Updates all round

This is a quick update folks!

Heather is all stressed up. Pull up a chair and tat with us Heather - it'll take your mind off things.

Meme shows us her Christmas in July loot. I'm so jealous! Whare are those fish shaped things!

Claudia shows us her Aunt Ellen Cloverleaf bookmark. Ain't it sweet.

Gina shares her new shuttle shaped cooking tins.

Jon shows her a wonderful gift she received - a crochet hook roll! Not to mention she's also gotten thread winders from Tattycat! And to top it all off, she's the winner of the Threads of a Tatting Goddess giveaway for Oct! Grats!

Laura shows us lovely woodwork and a sweet link. Check it out at her blog!

Marilee's working on a lovely designed called Ruffled Orbit. Plus she has a new batch of Snowflake on Etsy for those interested.

Pamela shows us all the rainbow flakes that have been made with her lovely Rainbow Bright!

Sherry's been making wonderfully sinful chocolate cakes.

Zarina's been stocking up! Check out her new loot!

Snowflakes, Christmas Trees, Hearts & Earrings!

Nita has tatted Nancy Tracy's Christmas tree design in green and in white. They really need to be seen in person she says! This is 20 of 25 for Nita



Neophyte's 2nd motif is a sweet little Christmas Tree motif from The Big Book of Tatting. It looks very much like a heart to me! She modified it by using 2 colors instead of one. She needs help with hiding ends. Help people!


Martha has posted photos from Palmetto Tat Days. Looks like so much fun!

Wally is either telling us these new motifs finish her 2nd 25 or they are the first of the 3rd 25. There is a lovely heart by Sue Hanson called Heart of Sharon and 2 bookmarks.



Clyde has tatted Ruth's Celtic Snowflake and it is absolutely beautiful!

Jon's blog is giving me trouble today. I think there is something new there, but I don’t know what. You might want to go see!

Laura is tatting snowflakes again and plans to put the tree up so she can see how many more she needs. Let the blizzard begin!

Marilee has a new design in progress called "Ruffled Orbit." Very pretty Marilee

Mark's site is down temporarily due to some unfortunate circumstances. We hope he will be back soon.

Pamela's is posting her own blizzard. There are Rainbow Bright snowflakes everywhere! Very pretty and "rewarding."

Ruth has some lovely new pictures and promise of future patterns. Thanks Ruth!

Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian Tatters

Heather has her new book Ornament Tatting With Glass Balls ready for sale in hard cover or PDF format.



Tattingchic has an amusing post about being a tatting addict. I promise you will have a good chuckle if you read it.


Ellen is happy as her summer exchange package has arrived after 2 1/2 months. Talk about snail mail.


Aileen has been very busy with her Christmas tatting making bookmarks, motifs and other goodies.



Jeff has been busy and has done a little bit of tatting but no pictures yet.


Iris has tatted a cluny doily and asks what we think about using triangles in tatting.


Claudia has made motif #6 and it is her own design. A cute little flower.


Anne has been working on a center piece doily since the summer and she has now finished it. What a beautiful piece of tatting.


Wally has completed the 25 motif for the second time with 2 beautiful flowers.



Neophyte has joined the 25 motif challenge and her first motif is a wonderful pair of earrings.


Clyde wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving
Laura thinks she found a picture of the lighthouse that the TIAS was modeled after and she has fallen in love with Pamela's Rainbow Bright HDT.
Pamela has a story about a snowflake and a starfish made with her rainbow bright HDT.
Gina reminds us to think of the positive and not dwell on the doom and gloom.
Sherry is going on holidays to China but her blog will post automatically while she is gone.
Snowy has tatted a snowflake in Pamela's rainbow bright HDT.
Zarina has been bitten by the craft bug on her last trip to the sewing store. You have to see her blog to see why she has such a smile on her face.

