Snowflakes, Lanyard, Poppy, Doilies, Ice Drops, Pendants, Teapot and Bracelet

Sarah tatted both versions of Joelle Paulson's Le Flocon Frivole and to her they look like two different snowflakes. The first version is worked in two rounds, while the second one is worked in one round. This snowflake, called Julia, is the reason she wanted Jennifer Williams' book, Tatted Snowflakes because she loves the free-floating rings in the centre and the twisted texture of the node stitch chains that form the internal star.

Sue tatted herself a lanyard using Patti Duff's pattern, an odd ball of Coats 20 she had in her stash and a large batch of multi coloured beads. And here it is with all of her tools attached.

Claire used the flower pattern from TotusMel's Tatted lace bodice strap in  Lizbeth size 20 in colour Garnet Dark, # 674 and Black # 604, to make a poppy for Remembrance Day, which is coincidentally her 25th motif.

( In Canada, it is traditional to wear a poppy  in November, up until the 11th day, in remembrance of the signing of the armistice which was signed on November11th at 11am in 1918, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It is in Remembrance of the soldiers who died in the World Wars and later conflicts, Lest We Forget, how horrible war is and what an enormous loss of young lives it costs us. It is not a celebration of the Armed Forces, but a stark reminder to step back from conflict and find a peaceful solution.)

Diane has finished her poppy red Spinning wheel. She also tatted more Snowdrops, but since Frivole also has a snowflake with that name she has re-named them Ice Drops. She has restarted her Cubs Spinning Wheel using split rings but it's not working for her. Her Ice Drop tree is almost full. She finished off one more Ice Drop with pearls and then one with gold, and one in red and gold. She wasn't happy with her first Cubs Spinning Wheel as the centre seemed loose to her. She did the second one with the shoelace trick after almost every ring, but she thinks it looks much better.

Eliz shares her progress on the 19th Day of December snowflake from 24 Snowflakes in Tatting by Lene Bjorn which she is working in DMC size 30 which the TWoT exercises have helped her see in a different way.

Fox is progressing on her doily, very, very slowly progressing, and Mr G is checking it out, or getting in the way, depending on how you look at it.

Lilas doesn't currently have anything to show, but she's asking you to vote at the craft awards.

Marie shows the before and after of tatting around an old ivy button. Her favourite Tiny Teapot by Martha Ess makes a lovely bookmark. Before and after a single earring has tatting added to it to make a pendant. This is Beth's Z.'s "TatChat Shuttle" pattern, made into a bracelet.

Muskaan has done a compilation of how to hide ends without knots in tatting, with special attention to single shuttle tatting, split ring tatting, and cluny tatting.

Hearts, Motifs, Leaves, Doilies, Earrings, Snowflakes, Bracelet, TIAS, Cupcakes, Snowdrops and Edging

Claire joined the challenge in 2014 but got side tracked. She continued in 2015 and finished her second set of 25 in 2016. Here is the recap of her most recent 25 motifs. Check back on her blog for the details on the various patterns.

Elsa was prompted by a discussion on Facebook to think about Christmas gifts and she was reminded of this bracelet she did in polyester Tenax red thread, white quartz beads and seed beads 15/0 gold plated. This time, she wanted to work on metallic thread Madeira FS10 bought the lilac shop with some drop beads added in for a little more interest.

Melanie is working on another square set but she's complicating it by using size 80 thread in 4 different colours AND beads.

Grace did a lot of tatting over the summer. The Motif on the lefts was one made by her grandmother and the one on the right she tatted from the Blomqvist/Persson book. She made this Jan Stawasz doily with size 10 ecru Lizbeth and size 10 Artiste in Water Lily. This Linda Davies doily really pops in two colours of Lizbeth thread size 40. She has also done some work on her Stawasz Masterpiece/Monster doily from the Robotki magazine. These are Nancy Tracy's Cupcake II pattern from the be-stitched blog all in size 40 Lizbeth.

Diane didn't have much tatting time but she did finish a few more Snowdrops. Each time she works on one she thinks of other ways to embellish them. She tatted a couple more and shifted from pearls to seed beads. Another day with tatting time taken up with cutting down a tree, but she did manage another snowdrop. Yet another couple of snowdrops and a finished Cubs Spinning Wheel doily.

Fox has been distressed by the ruffling on this doily, but finally on this row it's looking like it will finally straighten out.

Margaret has been nominated for an award on Craftree for her bracelet called Sound Waves and she invites people to vote for her.

Marie tatted Ruth More's Butterfly Cross, which she says is another fun one to make. She made another bridal hanky. Her Mom liked the last one and she gave it to her. She got distracted in the middle of Jane's TIAS bunny and it got put away in a safe place, but she finally found it and finished it. She embellished tatting around an old heart.

Muskaan is thrilled to be nominated as a designer on Craftree and she love it if people voted for her.

Phyllis picked up Marilee Rockley's newest book and the beige piece on the right is the Beatrice necklace. The Barrett and the other pinky motif are from Tat Days 2016.  Aldebaran Dragonseed Star by Karey Solomon and the 3-D Barrette is by Sherry Pence, both done in her own hand dyed Lizbeth. The orange/gold is the Lucky Penny pattern by Carolyn Craig from the Facebook Tatting Groups. She has 19 made, with a goal to make approximately 130 for a secret project. Each one is made with a different colour of thread.

Sue has been working on her doily, although at this size a lot of tatting doesn't seem like much progress.