Janemactats
An account of the craftwork I get up to, tatting, spinning, knitting, sewing, whatever
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Project For Friday
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.