Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Tatted Hanky for Grandma

I finished this just in the nick of time!!!  I ran into a number of issues with this hanky, but I am so pleased with the results.  This is most definitely one of my favorite projects and one I'll repeat.  The entredeux came apart from the hanky on the first one when I was about half way finished!  I cut through the entredeux and removed it then whipped it to a new hanky.  Then just continued from where I left off the first one.  Only someone who knew what they were looking for would ever see the difference.  Then I miscounted my holes on one side and had to totally undo all the tatting and start over.  For my very first one, I think it turned out pretty well.  The next time, I'll have to really clean up the corners.  Those didn't turn out quite like I wanted, but a good pressing tamed them a bit.

Here is another view.  I really love this blue tatting thread.

I made this for Rob's Grandmother, and she really liked it.  She is 83, and I told her I wanted to do something really special for her. 

I am a self taught tatter thanks to the help of a wonderful book I found at Handy Hands Tatting.  Barbara is a jewel!!  I called and emailed a few times on this and other projects when I ran into trouble, and she walked me right through it.  I couldn't have done this without her.  And how in the world she can look at email photos and tell me what I'm doing wrong just amazes me!!  It's probably a good thing I don't live near her!!!

Happy Wednesday!!
Angela


8 comments:

  1. It's FANTASTIC, Angela!! I doubt I would have persevered through all those setbacks. It's such a lovely gift!
    -JennyJo

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    1. Thanks Jenny Jo. I hope I can learn from them!

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  2. What a beautiful gift! I would love to learn to tat but have been unsuccessful teaching myself. :)

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    1. Thank you Kate. I learned needle tatting from a book from Handy Hands. It was easier than you would imagine. You should try it. Shuttle tatting is much harder, so I have not learned that yet.

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  3. The hankie is beautiful and I am so impressed that you did the tatting yourself. And you are self-taught! Tatting is one of the goals I have set for myself.

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    1. Karen, it really wasn't that hard. When I first started, I would send pictures to Barb at Handy Hands, and she could tell me from the pics what I was doing wrong and tell me how to correct it. She is awesome. There is no one around here who teaches, so I had no choice if I wanted to learn. Thanks so much for the sweet comments.

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  4. That is beautiful! I'm glad you came to visit me because this time I was able to follow your blog. Now I won't miss your posts.

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    1. Hi Shirley! I just found your blog too thanks to Nonie! I'm happy you found me too.

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