I am on a dyeing roll!

Recently, I was challenged/ inspired/ "demanded" (whichever has the best, most light heart-ed meaning in your eyes... apply here lol) by my friend, Frivole to "mess up" my "Chilled" colorway. 

So, here it is.  

It looks great, I must add!  

I was also inspired by her most recent post to tat Birgit Phelp's SweetHeart, and even took her suggestion to leave off the topmost rings.

I used this "Chilled Mess" (a Messy Jess!-y) in size 40 with Lizbeth's new solid "Periwinkle"

I did do something a bit different though. Only one of these rings is an actual ring.  All the others are SCMRs.  I did it this way because I could only find one shuttle and had previously decided that I would do the rings in Periwinkle and the chains the "Chilled Mess".  But, I changed my mind at the last minute.

So, I used unflipped stitches on all the chains, and SCMRs for the center rings. 

The only actual ring is thrown ring on the bottom.

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Here is the "Chilled Mess" around the Periwinkle ball.  This is one way I decide if a colorway will look good with a solid. :o)

OH!! If you think this would look nice as a hankie edging (or for any larger project I suppose), and need more thread than usual.  I have exactly 2 skeins of size 60 that are  150 yards each.

I did not however do any size 80 this go round.   

Without Further Ado! I present "Madder Tatter"

I enlisted the help of a couple of our friends.

Fox is by far the best at naming.  So good is she at this "task"(Well, I find it a task, she seems to enjoy it), that I usually run to her when I have a beautiful colorway that needs naming. Thank you Fox!

She named this one "Madder Tatter", I love the name!

But, I did not stop there.  Over a month ago, I was in correspondence with Umintsuru.  (Such a sweet lady) She suggested that it would be nice see samples of my colorways and she offered to tat some for me. 

The idea in general is a fabulous one, however it requires me to wind additional sample skeins, and then wait for the postman to carry my package to the other side of the planet before I can get the sample picture. 

But, I realized that I probably wasn't going to be getting a whole heck of a lot of dyeing done due to school taking up so much time, so when I dyed up this gorgeous lot, I went and ahead and sent her some.  

Now, I only wish that I had dyed more of "Madder Tatter" while I was waiting because as you can see here it works of GORGEOUSLY!

This Goldfish design of Nami's was tatted by Umintsuru in Tat-illicious HDT size 40 "Madder Tatter".

I must say, she did a wonderful job picking out a suitable pattern and I always adore her tatting.  So precise! Love it!

I am in the process right now of listing what I have.  I love this colorway so much though and because I have so little size 40 dyed (I was low on size 40 when I dyed the batch) I will be dyeing more of this very very soon!

She also tatted another sample, but I'll save it for another post, it is not a new colorway though, so don't get too excited. :o)

Sea glass or Beach glass??

I am leaning towards Sea glass, but I would consider "Beach Glass" but only because I fell in love with this poem, which I first read in one of English Comp classes:

Beach Glass by Amy Clampitt

But anyway, I absolutely LOVE how this colorway turned out!  I think it is really gorgeous!

I'm glad that I did quite a few of them, because I expect it to be "hit"

The motif is done in Sea glass, or Beach glass, I will let you my comment-ers decided democratically the official name.  I used size 20 because I had a sample skein, and since it was a sample skein, it dried first. I couldn't wait to try this one out!

The pattern was going to be this one:free-tatting.com

But, I got anxious to show it already, so I cut all the stitch counts in half and didn't finish the square... instead, I just left it as a triangle/ Christmas tree shape. lol

Anyway, it's 2 AM here, so I better get to bed.  Expect this colorway in the shop later today.  I will wait for all of them to dry properly before taking an offical photo. :o)

Oh, but before I head up, I guess I should mention this,

I added these to the shop the other day:

It's another Messy Jess!y, except I wasn't overly excited about how this one turned out.  Some of them are green and red, and others are just red and a bronze type color.  Of course, I accidentally picked one of the red/ bronze ones for myself.  I didn't care for it.  So, I tried to separate all the red and bronze ones out and I have only listed the ones that are green and red. I will be doing another batch of red and green.  I want a "Grinch-ilicious" with a bright red and a chartreuse or lime and white. I think that will be fun!

Little Halloween appropriate accessory

I'm really not in to Halloween.  It's just not my thing.  But, I thought these little skull beads were cute so I decided to use them.

The design is adapted from one of Vicky Clarke's from Tatting the Stone.

I had to adapt it to fit this shell doughnut.

The thread is size 40 Navy Blue, and it has purple Swarovski crystals that make it very sparkly.

The stretch band is really fun, the beads are some of the twin hole beads.  These in particular are VERY pretty and multicolored.  This picture makes them look all purple, but they have a fair amount of pink in them as well.

I do think skulls are "cute", but that's about as far as I get into Halloween.
Witches? no. Jack-o-lanterns? no. Ghosts? no.
Zombies? Okay... but only because of The Walking Dead. lol I've recently gotten hooked on that show!
So much so that I bought a big book of the graphic novel.

But, back to the bracelet.  I haven't decided whether I want to sell this one or keep it.  I think I will sell it.  I have more of all the supplies, so I could make another if I like it that much!
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Yellow/Teal listed, and a tatted card

I had lunch with Livi today.  The only reason I was able to was because I am on Fall Break, which only lasts for two days... how sad is that?
So, I'm getting ready for an exam that I have tomorrow.  This exam is the in the last class of the day.  This is bad because, my brain is usually fried by that point.  So, prayers would be appreciated.

But, luckily, I'll have more time this evening to further prepare for it.  I WAS going to have a "Challenge Party" this afternoon for this new diet I've been doing.  But, I couldn't get enough people that were interested in joining to come, so that's been cancelled.  And when I say I couldn't get enough, I mean I couldn't get anyone. lol  BUT if YOU would like to check it out---------> HERE is a link to find out more.  I've lost almost 10 pounds so far in two weeks.  This product was originally designed for diabetics, but they noticed that people were losing weight with it, and the rest is history as they say.

But, enough of that.....
I listed the yellow/ teal thread that I showed yesterday.  I've only wound and listed 1/2 of them so far.  So, if by some chance those sell out, I do have more.
You can see them here.

I made my first card with tatting on it:

I need to perfect my gluing, but other than that, I am happy with it.

Alright, I need to get back to studying, so I'll leave you with this:

Livi brought home a pumpkin to decorate over her Fall Break.  This is how hers turned out, we dressed up as a fairy princess.  I think it turned out adorable!

No tatting for right now

Well, this weekend I worked on a custom dye order.  It was a lot of fun and turned out really pretty.

I also did a HUGE skein of size 20, a Messy Jess!y

I haven't decided whether I want to try to sell it the way it is, or ball it up and divide it into the 10 50 yard skeins that I could make out of it.

Any suggestions??

Livi had fall break last week, so she went back today.  She was excited!!

I am on Fall Break now, so I've been *trying* to catch up on emails, getting orders out the door, and trying to study.

Layla on the other hand, found a box near the window, and got cozy!

What a pretty baby!!  She lost one of her fangs recently.  It doesn't seem to bother her though.  I think she looks kind of cute with her one tooth hanging out. 

Look how pretty!!

I asked Totusmel if she'd tat me some bracelets with my HDT and I received them today!  They are GORGEOUS!!!

She even included this sweet pendants!! Fun!!

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