Yup they sure are! This is the second variation by Lace-Lovin' Librarian. A pretty white snowflake with a clear Turquoise Glass Glob. My Hand Dyed Thread in a very slightly variegated pale turquoise blue/green. With sparkly white colour lined beads. The Glass Pebble is a gorgeous Turquoise blue green with an AB coating. It look so pretty in real life. I have tatted these two in the same colours as the previous variation to let the pattern stand out rather than being influenced by new colours ..read more

Lace- Lovin' Librarian sent me a great selection of her designs for more complicated Ice Drops. This was the first that I chose to make. She gave them names but they are just the colours that she used…I think. Turquoise clear Glass Glob Turquoise beads My hand dyed thread AB coated Turquoise Glass Glob, Turquoise beads, White Coats Mercer thread size 20 ..read more

Beginning to get the hang of these cute little thingies. Lets try a few frilly picots. 5 Graduated Picots, my hand dyed thread and a clear Diamante Disc. Beautiful. 5 Graduated Picots, yellowish AB Glass Glob and my Rainbow Bright Hand Dyed thread. Gorgeous. 7 Graduated Picots, clear Diamante Disc and my Sweet Shop Hand Dyed Thread. Even prettier, I think. Getting better every day ..read more

Oh yeah! Here I go. Still on the basic simple ones today. Here they are:- This Glass Glob is transparent. Yesterdays had an AB type coating. This one is tatted in my hand dyed thread Coral Reef, I dyed a big batch of it last year as it's one of my favourites. Looking around for something else to encapsulate I came across this Diamante sew on plastic gem. It's a little too small…. I could of course use finer thread or alter the stitch count. Not quite as globular as the glass ones but it does sparkle. Easily available and comes in lots of lovely colours. More to come ..read more

Oh dear, I can see that another whole year has gone by since I wrote a blog post. A whole lot of water has gone under the bridge. A new hip. A whole lot of tatting has been done Plus so many other crafts. The question is where do I start A wise friend said START FROM NOW! So here goes. I am addicted to Lace-Lovin Librarian's ICE DROPS She very kindly sent me her patterns and Tutorial. Searching for Glass Globs/Gems/Pebbles where I live is almost impossible. A few come into charity shops. I have tried Candle shops,Flower shops,Aquarium shops to no avail. So I have to use what I already have ..read more

Oh Yeah! Feargal is HOME!! Wowee! can you believe it!! Feargal left for his Grand Tour on March 22nd 2010. That's almost 6 years of travelling!! I am announcing his return on St Patricks Day 2016 as it seems like a good day for celebration. But actually he arrived home  just  in time for CHRISTMAS.  A big box arrived in the post. It had come from New York in rather a roundabout way stopping for a short respite in Stratford On Avon where I believe Feargal was oh sooh! tired that he flatly refused point blank to hear anything about Shakespeare! and begged why am I here? I just w ..read more

Time goes so quickly nowadays.I cant believe that it's the middle of March already. Time to wish all my friends A HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY I wonder how Fergal is celebrating the day, here at Lep HQ we would love to hear from him. Thomas Brown is wearing his gear again and flying the flag. I am having a ME day Have watched the Dublin Parade on TV. It must be one of the best in the world. If you get a chance to watch the highlights, maybe on line.....do! Have tatted some bookmarks I wrote for a class I was giving at my Lace Guild, nothing new there but they do look lovely.   Tatting a P ..read more

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY To ALL my Tatting Friends, some Irish some not so Irish but all very dear to me. (I would have posted this much earlier but the internet connection went down mid composition!) Last night my 5 year old grandson....aided and abetted by his mum..... set a Leprechaun Trap Top view......  ....and inside a trail of coins and trinkets has led to what looks like a crock of gold....and stuff! (I have brightened these photos as it is very dark and mysterious inside, but hard to see anything!) ......I wonder if they will catch anything.....  Here at Lep HQ. we were ..read more

OMG can it really be THREE MONTHS since I last blogged and promised you a new colourway! So much has happened since then,  Christmas celebrations... hope you all had a happy one. New Year celebrations....hope you all will be happy and healthy, Holiday in the sun.....more about that soon..ish. Coming home to the worst storms we have ever had.water everywhere, the whole country is still soaking wet . Looking after gorgeous grandchildren while their mum is away lecturing. And of course Tatting and Dyeing, working on my TAT Master...and its hard to do it well. Only one out of twelve complete ..read more