Shamrocks, Doilies, Hearts and Tatted Charms

Nancy has caught up with her tatting and first off is Heart's Desire by Susan K. Fuller in Flora size 20 color 221. Then a shamrock in Flora size 20, color 220. The shamrock design that came from her tinkering around. This shamrock was tatted with Flora 20 in color 220 and the pattern came from an Old Time Crochet Magazine from 1999. IsDihara has gathered up Ciarrán strapped on her green shamrocks and left the building in search of cookies.
Vinnie has made another Spring Doily, this time with the full pattern for your enjoyment.
Wanda shows us the little butterfly that she tatted with the one of a kind oak shuttle her hubby made for her. He's definitely a keeper!
Marty has hit her 200th blog post and to celebrate she's giving away a charm like the one attached to her phone. That would be this pretty green one made of size 20 Haklegarn worked over a plastic ring with lots of clear seed beads. Check out her blog for details.

Snowflakes, Shamrocks, Edgings, Motifs and Butterflies

Agasunset is still channeling Alice in Wonderland with some whimsical flowers.
Linda tatted this shamrock using the pattern Betsy Evans shared with the HBT list, using Flora 20 and variegated Lizbeth 20 Christmas Green Mix.
IsDihara tatted Hope using size 40 Lizbeth threads, in black #604 and Falling Leaves #100. Here's a sneak peek from Heather's forthcoming book a large swan tatted in Lizbeth size 40 Black #604 with hematite seed beads. Alan is thrilled that he has been nominated by the Mississippi Arts Commission to participate in Southern Artistry.org, a national resource which promotes southern artists. Isn't his card with the silver tatting, just exquisite? Keep watching Alan's blog, he has plans for a giveaway soon.Diane has been paying attention to where she started to use the variegated thread and she thinks she likes the one on the right better, but she may have to do some more variations to know for sure.
Fox tatted some sweet socks for the new baby to come. She finds she likes the simpler patterns these days. I agree that for something like a little girl's socks, simple is definitely better.

Heather was inspired by an embroidery drawing to create this lovely piece.

M tatted Minaret from the book Tatted Snowflakes Collection by Jon Yusoff in Lizbeth 40, col 124, Spring Garden. She has a birthday coming up and has posted a wish list of books on her blog. Does anyone have any suggestions for other books or any input on those she has listed to help her decide?

Shamrocks, Necklaces, Bracelets, Edgings, and Motifs

Agasunset has a whole slew of shamrocks and green triangles for the local Celtic store. It's time for wearing of the green. In honour of Alice in Wonderland she has a white queen necklace.
Jeanie used one of the petals of the Pretty Petal Doily from Traditional Tatting Patterns book by Rita Weiss using size 80 DMC tatting thread to make this Easter Egg. It makes a very effective egg shape.
Carol received a prize in Katherinne's giveaway, some "Fire" HDT sent in a spectacular origami card and she has used it for a flower motif and a "Hope" butterfly.
Fox used her own HDT to tat a second Myra Piper motif and this one was made with the chain attached in the right place so that it blocks out nicely. The flowers are done with the lighter dyed version, along with a King Tut quilting thread her sister sent last year, in a purple, lilac and yellow, variegated fibre. Sadly her needle bit the dust while she was using it at Timmy's and it's true these things always happen when we're away from home and don't have access to replacement equipment. She has also tatted another of Sherry's treble clefs in in Yarnplayer's 'Corsage'. The colour of this thread just jumps off the page it's so vibrant. Kathy used a section of a 'Grapevine' edging from Monica Hahn's book, "Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns" tatted in green to form a shamrock. The resultant project was mounted in a ceramic Celtic frame for display.
Kelly tatted this pattern by Nina Libin and was intimidated by the number of beads required. Nina likes little lace with her beads, but her designs are fabulous. After tatting up a test sample, Kelly decided to make a bracelet and that went so well she made a necklace to go along with it, 550 beads in the necklace and 238 in the bracelet.
M tatted an Edging by Jon Yusoff in Lizbeth 40, col 632, purple medium col 633, purple dark.
Wally's Mom found a lucky penny minted in the year she was born and asked Wally to make a frame for it. wally found a motif in the DMC Book of Charted Tatting Designs with tiny mignonette rings in the centre. The mignonette is covered up by the penny, but it's still a pretty design and it will look lovely framed.

