A whole lot of tatting

A whole lot of tatting

The thing with being confined to bed for weeks at a time is there isn’t much you can do. If you happen to also have ADHD like myself it can very quickly drive you up the wall.  Luckily I’ve had a drawer fulla tatting to keep me company. I haven’t got a whole lot of things completed like one would expect, mostly cause my energy starts to wane after a few rings and chains but here’s what I’ve been up to.

Tatting 002 

This is my one and only completed item, a simple collar tatted with DMC cotton perle 8 which is all I had at the time. I think this needs a bit of a starching and blocking again.

Tatting 003

This is a border That I have made up as I went along. It’s tatted in Twilleys size 20 crochet cotton and I’m not too fond of the thread it keeps twisting and turning and in general being a PITA

Tatting 004

Finally I have this an edging from Bessie M. Attenborough’s The Craft Of Tatting. I’m really liking how this is coming along I think I might make it a hankie edging. It is tatted in vintage coats mercerised cotton size 20 I originally didn’t like this thread because it was so stiff but have grown to appreciate the crisp look it creates.

Returning to the scene…

I had this nice long post on how I was so very sorry that I haven’t posted in ages and that I would try to be better. as I was reading through it I started to feel guilty and ashamed, then I realized this was my blog! I often seem to end up needing to take month long(or several months long) breaks and I should be okay with that no one needs me to be in here blogging when I don’t want to be.

I’m still sick spending a lot of time in bed wishing I could breathe a bit better, my head didn’t feel so groggy or I could just open my eyes.  It sucks to have my battle of the mind and depression under control only to have a body that is completely unwilling.

I’ve been slowly winding skeins for the yarn club and orders but I can only get about two skeins wound before I just about collapse so everything is continually going slower than I hope. I have been doing some stitching but not as much as you would expect from someone who is bed/sofa bound 5 out of 7 days. I will have to show you all what I have been up to while I was away!

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This supposedly had posted two weeks ago but there is NO sign of it ANYWHERE on my blog so I’m reposting it now!

Wow it’s the end of March already!

Wow it's the end of March already!

Okay so when I decided to do the Made Monday feature I really did not intend that to be the only blogging I do during the week… That seems to be how it has shipped up as of late. I have been really busy and to be utterly honest a bit depressed and I am very thankful  that I have the Made Monday’s because it gives me expectation… i can ignore the blog EXCEPT for mondays.

I hope you have been enjoying the made mondays as much as I have they are really cool I think and I get to explore etsy and other shops like that. If you have bought something from one of our sellers let me know. I would love to share some of YOUR experiences with the other readers.  Also if you want me to feature your product please feel free to contact me via the contact button on the upper left.

I have been spinning, I recently got Jacey Boggs‘s DVD Sit and Spin and dug out some fibre and went to work.  An hour later I had this wonderful Corespun wool with cocoons which you can all learn how to spin with her dvd.

disco-corespun

Ugggggh!

Ugggggh!

This is the kind of day I have been having!

That’s All!

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