UFO Sighting

Jane Eborall recently had a post about cleaning up her tatting cupboard and emptying up some EZ Bobs,  it prompted me to take a look at my collection of UFO's. So I made a list of the projects in progress aka UFO's.    I thought that there can't be more than a dozen and lucky for me I have not exceeded that number, Ahem, I did have many more than I expected.  So it is time to finish up a few of these projects.  Fortunately I have a copy of the pattern slipped into each bag when I stopped the project so it is easier to pick up and finish.

I wish I had a picture to show you but I'd rather you saw finished projects :).  But what prompted all these UFO's. In one instance it is a large project and I just got tired of doing it, others presented a technique I did not know how to do.. yet.  Perhaps new thread, pattern or shuttles arrived and I was taken away to try new adventures; most likely it was all the above. 

During clean up and organizing I also found a list of all of the projects I would like to do.  I had seen them on others blogs, in books, Pinterest or on Craftree.  And so I shall carry this Want To Do list into 2016 and with any luck add to it too. In the meantime its UnFinished Objects that will be on the agenda.. well that is my plan anyway.

 Happy Tatting everyone.

Dealing with a Hank

Of course I chose Corsage as the first color to try but I needed to get it from the hank to the shuttle.  Jane E suggested first winding it to an EZ-Bob bobbin.  These bobbins have one hard flat plastic side and a pliable cone shape on the other.  Depending on how full you fill them the cone will fold back over the thread and hold the thread so you can untwist the thread as you go. Just like we hang our shuttles before making a ring.

In the past mostly with yarn or crochet cotton hanks, I have used the top of a chair that has two pinnacles (H) or a volunteer.  With neither of these nearby I grabbed two large glasses and had them hold the hank while I walked around with the EZ-Bob. There happen to be a pencil nearby so I stuck that through my EZ-Bob to assist in the winding.

I attached the label that came with my HDT and ready to go.