Edgings, Bookmark, Doily and Earrings

NancyD posts a tatted bunny edging with the pattern. She writes that the pattern isn't hers but she found it on the internet and now can't locate the web page. There was A page on Georgia's site with reference to a Trio of Tatted Edgings by Bessie Barker from an October, 1928 issue of Needlecraft Magazine. The page on Georgia's site was missing the pictures so I entered the address in the Way Back Machine and it brought up this page. The bunny's in the displayed edging are upside down and they alternate with a single large, ring with lots of picots giving the impression of bunnies amongst flowers. The version Nancy has posted shows a bunny with a pair of eggs. Either variation is adorable. Aileen gives a couple more reasons why you should sign up for her giveaway.

Anne has finished the outer row of motifs and is now working on row 12 of the large centerpiece. It's simply stunning.
Bev was working from Karey Solomon's "Sheep May Safely Graze" but she found part of the pattern confusing and opted to used a different edging around the perimeter. This version looks lovely so it was a good choice. The threads are all HDT except for the Valdani green size 20. Pizzaz size 20, Middle Earth silk size 20, Green size 40 from Sherry, and Choco-Raspberry from Tatskool size 40. She has run out of the "Celery" HDT used on the green bookmark so she has put it aside while she considers her options. The "May" edging from from Rosemarie Peel's Tatting, Basic Patterns was tatted with size 50 Himalayan Poppy HDT. She is also showing off the wonderful earrings that she received from Jane Eborall.

Wally was excited to tat this fan pattern and had hoped to attach it to some fan sticks she bought in Egypt only the finished fan won't fit on the sticks even though it was made using the size 20 thread recommended. Any suggestions?

Bracelet, Butterflies, and Doilies

Agasunset has had great success with one of her bracelet designs.

Cindy tatted Sherry's Hope butterfly, in size 20 metallic thread and white.

Vinnie has created a lovely and unusual "Spring Doily" for which she shares the pattern.
Aileen has tatted "Curly Q", one oh Sherry's butterflies in size 20 Milford thread to give it a variegated rainbow body and solid pink wings. She also tatted "Jade" from the same book in size 50 Omega. Check out Aileen's blog for her second speedy giveaway.
Wally shares with us a photo she took for the demo at the Puerto Rican Culture Institute, She's not sure where the pattern for the doily is from, the tatted bonnet on the large baby is the Sun Hat Pincushion from one of my newsletters.

Bookmark, Motifs, Snowflakes and Doily

NancyD saw a pattern for a tatted flag on a blog and wrote to ask about the pattern. She was delighted when Sarah not only sent her the pattern, she also included this charming cross.
Diane has managed to snip out and re-tat the offending bit, only to find that she was missing a couple of picots needed for joining but she managed to finish the piece anyway.

Fox finished the Myra Piper pattern in Krystle's green and Karey's variegated HDT with no thread to spare. After a day full of mishaps that ended with her stuck for over an hour in an elevator, Fox at least had this assortment of celtic tatted snowflakes and Sherry's treble clef in Heather's HDT to show for her ordeal. Nita received a box of size 50 DMC Cordonnet from a friend and used it to make this doily for her. The pattern is by Eileen Stafford and it's the 3rd one she has made. Now she's working on a 4th in different colors of Lizbeth size 20. Here is the black hens and chicks edging she was working on, finished and attached to the red T-shirt. Sherry has another pure silver tatting shuttle available with light green enameling.