bookmarks from the exchange(13 and 14/25)

These are the bookmarks that I made for the bookmark exchange at The Tatting Forum.

The first bookmark I tatted from Kersti's Floral Bookmark Pattern, but I've heard that it is very similar to a pattern of Mary Konior. It is tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Country Turquoise Medium.

The second bookmark is Jon's Folder Over bookmark which I love by the way. I need to make one for me!! This is tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Wildflower Garden.



Hopefully I will have some more tatting to show you soon. There has been a bit too much travel, weddings, and other activities going on. I'm late on my Mother's Day gift!!

bookmark exchange

Life has been busy here of late--a bit of traveling to see family (and the craft stores), gardening, and just life. I have been tatting, but I can't share it with you yet. I'm participating in the bookmark exchange at the Tatting Forum and I received my first bookmark yesterday. This bookmark is from Bonnie. I love the colors and it is already in use in the book that I just started. Thanks again Bonnie. Mine went in the mail this morning.

Hopefully I will have some of my own tatting to share with you soon.

Regina cross (1/25)

This is the Regina cross from Lene Bjorn's tatted cross book. This was needle tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Victorian Red. I received this book was a Christmas gift and have already gotten quite a bit of use out of the book. I think that there might be one more cross from this book in the near future.

It appears that I have (through OWOH) convinced someone to learn to tat!!!! Exciting and exactly why I decided to participate in the first place.

Shuttle Tatting Update (part 2) (25/25)

I usually compose grand blog posts and emails while washing dishes, but my computer time is limited and it never gets onto "paper". I had a "Good, Bad, and Ugly" post all set up in my mind days ago and then I saw yesterday that Fox had used it already!

The Good
The shuttled tatted Stumpy is finished.


The Bad
I still haven't figured out my shuttle tatting tension and the thread keeps moving in ways that I don't like. Time for practice, practice, and more practice.


The Ugly
I decided to spare you my ugly shuttle tatted Stumpy and show my needle tatted Stumpy instead that I finished recently as well. Believe me it is ugly. I think that I need to focus on smaller projects to help my learning curve and keep my practicing. Any suggestions--something beside the traditional ring and chain pattern? I also learning that I'm not a fan of big rings.

(Update: I forgot to mentioned that the Stumpy shown here is Dr V's thread Sea Glass in size 10).

Well this completed my second 25 motif challenge. Count me in for another one Sharon.

And Happy Pi day to all (3.14159). Make sure and eat some pie :)

Pernille cross (21/25)

You will never guess what tatting I have to share with you today :)



This is the Pernille cross from Lene Bjorn's tatted crosses book. I had a hard time figuring out the exact stitch count from the pattern, so this is my adaptation of the pattern. This was needle tatted with Lilac Dk in Lizbeth 20. Since I'm on a roll there will probably be another cross or 2 in the near future.

Now back to shuttle tatting Stumpy. I think that I should have chosen something with smaller rings. I'll make sure and do this with my next project.

Monica cross and some thread (18/25)

This is the Monica cross from Tatted cross-shaped Bookmarks by Lene Bjorn. This is needle tatted in Lizbeth Boysenberry dk. It is already in the mail to a special friend who just sent me quite a bit of thread and a snowflake tatted by her grandmother.

This is a snowflake tatted by her grandmother. She sent it to see if I could tat something similar.


I also received all of these goodies as well.

The first is some pink and blue crochet cotton.
Then some thread in size 10. Christmas colors, light blue, red, green, dark green, yellow, and brown.

And lastly, quite a bit of DMC thread in size 80.


If you see anything that strikes your fancy, let me know and we can set up a trade.

Christmas tatting (10, 11, 12, and 13/25)

Here is some of my tatted Christmas gifts. Hopefully the recipients enjoy them. I like to make gifts especially for the person and pick colors that I think they would enjoy.

This first is the first round of a wreath designed by Laura Bobay and found at Tat-man's site. I made 3 of these for the neighbors. I was excited to find that one neighbor's mom used to tat and was able to see some of her mom's tatting. She thought that tatting was a lost art! This is tatted in Lizbeth 20 leaf green medium. The beads are clear and all that I had. I wish that I would have had red beads, but the only beads are found at least 2 hours from me. Next time I get near a craft store I sense some red beads getting sold to me.
These are what are going in my Christmas cards this year which will be send out next year. They are tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Christmas delight. The pattern is by Birgit Phelps.
These are the Easy Tatted Cross posted at In-Tatters by xstchntat. Thanks for posting this xstchntat. For some reason I had a rough time on the first one, but they tatted up extra quick after that. There are a few more to be tatted as well. The colors (in clockwise order) are Autumn Spice, Leafy Green, Spring Garden, Caribbean, Tropical Punch.
And last but not least are some necklace pendants. These are the ones that I found on Pieknits blog. The non-black ones are size 20 Lizbeth Vineyard Harvest and size 40 Lizbeth Turquoise Twist.
Merry Christmas to all!!!

This one is mine!! (19/25)

Dr. Von Threadmore had some opps thread that was calling my name and this Stumpy bookmark is a result of some of this thread. This is her blues and greens continuous variegated. I usually don't have the money in my tatting fund for HDT, but thankfully the fund had some money. I recently discovered that I have given away all of my tatting (except for the ones that went into the trash) and I decided that I needed my own bookmark. So this one is mine and no one elses!!

fixed bookmark (5/25)

Here is the fixed altered version of Jon's bookmark. I can't make up my mind, but I think that I like with one better with the outer picots. What do you think?

The thread is my latest 40% buy at Hobby Lobby. It is Lizbeth Vineyard Harvest and I just HAD to bring it home. I'm so glad that they expanded their selection.

small cross (4/25)

This is the small cross from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. It is tatted in Lilac Dark Lizbeth size 20 thread. This is a late Mother's Day gift for my MIL. She is getting it later today, so hopefully she likes it.

I'm tatting the some initials using the letters from Gillian Buchanan. I'm stuck on the "N". Hopefully I can finished them up soon. They are a gift and are late already. I feel that I really should be tatting on them, but other things are calling to be tatted.

lucky and silly me

First for the lucky me part, I was one of the winners of a giveaway held at http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/ I'm so excited for the goodies to arrive in the mail. I'm going to try and learn to shuttle tat this summer, so the shuttle I won will be by first shuttle! Now if only I can figure out how to shuttle tat. I love handkerchiefs and my mom really loves them. Any ideas for a nice fast edging for a first tatted hankie?

Second for the silly me part, I decided to tat Jon's bookmark again with the picots on the edging. I've discovered that I'm a less lacy lace person. I think the lacy lacy with all of the picots is beautiful, but less me. After I tatted this up and hid the thread, I realize that I forgot to the add the picots to join the second part of the bookmark. Maybe I'll try it again and be a bit more careful next time.

foldover bookmark (3/25)

Thanks to Jon Yusoff for the pattern for this lovely foldover bookmark. The kitten gave me a week of little sleep for Mother's Day, so there has not been much tatting here. Thankfully this bookmark was a quick tat since I'm in need of a gift for a reading friend. This was tatted in Lizbeth spring garden size 20. I have another one of these started and will try a variation to it. I'll post the details when I finish.