One Mad Tatter
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I love tatting, yes, I guess I am mad about it! I had been trying to tat for years, but only recently mastered the ‘flip’ of the stitch. Now I am hooked. I have several projects going, have a great collection of vintage books and have (in the last 12 months) found a vibrant online community of tatters, new techniques and wonderful patterns.
One Mad Tatter
4M ago
I finally succumbed and made frog a couple of months ago. I was watching the reels on Facebook from India Rose Crawford and froggy morning, both have such cute and whimsical adventures with their knitted frogs, and with all of ..read more
One Mad Tatter
4M ago
As my regular followers are aware, I love happy mail. One of the things I have saved for across last year is a yarn of the month club, which ensures I receive regular squishy happy mail! I have chosen to ..read more
One Mad Tatter
8M ago
Since attaining my yarn room, I now am much more organised with my yarn and tools. Everything Is visible and accessible, which helps me to find projects quickly and complete more projects. As you may realise, I am a crafter who has multiple projects on the go all the time, across multiple crafts. I do find though, that I always try and have a simpler pattern to complete in front of the TV or when I want to just do something without counting and following a pattern too closely. In the past two years, these TV projects have almost always been a shawl, either knit or crochet.
I first made a shawl ..read more
One Mad Tatter
11M ago
Happy New Year everyone!
I haven’t had a chance to blog much over the last few weeks, but I have been crafting a storm in the background. Having full days in my craft room during my holidays has been a blessing. I have been able to get back into some old projects, spending mornings on intricate tatting and more complex patterns, while my afternoons and evenings have been spent working on less complex projects. I am preparing blogs on each of these projects to share with you soon.
At the end of November, I ordered yarn from Hobbii’s black Friday sale. Today’s blog is a ‘yarn unboxing’ of Hobbii ..read more
One Mad Tatter
1y ago
Today I was fortunate enough to attend the Hand Knitters Guild Yarn and Craft Market in Melbourne. Yarn enthusiasts, artisans, and creative souls gathered at the Hand Knitters Guild Yarn and Craft Market to immerse themselves in a world of fibres, colours, and endless possibilities. The event was a celebration of the timeless art of hand knitting, bringing together seasoned knitters, aspiring crafters, and curious visitors alike. As I stepped into the venue, I was greeted by a vibrant tapestry of yarn, and the warm embrace of a community passionate about their craft.
Ixchel silver star yarn an ..read more
One Mad Tatter
1y ago
Two sizes of minature fox, Pattern from https://www.ravelry.com/stores/esther-braithwaite-designs The bigger, but still mini, version of the fox, wolf and deer. A 2 x2 rib beanie (standard pattern) and two miniature eggs, one with a rabbit toy and one with a dinosaur toy from Elendan
The wind down from term 1 of 2023 led me to make some more miniature dolls in both crochet and knitted fabrics. The Forest friend’s pattern is from Esther Braithwaite designs on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/stores/esther-braithwaite-designs . I enjoy knitting these miniature toys in 4ply cotton from BWM on the ..read more
One Mad Tatter
1y ago
For the last 15 years our spare bedroom was briefly a guest room, then it became the storage room. It was full of boxes from our move, tubs with my craft supplies and projects, exercise equipment and things waiting to be given to charity. In December my Wonderful Husband decided it was time to repaint this room and change the flooring, as it was the last room in the house with the old carpet.
First, all of the boxes and other stuff were moved into our lounge area. Then the flooring was removed and replaced. It is only when we moved everything out of the room, we could see just how much had bee ..read more
One Mad Tatter
1y ago
For the last 15 years our spare bedroom was briefly a guest room, then it became the storage room. It was full of boxes from our move, tubs with my craft supplies and projects, exercise equipment and things waiting to be given to charity. In December my Wonderful Husband decided it was time to repaint this room and change the flooring, as it was the last room in the house with the old carpet.
First, all of the boxes and other stuff were moved into our lounge area. Then the flooring was removed and replaced. It is only when we moved everything out of the room, we could see just how much had bee ..read more
One Mad Tatter
1y ago
Another project from 2022 was beginning to make some tatted baubles for a work Christmas “Kris Kringle” present. I bought these plastic baubles quite a few years ago now, and decided that it was time to make some snowflake topped baubles.
The patterns are all Alenalea Design’s, bought from her etsy shop a few years ago also. I used a Milford Mercerised cotton in size 20 to make these, as the pattern states. I also blocked the tatting onto the baubles, to help them sit well, as advised in the pattern.
The front view of the three baubles after blocking.Top view of the three baubles. Another angl ..read more
One Mad Tatter
1y ago
Welcome to another blog post. My last few crafting posts have shared items I made in 2022, and never got around to blogging. This year I am trying to get my blog organised, and document more of my crafting life. During 2022 I delved into more miniature knitting. I decided to make some clothes for my Neice’s Barbie dolls, as a birthday gift. I really enjoyed the process, from hunting down vintage pattern books on eBay and Etsy, locating patterns for top-down jumpers on Ravelry and making these items on my Addi crasy trio needles, and chiagoo miniature lace needles. I also got to dive into my Be ..read more