Year Of Projects: week 34

A week of more weaving and more tatting, though no knitting.

I have started and finished my very first tatting project – it will be a coaster, and I am planning to add more to have a set (where a set may even mean just one more).

My very first tatted project

Far from perfect, but I am pretty pleased with it!

This was finished as my shiny new wooden shuttles from popabobbin arrived – they are just exquisite, and do note the care in packing them, each coming with its own tatted butterfly!

The Pop-a-bobbin wooden shuttles – I photographs the three “stages” of their unboxing!

They are just adorable, and functional too! Generally wooden shuttles do not have a hook, and are “post” type shuttles, that is the top and bottom are joined together, so you have to finish the thread before you can move on to something else.

The pop-a-bobbin shuttles instead have a removable bobbin (the wooden thingy on the side is a “shuttle popper”), and a perfectly snug plug that will keep it in place – can’t wait to give them a tat!

Here is a closeup of each of them, as I can’t have enough!

In other news, I had a warping misadventure with a happy ending, while getting ready to start weaving in Cally Booker’s I-can’t-begin-to-tell-you-how-amazing-it-is Understand Double weave workshop – but all is looking good now, and I am ready to get weaving, so excuse me as my loom is calling me 😜.

Happy crafting!

This is a year of projects (YOP) update. YOP is a Ravelry Group, and an idea – make a plan for the year ahead for all your fibre activities, then update your blog every week if you manage. The objective is to keep track of progress on any fiber crafts with maximum flexibility: post, don’t post, follow your list, change it – so really it is just an opportunity to get to know of more blogs and activities of those who share a passion for anything fibre crafts.