Fish, Frog, Octopus, Elephant, Motifs, Bookmarks, Earrings, Necklace, and Doily

Ginny has plans to tat an alphabet of critters and with that in mind she has tatted a frog by Pam Palmer's and a fish by Jane Eborall. Then we have Debbie Arnold's little octopus and an elephant from tatted animals by Inga Madsen that she left the ends on for sewing it to fabric.

Heather has been adding a lot of instructional material to her blog including some simple patterns for beginners like this daisy, butterfly and hens and chicks edging.

Michelle tried out Corinne's motif in Anika's HDT and Lizbeth Spring Green Med,both size 20 threads. Then she made another of Elizabeth's little crosses, this time in one of the vintage threads from Aunt Rose-E in size 70. The she and her daughter got together with Cindy and gave clunies a try. Clunies take practice, lots of practice.

Anika tatted these celtic earrings from Celtic Tatting: Knots and Patterns and added the little charms at the bottom. Some fairy charms inspired her to draw a design that would set them off and this onion ring motif is what evolved out of that. The pattern for this square piece is from Tatting Patterns and Designs done in Krystle's Of Berries and Fairies colour. She has been creating her own HDT like this "fruity" blend in various sizes. The motif is done in size 80. The onion ring design evolved into this wonderful necklace with the fairy charm suspended from it.

Marta has created a tatted covering for a tiny bottle so that the bottle can be worn as a pendant. She has also tatted a bookmark in green and white.

Sharon has gotten into the Winter Wonderland theme for Tat Days with this snowflake called Kencana from Jon's latest book, Elegant Tatting Gems.

Diane has another row completed on her blue doily and it's looking lovely. She has also tatted Corinne's motif in size 20 Lizbeth, colors #628 and #684.

 
Fox has been working on a pattern from The Tatted Artistry of Teiko Fujito but she has had problems getting the thread spacing the way she wants it and then she joined it in the wrong place. Jon's Firus and the next motif by Teiko Fujito were similarly uncooperative. The a pattern from Tatting Patterns- Aunt Ellen's Treasury was working out really well until she was sewing in ends and the bit that she had already sewn in came undone and couldn't be fixed. So frustrating! Finally this motif from The Classic Collection of Tatting Patterns (Workbasket) done in HDT #30 from Karey Solomon worked out really well. Then she got out some coloured markers and created a road map out of the pattern that she could follow. From The Tatted Artistry of Teiko Fujito, tatted in #16 Finca Perle in pink, another success and more waiting in the wings.

Isa is working on something in variegated green thread with green beads. She's not sure but it might become another tatting purse.

Martha's been having trouble with her computer, but it seems to be working now, which is good because she's still working on her playing with picots book and teasing us with samples.

Orsi has been busy, but finally had some time to get back to tatting and this is another modification of her most recent motif.

Earrings, Bookmarks, Heart, Baby Booties, Snowflakes, Doily and Bracelet

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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.
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Heather has bought a pair of Krystledawn's earrings and is really enjoying them. New classes and new books need a new bookmark. The pattern is by Kelly Luljak, found on the AllCrafts.net tatting page worked in size 10, in a German variegated thread.

Michelle tatted Elizabeth Zipay's mini cross in Anika's HDT and loves both the pattern and the thread.

Prabhjyotsaini has always admired the split ring heart on Georgia's site and she finally took time to tat it.

Ninetta was inspired to created her own baby booties incorporating the butterfly she did earlier. She worked the design in size 80 DMC so the booties aren't wearable, but she thinks they might fit if done in size 30.

Jessica stitched her finished lace ruffle onto her hat to make a cheerfully charming chapeau. She's keeping her eyes open for a nice wide brim sun hat and when she finds it she can just snip the gathering thread she used and transfer the lace to the new hat.

Marta has tatted some more bookmarks, this first using a natural colour thread. The next is done in gold and indigo threads.

Sharon is looking forward to being a teaching assistant at the next Palmetto Tat days working through Sharren Morgan's Choose Your Own Snowflake Class. This one is done in Lizbeth Easter Egg colorway.

IsDihara has 2 interlocking ring lanyards finished courtesy of all day hurricane rain. For the one of the left she used Lizbeth 20 #638 Christmas Green and #652 Royal Blue. The one on the right used Lizbeth 40 #157 Raspberry Frappe and #638 Christmas Green. That officially finishes her first 25 motifs. Anne Bruvold's Flying Minor Norwegian Dragon tatted in pastel-colored quilting cotton blended with a sample of YLI red-gold variegated thread also uses interlocking rings giving the scales dimension. The interlocking rings and body bits are tatted in Altin Basak 40 Nakis Simi (Gold - Sari) and Ozen, size 50 - a 100% Polyester thread.

Bree after falling off her horse and sustaining numerous, sprains bruises and a small concussion, is back to tatting. Her hubby found a pair of hankies and a set of 2 little doilies and a tea coaster that he thought would cheer her up, which it did. Once she was able to sit and tat she did 4 tatted snowflakes, Lizbeth, size 20 Sherbet Delight for this first on in her own pattern, then Zamrund from Jon's Elegant Tatting Gems and done in Lizbeth size 20.

Fox was trying to tat one of one of Jon's designs in some rayon thread that Suneeti sent her, but after a tangled mess, she quit and did a Judi Banashek design from Impeccable Tatting instead. All's well that ends well.

Gina is continuing her exploration of vintage patterns and when she saw Plate V she began tatting the little 4 ring motifs using split rings. Then noticed a wee little nubbin in the middle formed by a tiny 10 stitch ring that folds down over the centre, making it necessary to do all of the motifs separately and she immediately fell out of love with the pattern.

Lily shows us the progress being made by her student after she switched from some crappy thread into a nice Hakelgarn size 10. Lily has been working on a Celtic Friendship bracelet by Jane Eborall using Camila size 10 in masculine colours of Black, Avocado, Tan, and Coffee.

Wanda is making some of her old snowflake patterns adding beads. The clear beads don't show up well in pictures, but they add a lot of sparkle in real life.