Working on trimmings

At the moment I'm working on trimming for a mob cap.

I've put aside the Curds and Whey trimming that I mentioned in my last post - I decided it was going to be too bulky for the mob cap so I started a new piece using Anchor Artiste size 40 instead.

Then I decided that was maybe going to take too long to tat so I've switched to a pattern that Mary Konior called "Scarlett" and describes as a Victorian favourite.  In this picture the longer piece of tatting is the Scarlett and the shorter piece is the Curds and Whey.

I've left the bobbin of thread attached to the piece of Curds and Whey so that I can carry on with it later and use it for something else. I'm keeping it inside the pouch in the photo so that it doesn't unwind and get tangled.

The pouch and the tatting bag in the picture are a gift from Laurie E as part of a Mayan-themed exchange recently held on InTatters.

TIAS 2013 completed, and some random tats

Here's my (almost) completed TIAS 2013. Just need to sew in the ends.  I thought it was a pram back on day 6, then I thought it wasn't, then a couple of days later it turned back into a pram only facing the other way!  What I thought was the handle on day 6 turned into the back of the hood.
For this TIAS I've learned Catherine Wheel Joins, Split Rings and Split Chains.

I'm a whole week late posting this - I sent it to Jane Eborall back on the 10th and managed to be tatter number 11 to send in a completed (as in fully tatted) pram!  It's lucky that Jane isn't requiring the ends to be sewn in before counting them as completed!

Since then I've just done some little bits.  These are all Puppets Eldorado size 16 except for the purple circular one which is Lizbeth size 20

Inspired by the wheels of the pram I did the circular piece. Not sure what I'm going to do with it but I quite like it.
Then I saw onion rings on someones blog so I had a go at them using the thread left on my shuttles at the end of the TIAS.
Then I had a play with a simple design with and without picots - again using left-over thread which is why I ran out on the picot-less version. I'm quite pleased that the center ring is much more circular than my previous attempts.

Finally at the top is the start of a piece of Curds and Whey trimming from Mary Konior's Tatting with Visual Patterns.  It's intended to be trimming for a mob cap - hopefully it won't be too wide. The fabric for the cap should turn up this week so that I can sew it up and check that this size trim is going to look ok on it.

random thread

No TIAS today - next one is tomorrow.  Instead I did these little motifs using the thread that came in the post today with the lizbeth thread holder I ordered.  The thread is Denim Whisper size 20.

This week I also got my own copy of Tatting by TH. De Dillmont. This was one of the two books that I learnt from - I originally found it on www.antiquepatternlibrary.org. It's from about 1920 although mine is a 1952 re-print. I'm really chuffed about being able to get my own copy :)    The 2 motifs on the left are medallion #20 shown in plate III. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've tried this one but I'm still having some problems getting it to lay nicely. On the plus side I can see the improvement.

TIAS 2013 day 8 and still guessing

We're now on TIAS day 8.
On day 6 I thought it was going to be an old-fashioned pram and came up with this:

Day 7 it changed shape so I decided it wasn't going to be a pram after all but then after today's part - day 8 - now it's a pram again but facing the other way! What was the handle on day 6 is now the back part of the hood.

In other tatting news I've finished the edging for my very small tablecloth, now I need to make the cloth itself.