Progress...

A new row I started in the train this morning... I think the little hearts are rather well formed. It's not finished, but I think there are many variations possible with this addition.

Oh, did I mention that I'm using the Kimono thread I bought quite a while back too?

Continue to tune in. :D

Using the Kimono threads

I have been tatting... especially with the new Kimono thread that I was talking about, recommended by Lynn in this post.
Made a curious little motif with the black and white variegated. Also with a smaller #70 DMC cotton and metallic silver. I had a lot of fun doing this. Can you guess which pattern it is?



Tatted another motif with this thread... It's a motif for a coffee table mat.

Next up, a doily that's almost complete, minus one last round. (Lost steam for now but I might pick it up again some time. ;P)

Both these patterns can be found in this little booklet that Jane Eborall shared some time back. I managed to get a copy, and I love it.

I certainly have a new project waiting and I'm very keen to get crackin'. But before that, I gotta do some homework. Till then...

Hope you are having a nice weekend.

P.S. Jane wrote up a pattern for the Fandango corners and tatted up a pretty duo-colour sample. It's gorgeous. Find her post about it here.

Finds In Hong Kong

Took a short trip to Hong Kong two weeks ago to visit my sister and to have a little break from work. Did loads of errands for family but didn't forget to catch up with Lynn Poling, one of our very own tatters who's assisting as admin to the InTatters forum. Met her there for the first time about four years ago when I visited and we had a lovely chat over coffee. Did the same thing again this time (but oh dear, we didn't even take a picture!). When Lynn heard that I was going over, she offered to take me to check out a thread that she found in a tiny shop in Mong Kok, Kowloon. She's such a darling.

Each of these cost HK$110 (~US$13.40).

The brand's Kimono and it seems to have been made in Korea (that's what it says on the blue thread label) but the variegated black says it's made in India (on the back of the label). Strange, but it could be true because I tatted with both these threads and they feel totally different. The blue feels sturdier whilst the variegated black feels softer. Will show you the products in the next post.

Then I asked Lynn to take me to Yu Chao Kai in Sum Shui Bo, one subway station down from Mong Kok station. There's a street that supposedly has all the bead shops. We walked into five, I think, and browsed, mostly. Of course we would have loved to bring home the shops but we said we only wanted to look-see, and we kept our promise. LOL I didn't come home empty handed though.

Some charms and earring "filigree" parts...

Lynn and I parted with a hug and exchanged a little something. I gave her the Fandango bookmark and she gave me this cross tatted in Lisbeth thread. It was a fabulous meeting and we had fun.