Craft Corner

Awesome @Bunniekins! so much fun to be had in the coming days!

edited to put it the right thread

Adding an image of the colour choices of thread with the next handkerchief in line for an intricate edge as the background, just to show what it looks like from the beginning. (this one will be in white)

All these threads are variegations going from the darkest colour back through to white. the one on the end is multi coloured. I can maybe rethink the yellow ... maybe it's an issue I am working on.

@Faith-and-Hope unfortunately, embroidery fine enough to decorate this is out of my reach due to pain etc.

@Appleblossom how lovely to be able to share your skills with your son, that must have been a lovely 'moment' for you both.

@Former-MemberActually it was a BIG surpirse and very indirect as the sister(half) and I are no longer close. Her father and her found it hard to accept how much I put in, but she did not get the cooking, sewing and dancing from her biological mother. It was all me. I did pretend plies with her using my son's change table as a barre .. cos she responded well to dance more than singing or instrumental music. I was her step mother for 16 years from 6 weeks, but I left work and thought of her more as a foster daughter as that was what I had known.

Being a step mother was torturous as everyone wants to pick on you for any slight difference in affection you may or may not feel ... totally messed with my mind, body and heart ...

I am glad she is moving away from the sex industry and her "easy money" as she says as she sashayed insolently past me on her 21st. Growing up is a lot slower these days ... despite other preoccupations with speed ... hmmm ....

As you can imagine I’d like any shade of purple too but I am partial to all white too. There is always something classic about it.

Of course if it was mine it would be one of these shades but I have a feeling it’s not the look you are after 😜

I think go with whatever thread and colour feels right. 💜🤗

Ooh I like the green too. @Former-Member.

@Former-Member Can you got spare handkerchiefs where you could do one of each colour ... it is so hard to choose because they would all be lovely. Cannot wait to see the end product.

So pretty. I think the pink is lovely, or maybe lavender or blue would be pretty just as much.

Hi @Former-Member

Lovely pic. I have a soft spot for Lavender - would look pretty variegated with white I think. Look forward to seeing the outcome 💞

You can get surface spray from somewhere like Bunnings that lasts for around six months @Former-Member ..... that should keep the spiders away.

Wow @Teej those colours would make an awesome granny square blanket, or shawl or whatever! Very inspiring, but I was after a bit of a lighter tone for this one.

@Bunniekins I was going for the green myself after much mind-changing and indecision - then I made a fatal mistake! Yes, I like the way you think! Have looked online for more handkerchiefs and also need to get a new tatting shuttle, so will have to do some more checking and phoning too (ughh) before I can find the shuttles I want.

@Former-Member Thank you, I think I will have to do what Greenpea suggests and just get me some more handkerchiefs to tatt around. I"m liking the challenge of it and the idea that they are a 'gift' for myself. One will have to be variegated lavender!

@Faith-and-Hope Thank you for that, I'm not sure I can actually do that though, because it's not my area to care for, but the webs are so overloaded with debris and egg sacs that they are blowing into my garage and along my front porch area. I figure the least I can do and not get into any turf wars is to swipe the webs away with a very long stick. (Did you know those egg sacs have over 500 'pideys per each?) There is no garden for them to be relocated to. If the spray were to damage the house paint I'd be liable for the damage, so have avoided doing that so far.

@greenpea @CheerBear @Phoenix_Rising @Appleblossom @-Enigma- @Snowie @OhanaSystem @Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51 @Teej @eth @Mazarita @BlueBay @MoonGal @Catcakes

Well, update on the white tatted hankie saga - sad news friends.

I chose to do the border with the variegated green because it's just way different from anything I already have, fair enough reason I thought.

I had to remove the pink from where I'd begun the second row of edging onto the white and being oh so careful, cut right through the picot without realising that's where I was cutting.

So, decision made, and @Faith-and-Hope 'wins' - it is now a plain white tatted hankie as I cannot do a second row without all the picots to work into. All I could do was laugh at myself!

I'm enjoying getting back to tatting though and am planning on tattig more edged hankies and thinking of collars and necklines for blouses/ tops, or edgings down the button front of blouses even.

thank you for the lovely suggestions and comments, I really really appreciate it very much.

@Catcakes Your blanket is progressing very very nicely! Lovely neat work, your tension is so consistent, which can be hard with so much interruption. Lovely colours. It looks so squishy, cosy and snuggly. thank you so much for taking the time to share.