Earrings Requested

After seeing them on Facebook a niece asked me to make her a pair of the 'Wave' earrings. I asked her what colors she would like and she requested coral and teal. The coral thread I have, but I didn't have any beads that were teal. I was fortunate enough that I went to Hobby Lobby on a week where the beads were 50% off! With a little help from one of the associates stocking the beads I found what I think will work.

Now that I have the beads, it shouldn't take long to make the earrings. 

 I mentioned a few weeks ago that I have been having trouble with my computer. It wasn't just my imagination, it started making a terrible noise when I was using it. I shut it down to save it as much as possible until something could be done. Unfortunately, that something is getting another computer.

I didn't plan on buying another computer at this time, but I use it a lot. I pay bills, work with pictures, write my blog, and write and diagram my patterns. I do the pictures and the patterns with special programs that will have to installed on the new computer. I don't think the picture program will be a problem, but the pattern program could be. Until I get that program going, I will not be able to work on, or modify, any patterns. If there is any issues with it, I'll have to find another way to do them. This has me a bit worried.

I have been working to update my blog since I have returned it to Blogger. There are a lot of links that are broken that I'm not sure how I'm going to fix. There are pattern links I know how to fix that are now delayed due to not having access to the pattern program. 

I have been using, and am very happy with, Serif Draw, the vector program I use for patterns. I've upgraded computers before and it installed correctly, but I'm always a bit concerned if it will work correctly on the new computer. I really don't want to learn a new program. 

If there are any patterns that are temporarily unavailable, contact me and I'll see what I can do. As for the rest of the broken links, one small step at a time.

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window." Steve Wozniak

 

A pretty teacup

This was supposed to be posted yesterday for Tatting Tea Tuesday but I have lost my photo editor on my computer. I tried re-installing it but I can't find the disk.  So instead of several pictures I have one.

I was in a local antique store/flea market a couple of weeks ago and saw this pretty teacup.  It has no markings on the bottom to indicate maker or anything else but I thought it was pretty and so elegant looking.  So I brought it home.  I think I should dress up and wear a hat to drink tea out of this, don't you?

Lizbeth size 20 in #617 Magenta Med and #644 Boysenberry Dk

I was inspired to make a doily to go along with the teacup.  I think I chose the colors at night with bad lighting as they don't match the cup like I thought they did.  Oops.

The first seven rounds of this doily went pretty smoothly but the last two took forever!  I just couldn't get it to do what I wanted it to. I kept changing my mind on those last two rounds, which probably took as long to tat as all the others put together. And I think I should have reduced the stitch count on the last round.  The doily ended up being just over seven inches across when finally finished.  It had to be blocked a lot before it would stay flat, due, I'm sure, to those last two rounds of (mostly) chains.  I'm thinking of doing it again in different colors and changing the stitch count in a couple of places. And maybe the dark thread at the center.

The shuttle is made of horn.  I haven't tatted much with it as it's pretty slick, I keep dropping it.  It is marred on both sides though I'm not sure how that happened.  It is still a pretty shuttle.  

There hasn't been much tatting in the last week and I'm not sure there will be much in the next week.  There are a lot of family things going on and it's hard to tat with a lap full of children.  I'm not complaining.  I'll just smile and sip my tea.

"When in doubt drink tea"

Computer trouble

I'm having trouble with my computer.  During some updating/repair my photo program was disabled or deleted or something.  The pictures are there but I can't edit them. I'm working on the problem but it's still a work in progress.  Hopefully I'll be able to get something going soon.

Technical Difficulties

My Tatting Tea Tuesday post has been postponed (again!) due to technical difficulties.  

[It's rather scary how much I miss my computer:(  ]

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."

Emo Phillips

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