Motifs, Bookmarks, Ornaments, Bracelet, Necklace, Snowman, Ice Drops, Runner, Doilies, Box, Earrings, Bell, Snowflakes, Leaves and Wreath

Vera has posted some of the motifs she has been working on like these that can be used as bookmarks or ornaments. This one is something that she's been wanting to tat for a long time. For Christmas Vera has her stars all assembled and put into small bouquets.

Pop Maria's last tatting for the year is this simple ring and chain edging turned into this gorgeous elegant two tone bracelet.

Batty Tatter enjoyed this Tree Top Ornament from the book Tatting for Today by Marion T. Leyds, but her points didn't quite meet the ring. She added one more ring just below the clover on either side of the points so that it fits the ring better and she's thinking she might just keep this one.

Elsa tatted Robin Perfetti's Magic Square which was translated into French and selected DMC 80 special thread, colours 437 and 169, but the design seemed too airy to use as a bookmark. She added in some tiny inserts to fill the voids. then capped it all off with a tatted triangle and some chained arches to finish it. She found this lovely design for a brooch on a Russian site, but since that's not something she would wear she changed it to a necklace.

Melanie found that keeping track of very small picots used for joining tucked in among a plethora of beads very challenging until she used tiny little loops of contrasting thread.

Diane received an Birthday Ice Drop from Denise in her exchange package. After a marathon of tatting she managed to finish her sister's mantle runner in time for Christmas and of course her sister loved it.

Fox had to face up to it, the row of split rings was wonky, so she bit the bullet, cut it off and started again. she has now completed the first split row again. Sigh.

Margaret tatted another Cosmic Ice Drop in Lizbeth size 20, with green beads and green glass gem using the pattern by Nicola Bowersox.

Marie had to make a few more trinket boxes to replace the ones sold at her shows. She designed these earrings for her baby sister, who has gorgeous blue eyes. Her gift from the tatting exchange included a tatted bell.

Muskaan tatted Snowflake for the Christmas tree by Agnieszka Michalowska, and in size 40, it measures 2¼” across. Round 9 of Agnieszka’s Doily #10 “Pikotek” done in aqua blue without the excess of picots.

Nikki forgot to post her Thanksgiving motifs and it seems a little out of season to post them now, but she's calling this 15 out of her 25.

Sue had this idea for a Christmas wreath. it's done in size 40 Lizbeth Christmas Green with 3 different sized picots randomly tatted along, but it would have looked better with more seed beads in more colours. She found a small motif she tatted that she's not sure what it was for, but it would made a great back for an Ice Drop. After all the snow they got she wanted colourful flowers, not more white stuff, so she tatted Diane's Pink Fudge Ice Drop pattern in size 40 Lizbeth Wildflower Garden.

Ice Drops, Motifs, Doilies and Snowflakes

Batty Tatter managed to have all but one of these finished before her retina surgery and was able to finish the last purple one after the operation.

Diane pulled out all of the Ice Drops she couldn't bear to part with and set the others aside for Christmas in the Village and then she tatted a couple more. Another Minty Fudge Ice Drop done.

Fox has 2 more motifs done for the centre and she's still enjoying it. The centre's finished and thanks to Frivole, she has an inset showing how the completed piece will look.

Marie tatted Robin's Small Crystal Snowflake. Then there's Rose Snowflake. The last of Robin's snowflake patterns she tatted is, "Layered Rings Snowflake."

Muskaan decided on a vibrant green colour for the next round of her doily but she just couldn't get enthusiastic about it. After a couple of points she tried with a pastel blue of equal colour intensity and the central section and now the love is back.

Ornaments, Heart, Ice Drops, Bag, Motifs, Doilies, Collar, Snowflakes and Tablecloth

Vera tatted Mary Konior's Queen of Hearts to add to this ornament to commemorate her 42nd anniversary.

Batty Tatter has 12 Ice Drops ready for her Christmas market and one of these is already spoken for.

Elsa has posted a tutorial on doing a lark's head join. Her bag is progressing slowly and has been facilitated by utilizing the lark's head join

Melanie tried out Matilda, a pattern by Lee Hye-oon.

Sue has taken a page from Jane Eborall's book and tatted a Rachel doily.

Claire spotted a tatted collar used twice on the costumes in the series Downton Abbey.

Diane has been busy cleaning up clutter and reorganizing in preparation for all of the Christmas activities so she only managed one Ice Drop. After decorating for Christmas she was able to tat 2 more Ice Drops.

Margaret tatted Barbara Murdock's Snowflake Ice Drop using bungle beads instead of a round bead. She tatted the Cosmic Ice drop by Nicola Bowersox and not having the right colour of gem she used purple nail polish to cover the back of a clear gem.

Marie's marvellous rendition of Robin's, Reflection Snowflake  demanded attention to tat. Her Christmas tree is decorated with quilling, tatting, and homemade ornaments. While her little tree is decked out with baubles from her two books Tattasaurusing, Baubles and Motifs.

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Muskaan tatted squares in pink. An elongated ring resulted in a diamond. Left over thread made a button motif. Playing around with squares can lead to lots of interesting variations. She test tatted Guoda’s lovely first snowflake pattern but had to change to notation to something she was more familiar with. For the outer motifs on her doily she used a repeat of the very 1st round where she used double picots.

HisKid tatted Mary snowflake from 20 Twenty to Make Tatted Snowflakes by Jennifer Williams, worked in size 20 Lizbeth Blue Ice with tiny blue beads.
This next snowflake is named Auriel and it was the placement of beads that made this one hard. She tatted another Birthday Ice Drop in Lizbeth size 20 Snow White with gold beads and a frosted gem. Here's all of her recent projects. The tablecloth is growing. It's slow growth, but it's still growth.