fibres but the other day I did find a lonely bit of pink cotton...

Here are all three versions at the end of round 3.   I really enjoy the spiral chains done 'the nun's way'. The bottom on...

I like to play as you know and this is the set I made with a different doodad for the centre. I wanted to prove to myself that it doesn...

So the diversion continues!!!  Two more pot holders or dishcloths. The top one is just one layer as I knew I wouldn't have enough yarn f...

Another update on the oval doilies. I'd really, really appreciate somebody coming up with names for these.  There are three and I f...