Challenge Guidelines

When we started the 25 Motif Challenge it was as a result of talking about it on the email lists and the handful of people involved already knew what to expect before we started. In the years since, the challenge has grown to where we have 35 people doing it for the first time, 10 people doing second and third attempts as well as an additional 21 past participants that are still being followed because there is a lot of pretty tatting on their blogs. Those of us involved from the beginning sometimes forget that new people starting might not know what the rules of the game are, so we're going to start doing a regular posting with this information just so that new participants will know the same things that those of us who have been here since the beginning know.

1. Permission to copy. When a participant joins they are authorizing us to copy their pictures to be shown on the challenge blog. That's pretty obvious, but it had to be said.

2. There is no need to advise the Challenge Team to let let us know when you've added things to your blog. We check all of the blogs when we do an update.

3. We can't keep track of how many motifs each person does. You may post articles of tatting that you don't plan on including in your 25, or you may post a pair of earrings and count each earring as a separate motif. We don't read minds, so it's up to each participant to tell us when they have reached their goal of 25.

4. We know from past experience that the challenge is addictive. At the moment we have 10 people that are on their second and third round of 25. If you finish and plan on doing it again let us know so that we continue to check your blog on a regular basis.

5. Whenever you get a chance don't just view the pictures here, take the time to click on the links to people's blogs and read all about what they are doing, instead of just getting the snippets of it here. People like it when you take the time to visit their blog and comment on their work. A lot of the fun of the challenge is that we get to know each other and encourage one another to try new things.

This information is going to be posted every month, just so that new people joining know what to expect.

TIAS4 and more

Alan has made another lovely barette with an original design inspired by Jan Stawaz.

Jeanne's done up the TIAS!

Ellens working her way through TIAS 4. Almost there!

Carolyn's getting ready for Halloween with a pumkin by Sherry Matthews done in LadyShuttleMaker HDT.

Diane's got me spinning round in circles with another spinning wheel in tan this time.
Jon's posted a tutorial for split chains (what I learnt as 'bridging').
Laura's lighthouse is done. Looks like she's planning a 'renovation'.
Marilee shares her limelight experience
Mark's started tatting for his nieces wedding gown. His tats are LOVELY! Do take a gander!
Pamela shares with us about lighthouses and of course shows us her completed one!
Sherry shows us her completed lighthouses.
Snowy shows us her tatting station.

Bob and Heather Need our Help

Heather is trying to decide if she should offer her book in PDF format or not. What do you think?
Tattingchic has finished day 10 of the TIAS and there are only 2 more days to go.

Carolyn has tatted a maple leaf adapted by Tammy Rodgers in size 20 thread in Beautiful fall colours.

Iris has made a gorgeous cluny daisy inspired by Elisa Dusud.

Wendy has posted pictures of the butterfly curtains that she is making for her daughter as well as art work she did during high school and college.
Claudia has tatted a beautiful flower with leaves for her forth motif.

Clyde has posted a picture of a Celtic Maple Leaf designed by Ruth Perry that he tatted. It's a must see.
Diane has tatted a spinning wheel glass mat in HallowScream HDT and has reviewed the book and DVD kit Learn to Tat.
This is the weekend that Gina has been planning for, the wedding.
Jon has posted the pattern for the Purple Star.
Laura has tatted her Ferris Wheel Snowflake in HDT.
Our Marilee is becoming famous she is going to be on TV, has been accepted at a juried Artisan Market and to top it off she has made a batch of every-one's favorite Tourmaline HDT.
Ruth has posted a picture of her Celtic Snowflake.
Snowy has tatted Mary Konior's Black Magic.
Bob needs your help. Has he designed a doily or a coaster?

So much tatting and lots of T.I.A.S.

Kathy N
shows us her MOTIF #2 Basic Three-Leaf Clover-and-Chain Pattern in a cute little basket.


Jeanne has a beautiful new logo and has finished Day 9 of the T.I.A.S.


TattingChic shows us her Day 9 of the T.I.A.S.


And all of the elements together.


Nita has completed motif #19which is a lovely pineapple doily that reminds her of crocheted pineapple doilies. Lovely work Nita.


She has also finished Day 10 on the T.I.A.S.



Ellen Lai has completed Day 9 of the T.I.A.S., after some difficulty, in pretty blues.


She has also made another Lucky Sequin Clover for a colleague.


