Necklaces, Bracelet, Picture, Earrings, Ice Drops, Doilies, Bookmarks, Heart, Cross, Motifs, Shamrock, Ornaments and Tablecloth

Elsa couldn't resist trying out Mary Konior's free form necklace in the Gutterman silk cord 30 she found in the flea market. She wanted to use a polyester thread to stabilize it, but she didn't have a matching colour, so she elected to match the thread colour to the beads she used. The necklace is a nice match to the "Curb" bracelet by Corina Meyfeldt she did with the same thread. The Tina Frauberger book inspired this very spring necklace she tatted in nylon thread with 5 - 6 mm diameter green beads and a purple cord necklace clasp. Her Acrylic Paint and Tatting Lace picture was featured in MUSED, the BellaOnline Literary Review.

Claire has been tatted her own version of a cloverleaf earring. These are done in Vineyard harvest (#131), Fruit fizz (#139). And more done in Blue Ice (#163), Springtime (#115), and Purple Iris Fusion (#162).

Diane was happy to meet up again with the Tollway Tatters, including Rita, who brought along some Lizbeth thread samples and Diane chose Royal Blue, which made this lovely Ice Drop. She tatted this one in Blue Ice while they were chatting. She finished another in Royal Blue when she got home. She managed to figure out that it takes about 5 yards for an Ice Drop, 3 on the shuttle, 2 on the ball. Diane has ordered so many beads and gems that she can't remember where she bought them all, but she thinks this one came from Ebay. She's completed round 5 of Renulek's 2017 doily. Size 20 Lizbeth #603, Ecru, which isn't normally a favourite colour, but paired up with a blue gem, she's loving it. Round 6 or Renulek's doily is already started. The row isn't finished on the runner she's doing for her sister, but she figured that if she didn't post it when she thought of it, she'd never get to show progress.

Fox didn't like the long bulky bookmark, so she decided to go with Mary Konior's Curds and Whey done in size 40 Lizbeth, which is a better match. Her ball of brown thread is shrinking fast and she's wondering if she needs to order another one. She isn't used to working with size 20 thread and already this is a large nine inch doily, so she decided she did need to order another ball of thread.

Margaret tatted the Butterfly Heart, by Irene Woo in size 20, Scottish Thistle. She posted it in honour of Irene who passed away recently.

Marie tatted a variation on Angeline Crichlow's, #20 Medieval Cross. She found this old glass, button at an antique store and had to use it for another bracelet.

Muskaan likes hexagons and designs where chains outline previous elements, so she just loves Star Dahlia by Anna Barzyk. The Clover is by Mariya Darydova, the model on the left done verbatim, the one on the right The right one, tatted first, she worked all 4 leaflets completely, instead of a split chain, and then tatted the chain stem.

Nikki made 12 of these little celtic-knot shamrock clovers using the pattern by Merilee Rockley. She wishes she had read Muskaan's blog before she started this doily because a lot of the tips shared would have helped her with this row, but it's done now. She needed a large shuttle for the next round and had to empty one by tatting this little heart.

Sue tatted this Fancy Snowflake from Easy Tatting by Rozella F. Linden ornament with DMC Metallic embroidery thread, which was a stinker to work with. She missed a couple of joins, but the thread shreds when you try to undo it, so she left it and just tied it together around the ornament. Here's the set so far. Both sides are currently equal on the tablecloth and now she's adding length to the center so she can work on getting it all to the width of the rest of it.

Wanda tatted some clovers for St Patrick's Day.

Motifs, Angel, Birds, Picture, Hearts, TIAS, Lady, Ice Drops, Doilies, Pendants, Bookmarks, Earrings, Hatband

Marthanne started her 3rd motif which is #58 found on page 30 of A Tatter's Workbook, but then she realized she didn't start it properly. She started it again and this time completed it successfully, but her pull through thread broke hiding the last thread so she just knotted it and made a loop. Her last motif isn't numbered in the book, it's just called medallion.

Sarah tatted Leen's Tatted Angel, which she got from a now defunct Geocities web site, but fortunately the pattern is still available from the Wayback machine.

Batty Tatter tatted Jane's little bird and put him in a water colour tree.

Elsa has finally put the finishing touches on her acrylic and tatting picture. She had part of the shawl done, but had to tat the second half. The shawl uses the figure of 26 from Priscilla Tatting Book 3 and some medallions of a DMC book by Thérèse de Dillmont. She used the same medallions in darker shades on the back of the shawl, accompanied by the magnificent dragon by Anne Bruvold.

Melanie tried out the Block Heart Bracelet designed by Muskaan in both needle and shuttle using size 20 Lizbeth thread.

Sue finished Jane's TIAS and has her very own crinoline lady

Lelia has Day 10 of TIAS done in both Lizbeth size 20 Colour 403, Winter Ice  Twirlz and Lizbeth size 20 Colour 161, Sea Island Citrus.

Diane tatted this Ice Drop with a Hello Kitty charm. She tried the beach themed beads again, but they really are too big. Seven motifs done on her sister in law's runner. She did 3 more Ice drops and is amazed at how the different gems and ribbons make for totally different looks. She finished her latest Spinning Wheel glass mat from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. This is a glow in the dark gem, but she's never taken the time to see if it really glows in the dark. Fudge Dk thread paired up with a blue gem, blue ribbon and a variation of Mary Donohue's pattern made a gorgeous Ice Drop. There's the eighth motif done and the runner is really growing. This silver glass gem just called out for the silver and white ribbon. She's surprised at how much she likes the white gems with Lizbeth #153, Rainbow Taffy thread. She's already got 16 of them done.

Eliz has been sick and suffering with breathing difficulties so she hasn't been able to do much, but she finally completed her TIAS crinoline lady. (Hope you're feeling better soon!)

Fox finished the impossibly tight row and then discovered that the chain should have had 2 picots. That would do it. Needless to say after some choice words, she hunted up the scissors.

Margaret used Lizbeth Springtime and Green Coral Sea size 20 to tat these two hearts from a pattern called Valentines Day Heart by Edda Guastalla. This pattern is also called Valentine Heart by Etha Schuette and she made it into an ice drop, first with a red gem which was too dark, and then with this clear one.

Marie looked for low domed cabochons to teach a class, but they're not all the same and her husband suggested using buttons like this one which is the first of her button collection. This is the second button she did.

Muskaan has been playing around with Armenian Lace, which led to lattice tatting which she is trying to coax into a heart bookmark for Valentine's day. Her Block tatted heart is done as a pendant with a drop bead. Then it's done as a brooch with a tiny flower embellishment. It's next incarnation is as a bracelet and whichever you tat, it's bound to be lovely.

Nikki made 18 of these heart ornaments and got them sent out more or less in time for Valentine's. The pattern is called Accidental Heart by Natalie. She tried out
Birgit Phelps called Sweetheart and she liked it, but she needed something repetitive that didn't take too much concentration. The heart on the right is a pattern by Betsy Evans called Small Tatted Heart, which was again hard to remember, and she didn't like how it turned out. The Tat Chat heart by LaRae Mikulecky was large and would need a lot of stiffening, so she gave it a pass. Irene Woo's Butterfly Heart had large rings that she found difficult to close and since she didn't want to fight with every heart, she didn't choose this pattern either.

HisKid test tatted Elaine P. Gan's Hearts of Bliss earrings for her 8 year old granddaughter in size 40 Lizbeth Razzle Dazzle with tiny purple beads.

Wanda's Mom picked up a hat at a garage sale but she didn't like the feather decoration, so she replaced it with a tatted hat band that Wanda made for her a long time ago.