Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers.

My mom is no longer with us.  I appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers.

Taking the rest of the week to rest from all the stress and then get back to 

life, and prayerfully tatting!!!!!  

Have a great day and Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas from here

Hi tatters, I don't have any tatting to show, but today I did 

work a little on my Spring doily.

I want to let you know that I probably won't be back to the blogs 

until after the new year.  

My mom is dying and I have been all wrapped up in taking care 

of her and many things I know nothing about.

I have been at the hospital with her every day since we had to 

break into her house and find her.  I don't have time for much 

while trying to make sure she is kept comfortable and pain free.  

I just know I am missing out on a lot of beautiful tatting, 

and I want you all to know that I would comment, but 

it's not possible with this situation.

Please have a very Merry Christmas, and a blessed  and 

Happy New Year!!!  :)

~Sue

Guess what I just inherited.....

My in-laws just dropped by and my mother-in-law 

said that her friend(who knows I tat) sent these 

threads and said that "I needed them".  

She is a very sweet lady and I am blessed!!  :)

Right now I am working on the start of next year's 

challenge(first to finish this years-late), and the gold 

thread in this bag is calling me(love the sparkles)!

I think these are all size 10, but I just got them 

and quick too a picture before running out of light 

(I used the flash too) so that I could show you!  :)

Happy tatting everyone!!!  :)

Possible treasure

This book was given to me last night

by one of our Sunday night seniors. 

She has given me some threads which 

are older, but she is a smoker and they 

are all dingy looking so I am just going 

to give the threads away, but I saw this 

and found several tatted edging patterns 

in it.  It has a copywrite date of 1963.

The tatted edging are all beautiful and 

I hope to have some time next year to 

work on some.

Believe it or not, this book is only 

a little larger than the size of my hand.

Have a wonderful day and happy tatting!!

A Snowflake for physical therapy

This is called Snowflake based on Heart Doily-

pattern here:

 http://web.archive.org/web/20041214041849/http://members.iglou.com/mantia/Tatting/class0920.html

It's tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Christmas Delight.

I think there might be an error in the pattern on the 

final part, but I will have to tat it again to know for sure.

As for the physical therapy part...last Sunday night 

I fell on the ice at the end of our driveway.  I have 

been telling everyone that I am talented and I can 

move at lightening speed, and I don't ever want to 

do it again!!!  I fell on my left thigh and it's very 

colorful now and somewhat painful, and I took the 

skin on my right hand middle and ring fingers. I 

can't bend my fingers all the way closed to make 

a fist, so I am hoping that tatting time will work 

them into healing while the skin heals.

Have a wonderful tatting time!!! :)

My large snowman suncatcher with lights and, our daughter spoiled me!

I found a package of unique lights which I don't 

remember buying and I thought the snowman 

needed something at night, so here he is!  :)

Our daughter is so sweet!!  She knows I love my 

homemade cocoa and she spoiled me yesterday!

She bought me these two really neat mugs! 

These will get great use over the next couple of 

weeks and maybe longer, because we are expecting 

very cold temperatures and continuing snow fall.

Happy tatting everyone!!!!  :)

Very Large Tatted Snowman Suncatcher

Sunday afternoon and night we got snow!!!!

 I love the look of the bushy tree thing covered in 

snow.

 We have 2 pine trees on each side of our mobile 

home and the amaze me when the branches hold so 

much snow.

 To get the snow started I spent Sunday morning 

stringing my tatting into this wire snowman 

frame to create my first very large suncatcher. 

And just so everyone knows, this one is MINE!

 I got this wire frame snowman(which is actually 

a Christmas card holder), many years ago hoping 

to add tatting and make him a fabulous one of 

a kind giant suncatcher.

 I took these pictures today and you can 

see that most of the snow is gone, but 

they are saying this weekend there is 

a lot more on the way(up to a foot).

 I tatted this from the Exquisite Luncheon Set on pg. 30 

of the book Tatting Doilies & Edgings edited by Rita Weiss.

It's only the center and I added clear beads to 

to each ring, and then strung it to the wire 

frame with large clear beads for more sparkle.

 I plan on adding tatting to the scarf area,

 and to the cheeks, and tatting to the hat, 

but at least this much if finally done for 

this year.  It's as large as a whole 

regular size window(top or bottom 

section of the window).

This is just so you can see more of the 

snowman!!!  :)

Have a wonderful day and hopefully 

some tatting time too!!!!!  :)

A Christmas surprise for our younger granddaughter

Our younger granddaughter asked for a charm bracelet 

made with these charms(since she saw them sitting 

around last time she was here).  So, last night as I 

was thinking about her request for me to make her 

necklaces and bracelets for Christmas, I searched 

for a good color to go well with these.

This is size 20 Over the Rainbow HDT from 

Custom Cotton Etc. on Etsy-  link here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomCottonEtc?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav

Oh, I guess I should tell you this is my design.  It's 

my Simple Fidgety Bookmark pattern: bookmark 

shown here:

 http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2016/09/doily-update-and-tiny-bookmark.html

 Now all I have to do is sew in the ends and add a lobster 

claw clasp.  It's long so she can "grow" into it.  :)

Have a wonderfully blessed day and enjoy 

tatting!!!  :)

Improved twin

Ok, so...I was not as happy with the first owl 

bracelet, so I made a couple of small changes 

and I think I like it better.  It actually is a tiny 

bit longer, but to me the tatting looks a bit 

thicker and neater.

