Thursday, April 24, 2014

Something :) (Motif 14)

First of all, just in case there is someone out there that reads my blog but for some reason hasn't discovered Fox's amazing Tat-ology (or hasn't seen the news) her blog has moved to a new domain:
(and fyi, when I went to add it to my blogroll I had to change the .ca to .com--not sure if that is a weird I-live-in-Russia thing or a weird blogger thing, but anyway, if the .ca doesn't work for you, try .com instead.)

Well, thanks for bearing with grumpy Kristen last week...most people find spring to be a happy time, I think I actually get "S.A.D." when the snow melts, not when it falls!

Anyway, I put on my big girl panties, a smile on my face, and got to work...

And made this horrible monstrosity:
With apologies to Lyn Morton, whose Trefoil pattern I totally butchered when I ran out of thread and didn't want to tat with size 3 anymore! :) This does not count as a motif, it is just too horrible,
Oops. :) It's currently lying on the floor upstairs and every time I see it I start to giggle, and my husband keeps looking at me like I'm crazy...tatting humor, he doesn't understand. :)

 I had better luck with Jon Yusoff's fabulous and fun "Quantiesque" snowflake:



Motif 14! Thanks again for the great pattern, Jon!

The (tatting-related) hard-to-please husband (he just doesn't get tatting) really liked this pattern, so it's a double-win for me...properly finished and husband approved, who could ask for anything more?

Both the mignonette and Spring doilies are waiting patiently to be picked up again...I'd go get them now, but I have a snuggly puppy on my lap and I don't want to bother him by moving... so I'll just blog troll for a while instead. :)

Thanks for sticking with me, more soon (I hope!) :)

14 comments:

  1. Nice job on Jon’s pattern, Kristen! Pretty in those colours.

    Thanks for the shout-out. Word is getting around because of generous tatters - like you - who take the time to pass the new address around. I really appreciate it.

    BTW, the official address I believe is “com.” I found that a bit confusing as well. ‘ca’ is the local URL I think...

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    1. Yep, I think you are right about the .com thing...my blog shows up as .ru when I'm here in Russia...I have been bookmarking everything with .ru while here, I wonder if I will have to change them all to .com or .au when I'm in Canberra... ?

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  2. Thanks for the information on fox I struggled with this. Love this snowflake is this in her book or somewhere else?

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    1. The snowflake is on her website. I linked to it in the post above (I had better luck with Jon Yusoff's fabulous and fun "Quantiesque" snowflake). Click on the word Quantiesque. :)

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  3. Excellent job on the Quantiesque snowflake. Fantastic job!

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    1. Thank you Grace! I am going to do it again sometime with smaller thread. It's such a great pattern!

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  4. The quantiesque snowflake looks lovely in that thread, I never thought of using that colour on a snowflake. Glad your husband approved to, does not happen very often here either.
    Look forward to seeing your other projects soon.
    Margaret

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    1. Thank you Margaret! Sometimes it's fun to make snowflakes in different colors. Jon inspired me by making the original in color as well!

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  5. Love the thread color of the monstrosity. What is it?

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    1. I thought I wouldn't like it when I started tatting, but I really like it, too! It's Lizbeth, I *think* Rainbow Taffy...it doesn't say, but it was a free sample from a year or so ago.

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  6. The more we make a mistake and the more we progress!
    I like very much your snowflake. I did not know this model, it seems to me interesting.

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    1. Thanks for the perspective Lilas! I love Jon's patterns, they are so nice!

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  7. I love your size 3 "blundered" motif!!! :) Such fun and bright colors and nice design even if it wasn't what the pattern showed. :)
    And your snowflake looks fabulous!!! :)

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    1. Thank you! If nothing else, it makes me laugh, which is fun. :)

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