Completed Swan picture

I had a hard time taking a picture of this. So it's not very clear. I tatted the swan from Mark Meyers patterns. On the left is a weeping tree. I was aiming for an English park. I found a nice shadow box frame. It opens from the front. That was a dilemma for a while, as the painting had 1/4 inch white edges and it showed. I finally managed to cut out a black mat so that solved my issue.

Swan

I just made this swan from Mark Meyers patterns. I added an eye.

Baby Afghan

Just finished this baby blanket. It's to put on top of the baby while it's in a car seat. The straps hook over the car seat handle. I enjoyed making the blanket, but the puppy was too fiddly for my taste. Well it's for our first grandchild who's due in Aug. So, it's special. I got the kit and pattern from Mary Maxim, started and didn't like their pattern or the sport yarn. So I bought worsted yarn and used a different pattern. I kept the puppy.

Addition to sunset

I put a little critter in my sunset pic. It's framed in a shadow box frame. Sorry picture not too good.

Sea turtle and sunset

I gave Jane's Sea Turtle a try today. I usually try things in white first before I use color. I'll give it another go with some pretty green.

Winter scene and funny pic

 I painted this about a month ago. But, I didn't like the tree in the foreground. A friend advised me how to redo it. So this morning, I redid it. I like it better, but I'm still not thrilled. My husband says it's a pine, they are a scrawny tree.

I found this picture on Facebook. I love it. It's on a crocheters site. I'm debating what I'd put on it for a meme. 

Renulek's 2018 spring doily

Well there's row 7. I won't be able to fit it in the scanner anymore. I like the butterfly row. Alas, I am not able to continue for a while. It is bothering my frozen rotater cuff. Especially my bicep. That is very frustrating. I need to finish a crochetted baby blanket for my first grandchild also, but that bothers the arm too. Baby due in Aug, so hopefully I can get back to it soon. 😓

Alcohol ink and tatting

Here's another tatting on an alcohol ink background. We were supposed to created a forest. My daughter had the good idea to tat some small forest friends and glue onto it. Ceramic is difficult to glue anything to, but I found some very good glue for this one. Worked better than Crazy glue or Gorilla glue. It's call Elmer's Craft Bond. It's for gluing embellishments like rhinestones and gems. It even worked good for the hangers on the back. My hangers are soda pop tabs. 

Art class

My daughter and I took an art class using a paint called Guache. Never used it before. It was great fun. It's like water color but more forgiving.

TIAS mermaid

Bev from South Australia gave me this inspiration. I painted alcohol ink on a square of ceramic tile. Then tatted the fish, star fish and mermaid. It was very hard to glue. Crazy glue didn't want to work and Gorilla glue took forever to dry. But, at last it's done.

Renulek's 2018 spring doily, row 6

Here's row 6 of Renulek's 2018 spring doily. It's getting a little warped. I hope I did it right.

Renulek spring doily 2018

I am working on Renulek's spring doily 2018.

Two little mermaids

Here are my two mermaids from Jane's TIAS. They are very fun to make.

tree and owl

I'm having fun with Lindsay Rogers' Scots pine and owl. I think it needs something more, but don't know what.

Jane's flower bookmark

I'm not very happy with how I did on Jane's bookmark. I've got chains going every direction. Not sure what I was doing.

Improved flower baskets

 Thanks to some helpful suggestions I added some more flowers to my basket and also made another one. I also added some tatted ribbons. This was a fun and simple project.

Card

Now I'm making greeting cards. Does it need more flowers?

Classic Heart

Lace-lovin'-Librarian posted this recently. It's Robin Perfetti's Classic Heart. Available on Etsy. It's very pretty and not too difficult to make. I had this one done in two evenings. I used Lizbeth size 20 Rainbow Splash.

Chinese dragon

I had fun making Martha Ess' Chinese dragon. I put a googley eye on him instead of the bead. It shows up better. My fellow looks like he's surprised about something. I had planned on putting him on a painting, but he has so much character that I might try something simpler for a background.

Two paintings

I've been playing in the paint a bit.
I tatted the unicorn and painted northern lights on the top. The canvas was black to start with.
The snow scene is from an art class I've been taking. My camera didn't help any as there are reflections on it. But it was all fun.

Two more window ornaments

I've made two more of these. Now all my 5 inch rings are used up, so I'm moving on. I think they might look nice hung in a window any time of year.

Blizzard Snowflake 2017

I just had to try Harolah's Blizzard Snowflake 2017. It's fun. I made two differences. I felt every SR in round one needed a vsp before the second half of the SR not just the first. Also on round 2 I made the last chain a split chain. That makes it land where it should be for the next round. Overall its a very unique snowflake.

Still making snowflakes

Yes I've still been making snowflakes. As long as I can't see out of one eye very well, I'm trying to keep it simple. I am getting some vision in the top half of my left eye. So, a few more weeks perhaps.
I do want to start crocheting as my son and daughter-in-law have announced they are 9 weeks along with our first grand child. 😁
The top left snowflake is from Romana Stelmach. Designed in 2014. The lower right is from Tatting for Today by Marion T. Leyds, published in 1980. My Christmas tree is still up, so I'm just keeping them for myself. I've made some more snowdrops also. My daughter asked for pink. I'll see if she will let me borrow it back to take a pic.

Second tree top ornment

This is my second try at that tree top ornament. I added an extra ring so it would fit in the ring better. Not sure where this one's going. Might just keep it.

