Baby Booties, TIAS, Bracelets, Doily and a Tatted Ring

NancyD tatted this wee bootie by Mary Konior in size 20 ecru. Booties are so sweet to tat, at least the first one is. Then you realise what a lot of work is ahead of you to make the second bootie. I guess that's why a lot of them end up as pin cushions. Ann has caught up on the TIAS. It's a kite!, No, I've got it, it's a steam engine. Well, on second thought maybe not. IsDihara tatted "Doretha's Teardrop Edging" from Georgia Seitz's pattern book, "Tatting on the Edge...and Beyond." in Sherry's Witches Brew HDT, size 20.
Kelly has caught up on the TIAS as well and here are her pictures. It's a tadpole! No? Maybe not.

Marty has decided to join the challenge again and she plans on decoration 1 dozen unbreakable red and the same number of gold ornaments with tatting. with a spare for the 25th. In the mean time here is a flower in a ring that she tatted using Jon's method for covering a ring.
Wally tatted an assortment of split ring bracelets that she thought she could sell in a local festival, but the plans for the festival fell through so she will be listing them in her shop.

Lady, Hearts, Bookmarks, Flowers, Leaves and more

Liyarra has decided to join the challenge and tats as her first piece, Patchwork which is designed by Mary Konior. It's from the book; Tatting With Visual Patterns and tatted in Manuela 204, size 20. NancyD joins the challenge with one of Heather's tatted ladies. This one is called Minnie and is tatted in Lizbeth size 20,colour " Angel's Love".
Ann tatted this motif from Mary Konior's book, Tatting With Visual Patterns. It is called Posy and has many twisted picot joins which caused her to master the technique. The thread is Lizbeth #663, size 20.

Fox started an onion ring pattern from Monica Hahn's Christmas Angels and other tatting patterns using left over HDT and she wasn't sure about using SCMRs on it and plans to use normal rings for the remainder. It is looking pretty. Rayanna received some Manuela size 20 for Christmas and has used it to start the TIAS.

M tatted Teresa's Shamrock in Lizbeth size 20, colour 684 and admits she didn't tat much over the holiday season except to do a couple more squares on the tablecloth she's making.

Vanessa saw some lovely little flowers on line, but she can't remember where, so she did her own version and finds they are just the right size to stick on a note card.

Mica tatted 23th day of December from Lene Bjorn's book in 1 strand of DMC metallic floss.

Aileen tatted her favourite Peacock Hearts by Brigit Phelps in Aunt Lydia's size 10 colour pastels, Melanie in 092, Aunt Lydia's in variegated blue, South Maid in Mexicano, all size 10. Variegated Milford size 20 and Spring Bloom Lizabeth size 20. The next 2 hearts are actually the heart bits from the Rainbow Heart Bookmark by Betsy Evans. On the left is Lizabeth size 20 Denim Whisper and on the right is size 20 Milford. And lastly the Sweetheart by Brigit Phelps. The first was tatted in Lizbeth size 20 Carribean and then she tatted it again, less the top 2 rings in size 20 Milford in variegated pink. Aileen finishes off with Hummingbirds designed by Heather and done in Aunt Lydia's size 10 colour pastels and size 20 Milford in purple and in pink.

Heather has been working on Jane's TIAS, I wonder what it is?

Jeff tatted Mary Konior's Windmill pattern and thought that it would look good in the variegated Lizbeth size 20 colour number 128 March Breeze, but it didn't turn out like he thought it would. Masquerade Motif was tatted with Lizbeth size 40 in Falling Leaves. He has been tatting Ruth Perry's Celtic Tatted Leaves and Flowers in Lizbeth size 20 green.

Krystle does a book review of "The Tatted Artistry of Teiko Fujito" and shows us some of the pieces she has tatted from the book which has patterns for 1, 2 or 3 shuttles. The final piece is from Teiko Fujito's "Tatted Fashion" which contains over 120 patterns.

TattingChic received a bookmark from Jeff who used "Patchwork" from Mary Konior's book Tatting With Visual Patterns and she sent in return the "Celtic Bookmark" by LaRae Mikulecky. Being an interwoven Celtic design she shows us both front and back

Angel, Bookmarks, Pendant and Earrings, TIAS

Katherinne needed to clear out her shuttles and tatted up some bits. "Dream" by YarnPlayer, was made in black Lizbeth size 20 with some copper seed beads as was the small butterfly. The purple butterflies were tatted with Omega size 20. The Merry Christmas Snowflake was tatted in Black Friday, Arctic Slushie, and Choco Strawberry Swirl. The assortment of pieces includes the "Ruffled Heart" designed by Vicki Clarke as well as daisies, butterflies, and a cherry blossom, which is the beginning of a larger project.
Liz has jumped into the TIAS and has also made her first serious foray into tatting split rings.

Vanessa was ready to give up on the TIAS before she started, but after she saw a few live samples she had to give it a try.

Shirl has begun the challenge again with a tiny motif using DMC 80 cotton thread in Ecru on a linen background that fits neatly onto a 1/8 inch button.

Shirley finishes her challenge with Mark's Christina's Angel done with her stash of size 70 thread in white and variegated blue color #13. The small bookmarks are from Mary Maynard's "Tatting Rings of Flowers" with added tails to make the bookmarks. The blue one is a variation of flower #43 done in Flora color #55, the pink one is flower #46 in Flora color #62 and the third is flower #57 in Lizbeth #121 which are all size 20. The other two bookmarks are from Jane Eborall's Funny Face bookmark which she has done in various colours matching her friends assorted cats. The first one here is all white with big blue eyes and a pink nose. The other one is grey, cordonnet special color #318, and white, both size 30 thread. That finishes off her first 25 so that she can start again. Bonnie is heading out on a cruise and will be out of touch for a few days, so Jane shared the next steps of TIAS with her which were printed off by a friend and put in separate envelopes for each day. That way she can keep up with everyone else while she is away.

Alan was introduced to tatting with silver wire and he created this lovely pendant and earring set using the centre of the "Arches" doily. Diane started the TIAS but after multiple failed attempts at doing split rings she put it aside. It's amazing how feeling sick destroys your concentration. With her next attempt at split rings she finally got it. Now to attempt the TIAS again. Heather grabbed a random book on a random page for her Wakky Wednesday challenge and got ready to tat. Her first obstacle was learning how to do a SCMR which she had never attempted before. After hitting a few demo pages, she finished Floret from Jon's Tatted Snowflake Collection. It was so much fun she did it again with beads. This is the second installment of TIAS. AND while she is on a roll, Heather has mastered not only SCMR's but also block tatting. Way to go!

Kelly has taken the plunge too and here is her entry for TIAS.

Heart, Stained Glass Motif, Leaf and TIAS

Tatteristic begins the challenge with Spring Green Lizbeth Size 20 on the Tatted Heart from Handy Hands Tatting. Ann needed a refresher course on split rings to do the TIAS, but after hiding her starting ends she was off and running. Katie used her own HDT & black Lizbeth both size 20 to try out the stained-glass idea on this square pattern from http://free-tatting.com/ Vanessa tatted this little design from Ruth Scharf's book Occhi in Altin Basak She really likes the texture of the motif but next time it will be in green, because it looks like a leaf. If there were a pair of them they'd make nice angel wings.
Wanda has joined the TIAS group as well using Lizbeth threads in size 20 Caribbean, Victorian Red and Black.