Janemactats
An account of the craftwork I get up to, tatting, spinning, knitting, sewing, whatever
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Busy With Bags
Monday, September 8, 2025
In The Mood For Knitting
Saturday's market wasn't a great success for me. I sold enough to pay for my table, but no more. I decided that if I couldn't sell, I'd better buy - I came home with a basket full of foodstuffs, from double cream to pecan nuts.
I'm in the mood to knit. I thought I might tackle the half finished pullover I was asked (a long time ago!) to complete.
First step was to untangle the yarns at the back of the work:
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Ladybird
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Key Rings
Monday, September 1, 2025
Flowers And Butterflies
I've been making another food cover - tatted motifs on net - for the next market. I don't mind if it doesn't sell because it's useful to have on hand in case I need a quick gift. But Summer arrived very suddenly, so it may well sell at the market.
The 12 butterflies don't show up much in the photo. I used them to empty shuttles. The lady I was tatting lavender bunches for has moved away, so there's no point in having shuttles filled with lavender colours.
Friday, August 29, 2025
Alterations
Normally on a Friday morning I'm at a retirement home with a craft group, but yesterday I received a message that there's an event on at the home and we can't use the gazebo. It feels like bonus time! So I thought I'd use the time to do a job I've been 'meaning' to do - make alterations to a couple of garments I like but don't wear because they're too long. The first is this skirt, which I made a couple of years ago
The fabric is rather stiff and doesn't drape well, so the long skirt just doesn't look right. I thought perhaps it would work better as a pencil skirt. Of course, I don't want to lose the tatting ( pattern number 80 on page 63 of the Tatted Artistry of Teiko Fujito) or redo the hem, so I decided to cut the top of the skirt off. I used a skirt that I like to determine how much to cut off: SnipIt looks skew here, but is actually fine. I didn't bother to retrieve the elastic, I just redid the casing from scratch:
It looks more A-line than pencil, but I still think it'll be more wearable than the long version.Thursday, August 28, 2025
At Last