Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, calm and prosperous new year 2018!

December Progress 2017

I don't have much to post here, but wanted to finish off the year...  It's been a strange one for sure!  Work has been keeping me busy very much limiting my time for lace.

I see that I posted less in 2017 than in any other year.  That seems strange since I think I made more lace than I did in some of the previous years where I did not post much.  I don't recall going for more than a few weeks without touching lace at all.  I would say I hope to do better in 2018, but who knows what will happen.  The important thing in my book is to keep making a little bit of lace, even if it takes forever to actually finish something.

Tatting:

Worked on two of my active WIPs.  

November Progress 2017

I thought I posted this already - guess not.  If I recall correctly, I did not have a chance to make much lace in November.

Tatting:

Worked on two WIPs - an old one and a new one I started this fall.

Pag Medallion

This Pag medallion is another piece of lace I finished over the summer.  I really have no idea why I did not post it until now.  It is based on the medallion we made at the OIDFA workshop.  I did not make the little spiders in the workshop so I have no clue if these are made "properly" or not.  They look OK, which is what matters - at least as far as I am concerned.

Ruffle doily

This doily has quite a long history.  I have one of these on the coffee table.  Made in size 80 DMC thread, it's the perfect size for a three wick candle so that only the ruffle is visible.  About 11 years ago, my sister in law visited for the first time.  She noticed the doily and said several times that she liked it.  She thought it looked more modern and not too lacey (?!?)  Not sure I agree with that, but I can't say much, since it is one of the very few pieces of lace I have out on display.  After the visit, I started making one for her as well.

I completed a few rounds and then the doily sat in my WIP pile for several years.  Last year, I decided to pull it out as one of my active WIPs so that I could finally finish it and give it to her.  At this point I wasn't even sure if my sister in law still liked it.  It had been 11 years after all...  Most of the ruffle was completed during my work trips.  It was a perfect mindless piece to take with me to work on in a hotel once my work for the day was done.  I also had tentative plans to visit my brother this year so I had a semi deadline to motivate me.  I actually finished it this summer, but didn't want to post it until I gave it to her.

I debated whether to give it to her outright or whether to just set it up and wait until she notices it.  For fun, I decided to go with the second option.  Unfortunately my brother saw me put it out, but he was good on his word and did not mention anything to her.  My sister in law did not notice the doily until several days later.  My brother tried to explain it to her, but wasn't sure if I made it for her or if I brought my own on loan (!).  After giving my brother a hard time about that, I assured my sister in law that I made this one for her and I will not be asking for it later.  I have no idea where my brother came up with that idea!  Turns out my sister in law still likes it, so in the end, I'm glad I made it for (and that I finally finished it).

Made with DMC Special Dentelles 80 in ecru.  The pattern is from a Weiss book of patterns.  Not sure which one, but I think I've seen it in several publications.

October Progress 2017

Another late update considering it's almost the end of November! Unlike some of my previous breaks from blogging, I have been making slow progress on some of my lace, I just have not found time to post anything.  There is actually a small back log of finished items I need to post!

In between a few week long trips for work and a week long vacation, lacemaking has slowed quite a bit.  I did actually bring one of my tatting WIPs on my vacation, but literally only pulled it out for about half an hour.  At least I was able to justify bringing it with me!

Tatting:

Made a little progress on my new piece.

September Progress 2017

Tatting:

Started new project.

Needle Lace:

Continued on my Pag medallion.