Easter
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by Frivole
4h ago
I found these little ceramic eggs in my local charity shop yesterday...  I thought they were shouting to be decorated with tatting! I'm using a vintage edging from the Tatters Treasure Chest and I think I will combine it with one of my patterns.  We'll see if it works out! Best wishes, Frivole ..read more
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Flower Earrings
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by Frivole
3w ago
First of all, thank you very much to all of you who responded to my posts about missing comments.  I'm so glad and really appreciate every single one of your answers.  I apologise if I don't respond to each individually but for some reason Blogger has become incredibly slow at loading!  When I want to respond to comments, it takes ages to load up the response box and then more ages to load up my answer so sometimes I just give up.  Does anyone have that problem who's on Blogger also?  Not sure why it has changed as this never was a problem until a few months ago. I rem ..read more
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Dewdrop Earrings
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by Frivole
2M ago
Thank you again for all your responses on my previous posts!  Now I've found them and know where I went wrong... and yes, it was all me!  Don't activate comment moderation and then forget about it is the lesson!  I've now de-activated it but I'm still getting spam so may have to re-instate it.  Hopefully when/if I do so again, I won't forget to go check my comments and approve them! Thank you so much to all of you who write comments on my posts.  I really appreciate it and am relieved to know that people are still visiting.  Phew! Here is a pair of Dewdrop earring ..read more
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Not Able to Comment?
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by Frivole
2M ago
Ok, I'm starting to worry...  it's two blogposts in a row that have not received any comments at all.  Of course, it may be that they were not interesting and no one wanted to write anything but it still seems a bit strange to me. Would some of you reading this (I hope some of you are!) kindly try to write a comment and if it doesn't work, could you email me at frivole*at*btinternet.com and let me know please?  I'd really appreciate it. And here's a little tatting image to decorate this blogpost. Thank you very much! Best wishes, Frivole ..read more
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D*i*amond Earrings
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by Frivole
2M ago
I hope people still enjoy reading blogs?... Or are they now "passé"?  What is your favourite platform to view craft content?   I recently made a new video on how to tat these easy d*i*amond earrings (I'm adding the asterisks because last time I posted about such earrings a few years ago, I got so many spam comments!), you can view it here.  Making the video caused me to tat a few more pairs so here they are.  Two of the pairs will be gifted to friends. They don't take long to make and the pattern is super simple to remember. There are slight variations in each: The green ..read more
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Pattern Winners
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by Frivole
5M ago
Quick post just to announce the winners of the pattern draw!  There were only 20 comments in the end, so (if my maths are correct) a 1 in 4 chance of winning!  Here are the numbers thrown out by the random generator:  17, 9, 2, 16, and 20.   And these are     17:  Patti                             9:   Mama Martin                             2: &nb ..read more
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Holly Snowflake
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by Frivole
5M ago
Thank you so much to my testers, Lavinia, Hallie and Jane who've helped me put the final touches to the pattern by checking that everything was clear and that there weren't too many mistakes! We had some discussion about what acronym to use for unflipped reverse order stitches... UROS?? I see RODS used on internet but I wasn't completely clear whether for people that was just reverse order stitches or indeed unflipped reverse order stitches?  In the end, I decided to just spell it out to avoid any misunderstanding. I suppose this one is a bit more unusual in its shape but I think a lot o ..read more
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New Snowflake for 2023
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by Frivole
6M ago
I actually started working on this snowflake two years ago but then was struck with tendonitis and had to put it aside for a while. I never picked it back up at the time so it didn't get finished or the pattern written properly.  It was still in note form. When I did my demo (see previous post), this was the first snowflake that I sold and I had only one. So it inspired me to get my notes back out, complete the work, and have it as my 2023 snowflake. I would like to thank Sue for her suggestion of naming it Holly which I think suits it very well! Below you can see the photo of the real ..read more
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Tatting Demo & New Lace Lamp
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by Frivole
6M ago
 I was invited to do a lace demonstration at a National Trust Property called Snowshill Manor this weekend. Here is some of what I had prepared for the day: I thought snowflakes in particular would be most appropriate for a place called "Snowshill"! And here is my table layout in the manor.  You can see the little lace lamp I made specially for the occasion but also to have a smaller "large lace" item that I could take with me when needed (my chair and large lamp are not that easily transportable). I enjoyed creating the little lamp and would like to make more.  I'm a ..read more
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Crochet Bag
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by Frivole
6M ago
My Mother-in-law came to visit a couple of days ago and she had this crochet green bag which I'd forgotten I made for her.   The stitch still really appeals to me. I'm going to have a search for the pattern now! I can't even remember what the stitch was called. This is when I'm mad at myself for not taking more notes on my projects. I used an old-fashioned clip-clasp which my Mother-in-law really likes. Otherwise, I've been busy tatting up snowflakes for a demonstration I'm doing on Saturday and working on a small lamp using my large lace. What have you been up to? Best wishes ..read more
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