Aileen has a lovely assortment of bookmarks for office Christmas gifts.


And here is Jane's precious penquin pattern. She has named him Ramone. Too cute.


Jeff has finished Motif #15 in a pair of earrings for his Mom's birthday. Do you need another mom, Jeff? They are Yarnplayer's Carnival Pattern.


He has also retatted his Male Betta in a beautiful blue thread from Sylvia.


Claudia presents Motif #4, a flower from a Lisa Trumble pattern.


Claudia's Motif #3 brings us more Spring flowers from Elizabeth Davis' blog. They are called Dancing Flowers.


Clyde
received a lovely thank you card from Linda for test tatting.
Dianne
has completed another lovely doily in Lady Shuttle Maker's Tuscany thread.
Jon has tatted a lovely purple doily from a design she did years ago.
Laura has completed Day 10 of the T.I.A.S.
Yarnplayer has some new Tourmaline thread and some very exciting news!
Mary has made some lovely new cards and completed a Jan S. doily.
Riet has a lovely new post after an absence. She has the sweetest nativity scene and some pictures from Palmetto Days.
Ruth has posted a beautiful snowflake and a scary, new spider. She promises patterns soon!
Sherry has announced holiday shipping for her Etsy store!
Snowy shows us a partially completed "Beatrice" doily and some lovely bobbin lace with a very sweet story to go with the doily.

Leaves, Snowflakes, & a Needle Tatted Necklace

Carolyn has tatted a motif called Fancy Flower by Rozella F. Linden from her book "Easy Tatting". She tatted the motif using size 5 pearl cotton in a nice light shade of blue

Shirley posts pictures of four very colourful Christmas themed motifs (well, three Christmas themed motifs; the fourth isn't really Christmasy). The red snowflake is from Lene Bjorn's book "24 Snowflakes in Tatting" done in size 80 DMC thread in colour #106. The Santa motif is from "The Complete Book of Tatting" by Rebecca Jones. He is tatted using Coats size 30 thread. The next colourful snowflake is from a Japanese tatting book and is made with pearl cotton size 8 and metallic gold seed beads. Shirley's last motif is from Lyn Morton's book "Tatting Patterns" and is done with HH Lisbeth thread in size 20.

TattingChic has been busy tatting leaves. The first photo shows all her leaves together. The first leaf (starting from the second photo) is Tatted Oak Leaf by Karey Solomon from her book "Tatting Turns Over A New Leaf". The next leaf is Tatted Autumn Leaf by LadyShuttleMaker. The pattern is available here. The third leaf is Tatted Maple Leaf, which is an adaptation of a pattern from Workbasket. Tammy Rogers modernized the pattern and modified it slightly. Pattern located here. TattingChic's final leaf is Tatted Mulberry Leaf also from "Tatting Turns Over A New Leaf". TattingChic mentions that the pattern was written in a rather indecipherable way (that is her word, not mine). Looks pretty anyway. All four leaves were tatted with Yarnplayer's HDT in Sugar Maple size 20.



Nita share her progress in TIAS 4. Looking good Nita!


Ellen made a ROM card for a colleague of her husband. She used one of Teri Dusenbury's heart designs (well, two of the same design). She also tatted another Royal Trio Bookmark to check her pattern that she posted previously.

Iris is busy tatting earrings to sell at an exhibition in South Italy. The earrings have wire inside so the earrings hold their shape without stiffeners. The earring patterns are in Iris's book "Just For Fun". Simply stunning work, Iris.

Heather is busy as always and shares another necklace and earring set that she designed. The pattern is posted as well. She used size 10 thread and a size 5 tatting needle.

Clyde has posted about his trip to the Fringe Element Tatting Days. I can't wait to see some pictures.

Mark's niece is getting married and he gets to make the lace for her dress. How exciting!

Sapna posts her progress on the latest TIAS.

It was brought to Sherry's attention that the instructions for day 9 of the TIAS was missing the written instructions. A new updated file as been posted. Sherry also shares the progress of her tatting students. Congratulations Sherry for introducing tatting to Korea!