designing

2 min read 2023-05-30 15:06:00

Stella’s Birds – more thinking about the design

You may recall that I said last time I mentioned the design I am trying to work out here, that it was proving very difficult to balance three birds

3 min read 2023-05-28 20:17:00

And the reveal!!!! My version of the 3rd Round design-along for the DAL Celtic Snowflake. This is where I first posted the game

2 min read 2023-05-23 19:16:00

Remember my problem and the mood to give up on my own 3rd round design? Well turns out there were two possible solutions! Anna Bonelli suggested

3 min read 2023-05-21 12:32:00

My previous post 'promised' a 3rd round and also invited you to join in. Good news and bad - my round hasn't quite worked out as I had imagined but

2 min read 2023-05-18 13:09:00

Been quite a while since we played Design Along (DAL). I needed a model to show Celtic tatting with regular shuttles and after searching online I

10 min read 2023-05-06 18:00:00

I had several ideas for my Easter outfit swirling around my head in the month or so leading up to Easter. There are so many different patterns and

2 min read 2023-02-14 16:04:00

January’s Book of the Month for the Elizabeth Goudge Bookclub on Instagram was “Gentian Hill”, and that reminded me of an episode in that

1 min read 2023-01-26 05:06:00

For several weeks I've been obsessed with designing a new collar, and here are pictures of the result. I'm mostly happy with it. The one thing I

1 min read 2023-01-15 02:30:00

The "Loopy" Mardi Gras items sold out immediately, but of course the pattern is still available at my Etsy shop. In the necklace shown

1 min read 2023-01-15 02:30:00

The "Loopy" Mardi Gras items sold out immediately, but of course the pattern is still available at my Etsy shop. In the necklace shown

1 min read 2022-11-18 22:37:00

Hand dyed thread "Snowflake"Just a coincidence that the weather around here brought the first snowfall the same week that I listed a batch

3 min read 2022-08-11 14:00:00

Hotel Designs Design & wellbeing: how to stimulate wellness through sound Design & wellbeing: how to stimulate wellness through sound In the

5 min read 2022-08-08 18:51:51

1 min read 2022-06-19 22:29:00

A funny thing happened on my way to tatting a pointed collar. Some folks made it known that what they really, really wanted was the pattern

1 min read 2022-06-03 21:54:00

Pearl tatting, aka double sided chainThe plan is to tat the top portion only of my fanciest necklace, and write up the pattern just for that much.