Dandelion Lace

If you remember, I mentioned in an earlier post that a colleague had asked me to make her two tatted wings and two flower clusters in tatting. Here is that post. It has indeed been so long, that...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/11/tatting-commission-delivered.html

I know I have been talking about crocheting, but this week I've been tatting. One of the projects that have kept me busy was test tatting Frivole's new Holly Snowflake pattern. Since she has p...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/10/test-tatting-holly-snowflake.html

I've been watching a very interesting series of videos on Youtube, called Vintage mystery crochet . A lady has some "anonymised" crochet patterns from vintage books, works them based only on the ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/10/planning-crocheted-skirt.html

I'm always glad when I can marry off any of my little bits and ends of lace. Even better when they get a good purpose. Three such pieces ended up on mom's luggage today. She wanted a sure way o...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/10/luggage-tag-but-not-quite.html

I have a commission, yay! Why all the excitement? Well, few people in my circle of friends and family care about the fact that I tat and crochet and as such they don't rush in with requests. I'm ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-little-wing-and-flower-commission.html

The last time we saw my scarf, it had been frogged a couple of times. Well, I can happily say there have been several more froggings since then, some of them starting from the beginning. No, I ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/09/crochet-twisted-cable-scarf-pattern-too.html

Who, me? Ehehe. Maybe. Ok, I definitely did unravel the scarf after about 25 rows. No, I have no regrets. I went through my notes again and noticed I was doing something wrong. I was using on...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/08/have-you-been-frogging-again.html

The big yarn head has been turning into a scarf. I've finally begun the creation of the Frankenstein monster scarf from the remains of the old vest. But don't worry, the scarf isn't scary. I've...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-twisted-cable-scarf-is-emerging.html

Not much to show for today, except for my huge ball of super bulky yarn that used to be a vest. It's as big as my head. It even has ears. Those were not intentional though. I could not get t...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/08/ideas-wishes-and-maybe-laters.html

I don't know if you recall, but a few years ago I started to learn how to crochet. A friend of mine from work gave me a couple of very thick acrylic yarn as a gift: Bravo Big by Schachenmayr. I...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/07/those-who-are-about-to-be-unravelled.html

I haven't been here in a while. I haven't tatted in a while. Life has been tossing me around and I myself have thrown myself in a few storms. I have been on a small adventure recently. I went t...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2023/06/adventures-in-foreign-places.html

What if... I could untat a ring without opening it? It sounds like a "hack" video title on "yee olde tube". Before I start complaining about the ridiculous use of the word hack nowadays, let me...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2021/10/what-if.html

The women that came before me were and are quite skilled and crafty. Some of them knitted, croched, sew, did Romanian point lace, spun yarn and wove rugs and towels. My mother claims she isn't ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2021/04/look-at-size-of-those-shuttles.html

Oof, it seems that lately I have been re-doing rather than doing and very few things are actually turning out well. I have been making piles of botched and cut off tatting every evening, not re...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2021/04/back-to-old-ways.html

Previously on Dandelion Lace... "So, rather than hiding the ends, I go about learning how to make split chains and relearning (yes, shame on me, I know) how to make split rings with 2 shuttles....

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2021/03/adventures-in-coaster-land-split-chain.html

The shuttles are back! Winter was a time of crochet, but along came February and the little voice in my head said "time to make trinkets!" If I'm confusing you, on the 1st of March we Romanians...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2021/03/lets-not-split-chains.html

Has it really been this long since my last post? I'm sure that one post a year does not an entertaining blog make, heh. But let's catch up, shall we? But first, a small announcement: Dandelion ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2020/11/dandelion-crazy-ladys-yarn-afflictions.html

I'm afraid I have the bug again. The symptoms include frantic googling platforms, calculating fees and imagining angry customers. I am suffering from wanting to sell my tatting online... again. ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2019/07/im-afraid-i-have-bug-again.html

It's that time of the year again... Today is the 1st of March, the day when people in Romania celebrate the start of spring. It is customary on this day for girls and women to receive flowers and...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2019/03/trinkets-made-by-hand-with-lov.html

"What are you doing?" I get asked that a lot when I am out tatting in public. Lace making is quite rare in Romania these days and tatting is even more rare. Very few people still work thread ...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-are-you-doing.html

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is the tatted flying pig! I have had Jane Eborall's flying pig on my wish list ever since I found out it existed. Which was shortly after learning how to ne...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2018/06/introducing-flying-pig.html

I was going to show you a little pictorial of how I make the adjustable closure for the wheat bracelet, but then I realised that most of my photos were fuzzy and not even worth trying to sharpen....

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2018/05/tools-of-trade.html

A few days ago, Muskaan (who is an awesome tatter whom I have learned a lot from) created a little butterfly pattern and asked us to decorate it however we wanted to. I tried a couple of ideas...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2018/05/broken-butterfly-wing.html

My husband and his friends play airsoft and we all go to the forest games every Sunday. I don't play (it's really not my thing), but I am the driver. If it is cold, I stay in the car, but as so...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2018/05/tatting-picnic-wheat-circle-earrings.html

I haven't blogged so much, but I have been tatting quite a bit. Most of it is still waiting to be blocked though, so pictures will come later. I have been making a lot (three, so a lot for me!)...

http://dandelionlace.blogspot.com/2018/04/i-havent-blogged-so-much-but-i-have.html