Bracelet, Crosses, Doilies, Shamrock, Bird, Butterfly and Edging

Julie worked from the French version of Accessoires en Frivolité by Takako Peikko Kitano to make this design in DMC size 20, although the book recommends the designs be done in finer threads.

Jenn test tatted Elaine P. Gann's "My Portion" cross.

Cindy is about half way through round 7 on Renulek's Wiosna 2015 doily at this point. Here is round 7 finished.

Diane finished round 6 of Renulek's Spring Doily. She also finished round 8 of the Jan Stawasz Masterpiece doily so she's on a roll.

Fox has round 8 of Renulek's doily done and has just realized that the colours she has chosen are the same as a little print she has. She spent a lot of time debating which thread to use for the Corona Doily and this #80 Lizbeth is behaving nicely, so far.

Kristen has been busy, which doesn't leave much tatting time, but she did manage a shamrock for St Paddy's day.

Marie tatted Wanda's Graduation Cross that finished off another 25 for her challenge. The mountain blue bird is Idaho's state bird and she tatted this one from "Tatted Animals," by Inga Madsen in size 30 thread. The butterfly is another design from Inga's book that she tatted in size 20 thread.

Muskaan is working on Renulek’s Wiosna Doily 2015 and using some techniques she learned. She's been using an assortment of tricks for hiding ends. Tiny picots helped to anchor adjoining elements. Working the flowers separately, gave her the added advantage of being able to easily use SSSR to finish off the flowers. When she ran out of thread, she used a weaver's knot to giver her enough thread to work with and made a SCMR instead of a normal ring.

Sue shows all of the crosses she test tatted for Elaine P Gann's new book. This one is Hosanna, tatted in size 40 Yarnplayer's HDT Celery, followed by, Justification, Eternal Love, Faith, Holy Cross, Iron Cross, Mercy and Resurrection.

Wanda has finished the pattern for her Emma edging and added it to her pattern page. She has posted her Happy St Patrick's day picture of a tatted doily portrayed with green ivy.

Bracelet, Earrings, Bookmarks, Doilies, Motifs, Hearts, Dragonfly, Bear and Crosses

Sue has finished another Starry Button Bracelet done this time in size 40 Falling Leaves, 3 different shades of gold bead and a Rose Gold for the beads over the buttons. The she finished the Lilac earrings from last week.

Grace made Ruth's Tatted Heart, a motif adapted from a Jan Stawasz pattern in Tatted Treasures, and orchid flower (adapted) by Jeanne Lugert and finally added the earring hardware to complete them. Jane Eborall's Never Smile at a Crocodile was immediately snatched up by her sister for a bookmark. 3 rows of the LandofLaces heart doily are done.

Diane is thrilled that the end of this round of the Jan Stawasz Masterpiece is in sight, there are only seven pattern repeats to go. Two more repeats done, just 5 more to go on this round.

Erisnyx tatted the Elcie motif pattern by Wanda Salmans in  Lizbeth size 20, #618 and #644. This Hippocampus pattern is one of the things she's been working on recently, done in Lizbeth size 20, #647, #686, and #688.

Fox and Umintsuru have begun Ben Fikkert's Corona Doily, which Fox is working in size 80 thread and she's already at the fourth row. She's wondering if a different method of wrapping the thread around her hand might be better, but at this point her habits may be hard to break. Renulek's Wiosna Row 7 is done and her colour change is because she's using up her size 40 stash.

Lilas tweaked an older pattern and came up with this earring pattern. Then she posted a tutorial showing how she got the bead in the middle. She liked how it looked and did another variation.

Marie says this cross pattern by Rebecca Jones reminds her of a zipper. Mary Konior's cross pattern was done in a Fruity thread. Floating Cross is from her favorite book by Lean Bjorn.

Phyllis was waiting in the hospital for her Mom to have some tests done and she wanted some simple patterns to work on. The Heart pattern my Karey Solomon, a little dragonfly by Jon Yusoff and her Kudzu bear were good choices.

HisKid did more test tatting for Elaine P. Gan, this cross is worked in Lizbeth Sky Blue Med. and Peacock Blues size 40. Another test tat cross design from Elaine P. Gan done in Lizbeth size 40 Boysenberry Dk. Size 40 Lizbeth Purple Iris Fusion was used for this test tat of Elaine's cross.

Bookmarks, Baby Carriage, Doilies and Edging

Erisnyx made the Autumn bookmark by Mark Myers for her Grandfather's birthday in Lizbeth size 80, #603 and #138. This Easy Bookmark from Learn to Tat by Janette Baker was made for her niece in Lizbeth size 20, #135 and #647. She was invited to a baby shower for three of her friends and decided to make Jane Eborall's Baby Buggy for each of them. The pink one done in  Lizbeth size 20, #621 and #132, turned out really cute. These sea green colours in  in Lizbeth size 20, #686 and #688 make for a nice simple design that would work well for any baby. The blue buggy, Lizbeth size 20, #657 and #143 has the lighter blue from the variegated thread positioned in the centre.

Diane had some unplanned down time due to forgetting to set the clock ahead, which resulted in the Jan Stawasz doily having this row nearly three quarters done. She spent a little time working on Renulek's Spring Doily and one shuttle ran out of thread, so it's time to do some winding. Aero bobbin shuttles take 9-10 yards of size 20 thread and are wound in about 2 minutes, which is yet another reason why I love bobbin shuttles-just imagine how much extra tatting time that gives me in a year.

Marie found this pattern in the Complete Book of Tatting, by Rebecca Jones and made it in rainbow thread.

Sue test tatted this cross design by Elaine P. Gan, but made a mistake on one of the arms that left it a little wonky. This next one is called Iron Cross which looks very iron-y in black with silver beads but she decided on a variegated pastel without the beads.

Wanda made her Emma edging in colours, it's just that they are very muted colours. Lizbeth #691 Mocha Brown Medium and #693 Linen Medium, both in size 10 are a nice subtle pairing. This is a sample in size 20, Lizbeth  #602 Natural and #658 Ocean Turquoise Light, just because that's what she had wound on the shuttles. She used size 10 for the edging because it covers more edge faster, it doesn't look as delicate as it would with smaller thread, but for table runners where the lace hangs over the edge of the table the heavier thread works better.