Again, it's Lizbeth size 40 black.

I ran out of thread on the shuttle at one point and 

had to add more, then I freaked out when I spotted 

a huge mistake of a missing ring & chain with a 

bead between owls.  The repair was no easy fix 

and I am hoping it's not visible(thankfully, not to 

non-tatters!).  :)

Hope you had a wonderful day and some tatting too!!  :)

A Christmas surprise bracelet

I don't have the ends sewn in or the findings on, 

but I wanted to show it.  This is for our daughter's 

friend. She loves owls and will be here for an 

exchange of gifts for Christmas some time probably 

after Christmas.

This is an adaption of my design which is here: 

http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-bugle-bead-or-ladder-bracelet-pattern.html

It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Black with tiny black beads 

and of course the owl beads.  :)

Happy tatting and have a wonderful day!!!  :)

Tatting on.......

It's very dark gray and snowy around here today 

so...since the lighting was as bad as last night I 

used flash and zoom to show the progress.

Yesterday it was almost 70 degrees F. here and today 

it's in the 20's and 30's and snowing(which is ok with 

me-great excuse to stay inside and tat!!!).

I hope you are all having a great Saturday and 

getting some tatting in!!!  :)

Making tiny bits of progress and am happy with the fix

Bad lighting!!!  It's dark and rainy out and there is 

no natural light, but the flash was too bright, so...

we are just going with this picture for now.  

Happy tatting and I will try to get more done 

tomorrow!!!  :)

Missed mistake??????

Oh, just so everyone knows, no one has notified me of my mistake!!!!  I found it yesterday morning while I was not able to be on the internet because it wasn't working.  Carefully look at the last repeat!  I sat to tat some more yesterday and realized in the morning that I made a mistake and switched shuttles without noticing.  Well, the scissors met the doily and the surgery seems to have went well.
  Have a great day and hopefully tonight I will post an updated picture!!  :)

Hmmm.... think the snails have passed me already

Well....I haven't gotten any tatting done until today,

and I actually got 3 more repeats done(if you look 

closely at the bottom of the picture you will see the 

tip of a shuttle marking the first one tatted today.

Life, financial struggles, and holiday preparations 

are really delaying this.  I am really looking forward 

to when it's complete so I can say I got it done!!!

I am hoping to have some time this Saturday to tat 

since we have no plans and the weather people are 

saying it's going to snow some, and I am hoping to 

have time on Thanksgiving Day since we are not 

having everyone over this year due to the finances. 

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

Progress!!!

I don't know if this pace will continue, but at least 

there has been progress!!!  :)

Happy tatting!!!

Tiny bits of tatting

Ok, only 3 repeats have been achieved so far.  At 

this rate Fox will catch up and pass me!  :)

Here's a view of most of the doily. 

 A lady in our Sunday morning group picked out a 

pair of donut earrings for her youngest daughter, 

but the sweet angel says she doesn't like to wear 

earrings even though her ears are pierced so, I told 

her I could put the donuts on a bracelet for her and 

she was very excited.  I went with a simple ring 

and chain design, and although the colors are not 

something I would normally choose, I figured a 5 

or 6 year old would love it more!  

  It's small and I made it so the lobster claw clasp 

can hook into any of those rings so she can grow 

into it.  :)  

So you see that I have been tatting like a turtle, 

but still tatting!

Happy tatting and have a wonderful day!!!!  :)

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!!!  :)

Spring Doily row 16 done!!!

I finally finished row 16 and only 1 more to go.

I am hoping to get to work on the next row next week.

I am also working on Christmas Secrets(gifts).  I 

have plenty of stuff I need to, and want to get done,

but I am not sure if I can accomplish it all.

Hope you are having a wonderful day with plenty 

of tatting too!!!  :)

A Cross

I asked someone their favorite color and she 

said black, but I like green too.  So....

She has a black and green cross.

This is Mary Konior's Small Cross from 

her Tatting with Visual Patterns book.

It's tatted in Lizbeth size 40 Black and 

Yarnplayer's HDT Celery(my favorite 

green)!!!  :)

I have worked on the Spring Doily, but 

while riding across state Saturday and 

tatting I had a small problem closing a ring.

It stopped closing so I tried to straighten out 

the curling thread, and succeed 3 times, but 

the 4th time the thread snapped, so I have to 

take time to take out the partial ring and join 

the shuttle thread back and start again.

I also worked on the Christmas Bow edging, 

but got tired quickly.

I also had an order for a green pair of my 

dreamcatcher earrings which have been 

tatted and delivered this weekend, and I 

have an order for a rainbow pair.

Happy tatting everyone!!!  :)

Doily update and tiny bookmark

 Spring doily coming along at a snail's pace, but still moving.

I needed to empty shuttles to be able to fill 2 orders.

