Got a chance to finish the row!!

My hubby had to work tonight so I got a chance 

to finish this row.

It's night out so I had to use the flash on my 

camera and the zoom, but I love how it shows 

the detail of the doily!!  :)

Happy tatting!!

Hope you are getting your holiday items finished!!  :)

I am still trying to get progress accomplished on these!!!

Made some progress tonight while hubby had a 

job outside of the house for a little while.

I was hoping to have this round done, but I just 

can't stay up any later(it's almost midnight here).

This is the Mystery Doily for those who don't know.

 And this project is taking forever due to me having 

to design it.  At least this one can sit out and be 

tatted in front of hubby without problems of him 

claiming it-since he knows it's a Christmas gift!

It will be a large suncatcher when done(when!).

I believe it will take some blocking as the other 

one did, before it will gone on after this round.

Happy tatting and have a great day!!!  :)

Finally a chance to continue working

At least till 3am while hubby is out on a temp 

job.

This is taking a long time and I haven't had time 

to work on it while he has been here every day.

I am hoping to make more progress yet tonight, 

but that will depend on if my concentration and 

eyes hold out that long.

Again, this is the Mystery Doily by Patty Dowden 

pattern here:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art748.asp

Have a wonderful night!!  :)

Some progress....and thinking.....

Finally made progress on the Mystery Doily again! 

But, it has already been put away cuz' someone is on 

his way home.  I sure hope to get this done in time 

for Christmas!!!

 And, I am thinking more flowers for the next round 

and then more glass ovals for the final round, but 

I am learning that it's hard to decide what to do next!!
**the colors are showing up better today!!

Happy tatting and have a wonderful day!!!  :)

Still trying to get to work on this!!!

Mystery doily round 2 done!!!  FINALLY!!!

It's been almost a month since I have gotten 

to work on this.  I absolutely love it....

except for my "fix" of the center, so maybe

there will be a change sometime. 

It's 5 inches across.

I have several other tatted Christmas gift ideas

hoping to achieve those, but they won't have to

hide from hubby.  :)  So happy about that!!!  :)

Progress happening again

Very slow progress, but progress!!!

Today as soon as I was sure my hubby wasn't

coming back for awhile I got this out and got 

to work!!!  I now have what looks like half of

this second round done.  It takes so long due

to all the constant twists and turns.

I am loving the colors 

and the fact that the solid isn't really noticeable.

I really want this gorgeous HDT from Yarnplayer

to shine in this doily!!!  :)  Oh, it's Lilac Sea for

those who don't know.

I am hoping for more time in the next 2 days, 

but part of tomorrow will be work on my 2016

Renulek Spring doily while waiting at a doctor's 

office for a friend.

Have a wonderful day!!  :)

A little progress is better than nothing!

I have figured out this doily NEEDS and 

demands my full attention.  I have had to

un-tat several times and I am tired of it 

already, but I am sure there is more to

come.  I made a join from the top first 

section to the top second section, which 

I wasn't supposed to join, but.... I

really need to leave it so I don't have to 

waste any of this beautiful HDT!!!

I think it will be ok.

At this point there is a lot of ruffling, 

but I believe it's due to tatting in an

"S" shape.  I think it will be wonderful

when finished-which is a long way off!!!

Have a great day!!!  Thanks for

following these Christmas gift tattings!!! :)

Start of next Christmas secret

This may look familiar to some, but the 

center will confuse them.

This is the Mystery Doily by Patty Dowden 

pattern here:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art748.asp

And my inspiration here:

http://tatsaway.blogspot.com/2013/11/mystery-doily-epilogue.html

I started and got to the second repeat when I realized

that I should have highlighted the spot in 

the directions that say I should have started

with the last ring of the top 6, but I thought, 

oh well, I will have to figure out the final 

joins.......until, I realized that I messed up the

second "S" chain and would have to untat

6 small rings on top, then an "S" chain,

and then 4 more small rings just to get

to the mistake(NO THANKS!!!).

So...I started again, but 5 repeats in 

I realize that I missed the fact of joining

the center rings properly.  Since I only have 

limited amount of the hand dyed thread

size 40 Yarnplayer's Lilac Sea, 

I decided  not to start again, but to join 

the center by chains of 2ds each.

When blocked it should look ok.

The complimenting color is

size 40 Lizbeth Lilac Med.

This now has to go into hiding, and I have to get 

housework finished.

Have a wonderful day and hopefully

lots of tatting too!!!  :)