Angel

 I finally made my first angel. I did mess up on the number of picot joints that’s on the wrong section, but just made one less set on the body section and you can’t really tell.

I used Sanbest glitter thread and the angels can stand on its own.

The pattern I bought from Renulek on Etsy, it’s in a set called Angels of Luck.

Oh Christmas Trees

 I tatted of four of these 3-D Christmas trees by Veronika. I had bought this pattern on Etsy, but now the shop is closed. When looking at the pattern, I determined that this designer is located in Russia, and since Russia attacked the Ukraine, they are no longer on Etsy, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Which is a good reminder to go ahead and buy a pattern that you see if you really want it because you never know when it’s not gonna be available anymore. I continue to look every week or two to see if Tatting by the bay shop has been reopened, because I really really really want some of the patterns that Robin Perfetti had for sale there.

The trees came out very cute, the Tatting using size 20 is about an inch and a half tall. Expect to see more of these because I have so many more color combinations that I want to make.

Butterfly earrings

I’ll probably be the first to admit that I am a little picky about things. I must confess that I don’t like most of the tatted butterflies I see, I just don’t care for them but I really wanted some to wear to Dollywood so I thought about what it is, I don’t care about, the butterflies I’ve seen others tats call that I don’t like they’re really big loops that are in the handy hands catalogue, and I don’t like the hole in the middle of the butterfly or and I don’t want butterflies that don’t have Antanas, but I finally came up with  a pattern that I really like. It’s similar enough to other peoples patterns, but I haven’t seen one exactly like mine, even though it’s probably out there somewhere. I have made several pair, and I’ve sold a few too. I have even put it on the end of a put mark instead of a tassel. I might make some to go on paper clips for scrapbook embellishments

Onesie tat fun

 We went shopping for new clothes for my daughter’s babies, and when we got a set of onesies I informed her that I wanted to add tatted trim to some of them. I got a little carried away. I think this one was our favorite using the onion ring bookmark pattern by Robin Perfetti (I did change the stitch count) 

We loved how that looked so much that I wound up doing 3 more

Mishal then brought me a onesie that had a little bow on it that she didn’t care for. I removed the bow and started one pattern for the trim and pretty quickly decided “this is just ugly!” I searched the patterns I had on my phone and the Fandango bookmark by Jane Eborall was just what I needed. I did it all in white.

I came home with another onesie that I’m still looking for the perfect trim for. 

Onion ring bookmark

I've now created the of these bookmarks. The first one I sold for $25. The second one I gave to my niece. 

Tatted trim on baby shirts

 I’ve progressed to the point that tatting trim for the neck and sleeves for a 0-3 m shirt only takes 4 1/2 hours. 

The simple pattern for this is 

R 3-3-1–1-3-3 cl, rw

Ch: 3-3, rw

Repeat except first picot is now a join.

Using Lizbeth size twenty load six feet (2 yards) onto the shuttle

Sleeves need 22 rings. Neck needs 24.

Clover picot gauges used were 3 and 5.

Tatting bookmark #6

 I have a new favorite bookmark. This is made with Lizbeth size 20 color 184- Rainbow Splash.