Tree Top Ornament

I enjoyed this Tree Top Ornament from the book Tatting for Today by Marion T. Leyds. It's a fun book with lots of ornaments in it. My points didn't quite meet the ring. The next one I'm working on I added one more ring just below the clover on either side of the points. Hopefully it will reach better next time.
It's been three weeks today since I had retina surgery on my left eye. I had it checked on yesterday. The doctor says the retina is still well attached and my right eye looks like it's fine too. He says I need to wait about 4 more weeks before I will be able to see properly out of the left eye. So Christmas will still be visually impaired I'm afraid. Oh well, all in good time. I can still tat. :)

A few more snowdrops

I managed to have all but one of these finished before my retina surgery. I was able to finish the last purple one after the operation.

Painting

I've also been playing in the paint. This project was fun. I bought a black canvass and put green tape down where I wanted trees. After the background is painted then the tape is removed and the trees can be painted.

12 so far

So far I've got 12 snow drops finished. They are really fun to make. Saturday is my Christmas market. I know one is already spoken for. I hope the rest find people who like them as much as I do.

Dianes Ice Drops

These are Diane Cademartori's (Lace-Lovin' Librarian) beautiful ice drops. I'm enjoying making them up. Do I need to stiffen them? Also, do I need to put frosty sparkles on the white ones? I want them to be used for Christmas decorations.

More slippers

I'm still knitting away at slippers. I enjoy not having to think too much as I knit them.

More slippers

I made some more mens slippers. Not very flattering pictures.

Slippers

I had a lady at my last craft fair ask for men's slippers. I tried to find out what size she wanted, but she didn't know. I've taken a chance and made these in size 10 1/2. They are chunky yarn in a double strand. They were not easy to make as when I needed to decrease it was a lot of thickness to go through. So I'm wanting to get $15.00 for the yarn and my trouble. I hope someone will want them. I'll never do another pair like that. Too hard on the biceps. They should be nice and warm though.

More Bookmarks

I haven't tired of these yet. I enjoy the colors and those beady eyes.

Market last weekend

My market went quite well. There wasn't the turnout that was hoped for. I think part of that was because the craft fair was advertised as a trade fair and some people weren't interested in a trade fair as much as they might have been if they knew it was a craft fair.
I realized I need two tables now a days. I went back to our Ag society and paid for a second table. Now I can make more things and feel rest assured I'll have space.
I had two people ask for slippers. So when I'm done a few more bookmarks, I guess I'd better get the knitting needles out. I was so enjoying the tatting. I do want to make some of Lace-lovin-librarians lovely snowdrops. Hopefully I'll have time.
The Christmas market isn't until Nov 25. So I have two months.
I forgot to take some pictures of my tables. Oh well, I'll try to remember in Nov. No guarantees. My forgetter has been working overtime lately.
Well now I'm gonna look for a picture to post. I like seeing pictures.

Here's an object my husband picked up at the garage sale. I don't know what it is. I'm sure it's not for pitting cherries. I've sent it to Our Canada magazine to see if they'll publish it. Then maybe someone can tell me what it's for.

Five more hats

I got five more hats done. Mostly maple leafs. That makes it 18 hats for the market. I will try to remember to take pictures of my tables at the market. Or I guess it's a craft fair.

I still have this froggy on a card for sale. So I upgraded it a little with some water and cattails. I hope to sell it sometime. My husband wants me to draw a tongue coming out of the frogs mouth. I told him my frog was too polite to stick out his tongue in public. I've also been working on these woolly bookworms. They are fun and easy to make.

Maple leafs

These Maple leafs are so much fun to make. I hope to put one on a card and use the other two for caps. Less than two weeks to my first market of the year and so much to do.

some bookmarks

A couple weeks ago my husband and I went to a heritage days weekend down in southern Alberta. I had taken some tatting along and didn't want to just sit alone in our holiday trailer doing it. So I went to their craft fair and approached a lady with three tables of crocheting and some knitting for sale. I asked her if it would be ok if I sat with her and did my tatting. She was happy for the company, so for two afternoons we sat and did our crafts and had a wonderful time visiting, getting to know each other and talking about our favorite crafts.
By the second day she had rummaged through her stash and brought me several balls of lovely colored tatting thread. So, I promised I would make her a tatted cross. Still don't know which one to send.

I've made some new hats

I'm getting ready for a fall market next month. Do I have enough hats?? :)

Need some help

Can anyone tell me how to change the email address on my blog. I am soon to be canceling my other internet provider and haven't been able to make the email address change.
Thank you
Batty Tatter

Birch trees

I've been playing with some water color this week. We're still are doing a lot of traveling, as mom is still in the hospital 120 miles away. We are awaiting word about when she will be moved to a long term care facility and where.

Jane's bird

I put Jane's little birdie on a tree. I used water color pencils for the drawing. I'm pleased with the turnout.

Sorry not much happening

Well, I am working on Jane's TIAS. But, alas mom's back in the hospital. This time she's had a stroke. We've been staying at her home and driving back and forth to see her. She is improving some, but I really don't know how much she will improve. Next it's going to be meeting with her doctor to see what kind of long term care and where she will go.

These were very fun to make. My hubby and I have been up to my mom's. She's been in the hospital. So having a simple project to work on was handy. Mom's ok. While in emergency she fell and broke three toes. We stayed at her house and then brought her home and took care of her for a few days. Hopefully she will be alright over Christmas. Don't want to repeat that again. 

Special Snowflake

I made several snowflakes and neglected to post them. I did just finish this one. It's pretty special to me as it wasn't meant to be one. This is a portion of a doily from Jan Stawasz's book Tatting theory and patterns. I just made one motif and stiffened it for a snowflake. I belong to an art club and they wish to have a gift exchange of something from our craft. I'm not a very good painter, but got positive responses when I mentioned I was a tatter. So I hope this one will take some interest.