Doily, Bookmarks, Edging, Motifs, Necklaces, Earrings, Heart, TIAS and Dragon

Frances has some new tatting completed. The Merriment doily and the foldover bookmark, both designed by Jon Yusoff. Her first Milward shuttle and the little hook it came with are shown here with a hanky edging #6622 from Traditional Tatting Patterns done in Coats size 100. After learning how to tat she decided to make edgings for a christening robe and started on edging No. 52 on page 22 in 'Tatting Patterns' in size 100 Coats and it was done in time for the christening in 1991 of her sister's baby. There are detailed pictures on her blog.

Jess hand dyed thread in a combination called Rustic/Blue and used it for the cross from Tatting Patterns and Designs by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson.

Garyo is finding that like most of us when we're tired, we wind shuttles, get to work, and then find mistakes. The only thing worse, is finding a mistake made waaaay back.

Jessica is tackling the large tea cloth in the Priscilla book also in the Tatting Patterns book edited by Julia Sanders. A number of people have tried this pattern and everyone I know of has had some issues with it.

Marta has a lovely new necklace and earring design ready in luscious honey colour.

Diane had to try Heart's Desire one more time and she joined the small free ring to the edge ring closest to it, which seemed to work for her.

Michelle has day 5 of the TIAS done ans she doesn't have a clue as to what it is, but she's enjoying tatting it. Kersti's bookmark was interesting and fun once she decided to follow the pattern instead of trying it her own way.

Wanda tatted Paprika the dragon with birds and butterflies and flowers to add to an insulated cup for her grandson. He likes it so much he hasn't used anything else since he got it. She's also had time to tat day 5 of TIAS and she's as mystified as everyone else as to what it could be.

Christmas Tree, TIAS, Edgings, Scarf and Motifs

JB has decided it's time to join the fun. She had to give Jane's new tree ornament a whirl and of course she's working on Jane's TIAS. Day 5 might be a handle or a tail.

Frivole is still working from DMC Tatting and this is edging 11. She's done most of the 1 pass edgings, but this one is 2 rows and is very pretty. I wonder if it could be modified with more modern techniques to be done in one row?

Garyo has decided that there are just so many bookmarks she needs and now she wants a larger project to work on like this
scarf she tatted 5 years ago.

SunshineCraft previously showed a set of unfinished motifs and here's the first one finished. It's a medallion from the flower garden cluster in the Tatter's Treasure Chest. She likes the little sprays of leaves which she thinks gives the whole a vintage feel.

Bree bought a very large hanky 18 inches square and she's making an edging in Lizbeth size 20 Fuchsia to go around it. She plans to use it for a table centre piece.

Motifs, Eagle, TIAS, Doily and Hearts

Frivole has tatted another motif from DMC's Tatting, although now that it's blocked it looks like one of her centre rings is off.

Mariya tatted Nancy Tracy's Eagle and now she's looking for a way of using her tatting so that it doesn't just lie in a box. Day 5 of TIAS is getting curiouser and curiouser.

Garyou tatted a doily out of the Japanese tatting book published last month.

Diane thought her rendition of Susan Fuller's Heart's Desire was a little off but all it really needed was some blocking. Today's version, also in Raspberry Frappe thread, looks perfect.

Sherry has day 5 of TIAS done and she's wondering what it is.

Tattabugg has day 5 of TIAS done and she's not sure if it's a teapot or a turtle.

Butterflies, TIAS, Doily, Flower, Bookmark, Hearts and Leaf

Lyn is joining the challenge and recently she has done lots of tatted butterflies for decoration, a whole alphabet and she has joined in the TIAS fun.

Mariya decided she need some practice on split rings and did this double shamrock in a row variation by Georgia Seitz.

Laurette tatted Graciella from Tatted Doilies by Iris Niebach in Lizabeth 642 Lilac Medium and 154 Wildflower Garden.

Jess tatted Rosa Frivola by Mary Konior, from Tatting with Visual Patterns, but she doesn't know how to get it 3D. Then once she has it in the right shape she wants some way to attach it to a baby cap so that it can be easily removed for washing. Any ideas?

Bonnie has another UIU done, Jon Yusoff's Two-by-Two Bookmark made using size 20 Lizbeth thread in Spring Garden and Leaf Green Med.

Cindy has been tatting Irene Woo's Butterfly Heart in both Lizbeth Size 20 Island Breeze & Size 40 Mocha Swirl

Diane was working on Susan Fuller's Heart's Desire in size 40 Lizbeth, color #157, Raspberry Frappe and didn't notice anything wrong until she was done.

Fox created a heart pattern in honour of Misha last year, and now thanks to Margaret and the TIAS she thinks she can re-create the pattern.

Gina has another Ginko leaf done, but thinks she may have to do it again to get it looking right.

Motifs, TIAS, Heart, Snowflakes and Doily

Frivole has decided it's time to join in the fun. One of her favourite vintage books is "Tatting" from the DMC Library, edited by Thérèse de Dillmont and here are a couple of the square motifs from it. The one on the left is tatted in size 10 DMC Babylo and the one on the right in Lizbeth 20. She has also uploaded a video on SSSRs.

Mariya has day 4 of TIAS done but misread the pattern, probably because she's in the middle of exams.

Jess thought this motif from Tatting Patterns and Designs by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson is called a star but looks more like a heart to her. It's in some Lizbeth 40 that she dyed in pink and purple.

Ginny has another snowflake from the Knots newsletter, it is the top flake but the directions call it the bottom flake. Then there is another one by Denise Munoz, from Snowflake Roses it is number 5.

Axa used one of the alphabet patterns from Tatting Patterns by Julia Saunders to tat this letter A and found that rings and chains don't always make the letter.

Fox tatted Irene Woo's heart again in one colour with a few vintage beads her Mom saved for her. The left over thread went into a Celtic Pattern by Rosemary Peel done in some HDT by Karey Solomon.

Sherry has day 4 of TIAS done and her guess today is that it's a fancy bikini top. Definitely not for double DD.

StephanieGrace is finally able to post pictures again, just in time to show her progress on TIAS. Her day 1 was a casualty of charging in to do before learning the technique. By day 4 everything worked out in both needle and shuttle and now she knows why shuttle tatters love dead spiders. Both samples are done in LizBeth threads, size 20, the one on the right is needle tatted in Pink Cocoa and the one on the left is shuttle tatted in light turquoise and and variegate with spring in the name.

Wendy is finally getting around to posting her package from the Secret Santa exchange which included a tatted mini doily Lorena Finnerty adapted from Susanne Schwenke's 'Musterbeschreibung'.