Doilies, Earrings, Fish, Star, Bookmarks, Ice Drops, Edging, Seahorse, Tablecloth, Crosses and Doodles

Vera has round 4 of Renulek's 2017 doily done and it's looking lovely.

Sharon has been working on Eileen Stafford's Blue doily which she is tatting in Cream Lizbeth size 20. She was asked to make some earrings which she enjoys tatting. Then she decided to make some green earrings for St Patrick's Day for herself using the Wave pattern by Corina Mayfeldt.

Marthanne is making 2 of Renulek's 2017 doily, one in size #20 thread and the other in size 40. Here is Row 3 in both and she has begun row 4. She began row 4... four times before she sat down and drew herself some instructions but now it looks like she's got it. It took almost the whole doily before she had the pattern memorized.

Sarah needed a break from white and snowflakes and tatted some sea creatures. The gold fish is based on Ninetta Caruso's adorable Kissing Minnows edging. The purple fish are based on Phyllis Schmidt's "Fish - Paperclip". Then she made up a couple seahorses and a starfish to go with them.

Melanie has been finishing off some WIP's like the Awareness Star of Hope by Kathy J. Hodge shared in the Online class. She has also finished the second round of Renulek’s Winosa 2017 which she's hoping to complete by Fair 2018.

Sue is playing with a pattern over on the Cariad-tatting site, a ring and chains bookmark with embellishments.

Diane finished round 3 of Renulek's 2017 doily. She has been tatting Ice Drops exploring different options for the peacock coins she recently purchased like the Wedgewood Dk. thread, but it overwhelms coin. She experimented with Edda Guastalla's pattern, and it shows off the peacock coin better than her Ice Drop pattern. It looks especially nice on the back side using Lizbeth Herbal Garden. Lizbeth Gold thread really makes the colours in the peacock coin pop. This one is in size 20 Lizbeth #699, Harvest Gold. She's not sure which she prefers,  white or coloured thread, although white makes her feel like she's tatted something special. Here's a picture of them all together in Ocean Turquoise Lt, Wedgewood DK, Herbal Garden, Gold, Harvest Gold, and White. She worked on Renulek's Wiosna 2017 round 4. She tatted one Ice Drop in size 20 Lizbeth #658, Ocean Turquoise Lt with a faceted agate gem.

Eliz tatted sock trim in Pink and White with 2 strands of DMC embroidery floss and Turquoise 2 strands of vintage J&P Coats to perfectly match her granddaughter's dress. Now for the second sock.

Fox has zipped through this round of her brown doily with turquoise beads. She got a little carried away with this bookmark using Jon's pattern and size 20 thread with a ruffled outer round done in size 80. The brother's bookmark is finished, done in Jon's pattern which is an amazing example of her designing abilities, tatted in one go with split rings in size 40 thread.

Marie tatted Wanda's Split Ring Cross to used up thread left on her shuttle. She tatted more bookmarks using the Workbasket pattern, but left off the picots to make more masculine crosses. This was a crotatting pattern by Feresa Harod, called Cross Number 6. This seahorse pattern is by Debbie Arnold, tatted with pearl cotton size 12.

Muskaan started with Coats and Clark Book 121 pattern A295 edging and it just kind of grew. Variations just sprouted out everywhere.

Nikki is wondering if she tatted the chains differently the last time she made this doily as the second row is bunching quite badly and she can't remember how she did the little 5 petal flowers on this next row. She was hoping to come up with a pattern to use on a garter and this one that she started she isn't loving and she's not sure if it with even stay up.

HIsKid almost has both sides of the tablecloth done, but it needs to be about double this size. She bought the only thread she could find when she started, which turned out to be two enormous balls of Aunt Lydia, and you can see by the partial ball pictured here next to her Tatsy shuttle that it really is huge. She tried out an Ice Drop as a break from other tatting but size 40 thread was too tight for the gem. She ended up using a clear rose bead left over from the suncatcher. She likes that you can see right through it. This Ice Drop she was trying to use earlier, although she had to drastically change the stitch count. She likes being able to see through them, but here it is with a backdrop so that you can see the whole thing.

Wanda used Grape Pizzaz for this cross which she completed while waiting interminably for her mother to have a procedure done in the hospital. She could have started another cross but she decided to play around with the button and gem she had with her. The 2 hour procedure managed to stretch out to more than 6 hours of waiting time, enough time to tat lots of little projects and use up the thread on her shuttle.

Motifs, Doilies, Ice Drops, Runner, Seahorse, Bracelet and Tablecloth

Marthanne tatted Motif 72 from A Tatter's Workbook, but the finished work didn't look like the one in the book. She did it again with a decreased number of ds on the rings making them smaller and you can see where she skipped that last repeat, but that still didn't work.  On the third attempt she increased the number of ds on the centre ring, increased the number of ds on the chain with the little rings, and made only seven repeats for a design she likes.

Elsa had plans to decorate 3 pillows with lace and the first used a Jan Stawasz design which she thinks she'll sew on with the corner of the lace to the side of the pillow. The intricacy of the design doesn't really make the individual motifs stand out and the edging further camouflages it.

Diane says the gem in this Ice Drop reminds her of a root beer float so this one is called Root Beer Fudge. She liked the pink one so much she had to revisit it. She decided to change the construction a bit and it isn't a big adjustment but she likes the results. She did another Pink Fudge variation with orange. She had an idea to add beads on the side rings and it gave this Ice Drop the perfect amount of bling. The Fudge Dark thread hides the pink of the glass gem, but it's really pretty in person. This is a glow-in-the-dark gem that she'll have to go in a dark room to see if it really does glow. Time to go hide in the closet. She's still working on her SIL's runner and she likes the way it's coming together. She was straightening up her tatting supplies and came across these pearl beads, so she had to tat an Ice Drop to go with them. Rainbow Taffy thread just blends so well with so many different coloured gems and beads that it's been her carry-along project for several days.

Eliz tatted a variation on Jane Eborall's Large Seahorse and even omitting beads and some rings it's still a lovely seahorse and another finally, finished, project.

Marie test tatted Muskaan's beautiful Heart Bracelet. Finished and fitted.

Muskaan tatted Cherry Blossom Doily 1 Variation by Hye-oon Lee in size 40 Anchor Mercer Art. 4054 : pink - 052 and brown 00352. Tamara posted information on making a cardstock shuttle, which Muskaan tried out and gave feedback on. A more durable version was made out of a shampoo bottle for the times when she needs to load on lots of beads. (Personally I refuse to tat with beads on anything but a bobbin shuttle where the beads can roll easily around the centre on the bobbin, but that's me.)

Sue has been working on a tablecloth that she started in 2011 and she finally figured out how to achieve the half-moon shapes that the centre strip has, which breaks up the design and gives it some character.

Wanda picked up some wires that had been part of a cable and finger tatted them just to see if she could, but tatting with wire is hard on the hands so she quit after this bit.