I have a friend who needs a cross, and another who 

just asked if I would sell her a pair of my dreamcatcher 

earrings, so, I have to get busy and make a cross, 

and the earrings!!!

The spiral below ended up being a tiny bookmark.

Which looks like this(cuz' it is this!!).  :)

My pattern tatted in size 40 HDT Rainbow Bright 

from Tatskool(if I remember correctly!).

Happy tatting!!!  :)

Finally finished another row!!!! :)

Saturday night I finally finished row 15 of Renulek's 

Spring Doily.  I was actually running out of sunlight 

and trying to finish as the sun was going down and 

I just barely made it.  :)

Hopefully I will be starting row 16 soon.

Also, I just finished another tassel bookmark like 

the blue one.  

Happy tatting and have a wonderful day!!!  :)

Bookmarks with heavy beads & tassels

This first bookmark was supposed to be longer, but 

I was running out of thread so it's for a pocket 

prayer book .

 The next two bookmarks are from the book 

Tatted Bookmarks Needle & Shuttle edited by 

Barbara Foster.

 These next 2 are inspired from the book Tatting 

Patterns by Mary Konior.  The first is inspired from 

the Interlocking Clovers(and this is my favorite).

This one was inspired by Sweethearts.  :)

All of these are tatted with size 20 Lizbeth Rainbow 

Splash and size 40 of the solids.

The beads on the 4 larger bookmarks are very heavy 

so if you put them at the top of the book with the bookmark 

completely inside then they work fine.

Happy Tatting everyone!!!  :)

Spring Doily and Christmas Wreath Bow edging updates

It's another 2-in-1 picture.

This is the Christmas Wreath Bow edging surrounding 

the Spring Doily.  I have been making slow progress 

on both while tatting along on other projects too. Like 

the suncatcher in the previous post today.

 Here is a closer view so you can see how much of the 

doily row is left before I get to start the next row. 

I haven't measured it, but I think the red edging is about 

a yard in length.  I think I have about a foot or so to go 

and then I can work on the other side and then add to 

the width.

Have a wonderful day with tatting!!!  :)

A Suncatcher

I tatted a suncatcher for a friend.

It's tatted in size 20(Lizbeth) HDT from Custom Cotton Etc. on Etsy-  link here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomCottonEtc?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav

The colorway name is *Over the Rainbow*.  

It's so much prettier in real life and in the sunshine!!!

I ended up making up the design since the one I started with 

was "stretched" by adding the beads.

I can't wait to see her face!!  :)

Have a fabulous day of tatting!!!  :)

Half way around!!!

Now, to just get the other half done!!!  :)

And I have been working on my Christmas wreath 

bow edging, but not much difference in length yet.

And a Christmas Secret has been finished too.  :)

Happy Tatting everyone!!!  :)

Still tatting along(a very long!!!!!!!!!!)

It feels like these rows are taking me forever, and 

ever, and ever.  But I know I shall make it to the 

end some day!!!  :)

I am guessing I have about 1/4 done so far.  I am 

again marking 10 repeats hoping to meet the goal 

or exceed it each time.

The lighting is bad cuz' it's almost 9pm here, but 

I just had to post some progress!!!  :)

Happy tatting and have an awesome day!!!  :)

2016 25 Motif Challenge # 5

I have wanted to tat this bracelet since I first saw 

it, and I didn't do it justice so I will have to try 

again another time, maybe using size 40 instead 

of size 20 thread.

This is Corina Meyfeldt's pattern. Link here: 

http://cmhandmade.blogspot.com/2015/04/long-time-not-here.html

 I tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Sky Blue Dk. with these 

fabulous beads I found at Hobby Lobby from inBloom 

by Bead Design, and Czech Glass Beads 11/0 seed 

beads Crystal. I purposely left the focal beads out 

of the centers of the end motifs so that I could wear 

it and sit my wrist on a table without the pain of 

beads under my wrist.

 I had also tried to add the seed beads around the 

focal bead, but that distorted the tatting and didn't 

work well for me.  I also believe smaller picots on 

the points and outer joins would help a lot!!!!

We are having a house full today for what was 

supposed to be a grill out, but it's raining so, it will 

be just a food and fellowship day!!  :)

Happy tatting and have a wonderful weekend!!! :)

Emptying shuttles again....

Well.....I tatted this bookmark to empty a shuttle.

I thought it might end up as a bracelet, but it kept 

curling up to much that I stopped and made it short 

so it became a bookmark.  I just emptied the shuttle 

I used for the cross.

I also worked a little on the next row of the Spring 

Doily, and a little on the edging for the Christmas 

bow.  :)

Well....tons of stuff to get done this week, but I 

hope for some tatting time!!!  :)

Finished Row 14 finally!!!

Well, I got this row finished this morning.

Hoping to start the next row tomorrow, or

Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend and happy tatting!!!  :)

Getting there

Changing up my routine and normal way of life to 

a new way with hubby home a lot, is not easy.

I have been doing ok, but it is an adjustment.

I have this round almost done now.  I think there 

are 16 repeats left, but I am tired of the repetition 

and the political convention(hubby is watching it).

Well....I think I am going to play some computer 

games and listen to some music.

Have a wonderful night!!!  :)