Granddaughter request fulfilled

The younger granddaughter who initiated the earring 

craze the last time they were here put in an order 

for two other pair of earrings.

She chose size 80 Lizbeth Berry Burst for her 

small dreamcatcher earrings which are done.

 Here is the size comparison to a nickle and a dime

I think they are the size of the dime.

She probably will receive these for Christmas 

since I most likely won't see them until then.

Have a wonderful tat-filled weekend everyone!!!  :)

A little tatting

Ok, I have done some tatting and have missed getting 

a picture and posting some too.

I had a request for some green dreamcatcher earrings 

which got tatted and delivered already, and then a 

request for a rainbow pair for someone else, which 

I did get a picture of here:

These are my dreamcatcher earrings pattern 

tatted in size 40 Tatskool Rainbow Bright HDT.

Also, I have 2 repeats done on the final round of the 

Spring Doily.  And, working on Christmas Secrets too.

Hope you are having a wonderful tatting time!!!  :)

Autumn Spice Dreamcatcher Earrings(from the tutorial)

I scanned these 5 different times trying to get the charms on the left to behave, but I gave up on those disobedient charms!!  Here is the pair of dreamcatchers I started when making the tutorial.  :)  Tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Autumn Spice.

Dreamcatcher Earring Tutorial **for Michelle!! :)

I first start off with these 30MM Hammered Hoops (I get at Hobby Lobby).

 Here you can see the hammered indents around the top one a little better.

 You can start with a shuttle loaded and still connected to the ball, but I had a shuttle half full already so I tied a knot to start.

 I place the knot behind the center of the top part of the earring(shown best in top picture) holding the earring upside down and backward(the next earring will be upside down and frontward to get a mirror effect-and this earring will be tatted on the backside of the earring, and the other will be tatted on the front side of the earring). I start by wrapping the ring(and covering one of the "tails" of thread.  I have the thread on this side of the earring and go around the back side to start to wrap it.

 Coming from the backside and catching the thread and pulling it up in back.

 Now, I go to the front side and catch the thread and draw it up.

 Sorry the picture isn't very clear.  I am trying to show that I am wrapping that "tail" in and then I trim it off after about 4 stitches.

 Same here.

 I continue covering the hoop up to the first hammered indent.  At this point I make a picot.

 This picture is a tiny bit clearer on showing the indent.

 I try to make a space of thread up next to the hoop to become a picot.

 Then I tat 2 ds(easier to move into place without the first one falling apart).

 I know it doesn't show well, but there is a tiny picot there.

 Here you can slightly see it near the thread.

 Continue wrapping(or covering) the hoop all the way around making small picots at each indent.

 When I reach the top I start making a chain going in the same direction I just wrapped the hoop in.

 I estimate how many ds I will need by tatting(usually 4 or 5) and sliding them snuggly next to each other and seeing if that is about half way between the start of that chain and the first picot, if it is I tat a small picot and put the same amount of ds after the picot and join to the picot on the hoop.

 Here I am making the first join to the hoop.

 Pull the shuttle thread through the first picot on the hoop and ...

 make a lock join by putting the shuttle through the loop and slowly closing it.

 Continue this all the way around the hoop.

 When you get around toward the top you don't go to the center, you join to the picot of the first chain(so you may have a few extra ds than you would any other time).

 Here's a small video that hopefully shows how I hold that hoop and tat.  You may have to find your own way to hold it.  (Apparently this video doesn't work , but it's showing a little bit of what I wanted to get across).  Sorry it's so fast.  I have no clue why it's doing this.

 When you get to the center you just cut and tie.  I add a dab of fabric glue to knot and let it dry and then I trim the ends.

 Here's the front.

 Next, I take a feather charm and string it onto the shuttle and tat a chain(spiral, lock chain, or zig zag) from the charm out....

This is not a very long chain, usually about 1 inch.  I use this to hold the charms on the dream catcher. 

 Sorry, this picture isn't good either, but I think you can see, I hold the little chain with the charm against the hoop to see it it's long enough...

 if it is, I cut the threads(a bit long) and pull them through the bottom hold on the top piece of the earring till the chain is through the hole.

 I pull it through from front to back, and then....

 I pull it back to the front around the metal piece.  I usually have the charm up a little and then add the other to hang a little lower than the first.

 I string it on one thread....

 then I put the other thread through the other way....

Pull the strings up snug, and tie them in the front, then around the back and a second time in back to knot them.  Add a dab of fabric glue, let dry and trim.

When the glue dries I will add a scanned picture of the completed dreamcatcher.

And hopefully next year I will have a camera that can take clearer pictures.  :)

More large dream catcher earrings

Here are the 2 pair of dream catcher earrings I did yesterday and today.  I did the blue first and the green second.  The blue are in size 40 Lizbeth Peacock Blues and the green are in size 40 Yarnplayer's HDT Celery.  Notice??  Different color feather charms.  I picked the colors which seemed to go best with each color.

Size comparison of dream catcher earrings

Well, here are all 4 pairs of dream catcher earrings I made this week.  As you can see there is a size difference.  The center back are my "large" earrings, the center front are "medium" and the rainbows are the small earrings.  The centers are both tatted in size 40 and the smalls in size 100.  I will need to buy size 80 or 100 to continue to do the small ones.  And....I have another request-this time in Peacock Blues).  Guess you know what I will be done today.  :)

Raspberry Pink dream catcher earrings

I only have a good picture of one because the charms on the other one didn't lay nice on the scanner so I cut that part of the picture off since this one looked really good.  These were requested by a young 12 yr. old girl from our church.  It will be a nice cheer-up gift since her dog just died this week.  

These are tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Raspberry Pink(Med.-I think)  :)  And the ring isn't a plastic one, it's actually a metal one, but it would take too long to explain it.  :)

Small rainbow and large Scottish Thistle dream catcher earrings

I have one pair of the small rainbow dream catcher earrings done and am working on the second pair needed.  Oh, these are tatted in Tatskool's Rainbow Bright HDT size 100.

These are the large pair tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Scottish Thistle.

 I have now tatted 4 pairs of these(3 large & 1 small) and I still have 2 small to get done, plus a pair of cross earrings too.  I wonder if I will be able to tat any thing other than earrings again.....I have to!  I have other projects still needing finishing and tons on my want to do list!!  :)

Smaller dream catcher earring accomplished

The scan is lousy, but the earring is ok.  I am ok with it, but wishing it was better(for my perfectionist side).  :)  I have to make a second to complete this pair, then another pair, and I am also working on 1 large pair and have 1 done.  :)