First Snowfall

No, thankfully it's not snowing here.  

The title refers to another one of Robin Perfetti's 

snowflakes called First Snowfall, link here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R5ZNar0YDdckRMTWZPeTVwdEk/view

it's getting ready to become another ornament cover. 

You really ought to check out her other beautiful 

patterns.  :)  This one is tatted in size 40 Lizbeth 

Snow White and is the same size as the picture on 

the printed pattern(amazing!).  And I added some 

other items for size comparison.  The next one will 

have the center rings omitted for the top of the ornament.

 And below is my show model!  Isn't this the most 

adorable colored bunny??  There was a Build-a-Bear 

ad on my facebook(the only add worth looking at) 

with the cutest colored stuffed animals, and this little 

bunny was in front.  I told our daughter about it and 

she immediately ordered it for me(without me knowing,

so.....Saturday I was "bouncing" around with joy over 

owning this adorable little bunny!!!  :)

So, now I have 2 Build-a-Bear characters:

Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer, and this 

Bunny(gotta name it yet!).  :)

Have a wonderful day tatting!!! :)

Personal challenge # 5

Still working on filling the ornament display. 

This is Robin Perfetti's Late Winter Snowflake-

link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R5ZNar0YDdZU82TFE1TXJrMjQ/edit

The top one has the center rings omitted, and the bottom 

one includes them.  To see it flat look at the previous post.  

It fits pretty good.

 Here is a look at the bottom.

 Here it has joined the others on the display.

5 down and 19 to go.  :)

Have a blessed weekend and happy tatting!!  :)

Green Snowflake??

This is Robin Perfetti's Late Winter Snowflake-

link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R5ZNar0YDdZU82TFE1TXJrMjQ/edit , 

since it's in green and tatted in March I will call it 

the early spring snowflake.  It is a fabulously

 designed snowflake, and it will soon be an ornament 

decoration when I tat it's twin.  :)

Oops, I forgot to say that I omitted the center rings 

so that it will fit over the ornament top and it 

didn't take 2 shuttles that way, now I am thinking 

that I should make the next one with the center 

rings for the bottom....decisions!

Have a happy tatting time!!!  :)

Another Personal Challenge Ornament, and a little more tablecloth

This next ornament didn't go as planned, but looks 

pretty sharp-I think!  :)

 It's tatted with DMC Metallic embroidery thread.  I 

don't know what size that is, but I will say I hate how 

scratchy it is.  I drug my feet working on the first part 

due to the roughness of the thread, but forced myself 

to get it done.  It will take force to make more in this 

thread!!!

 The pattern is Fancy Snowflake from Easy Tatting 

by Rozella F. Linden.  Now let me admit something...

I started to make the snowflake figuring it would 

work with the center of the snowflake at the top and 

bottom of the ornament, but I missed a join and then 

another, and with that metallic it's a bad idea to open 

rings or untat chains cuz' it shreds and breaks easy, 

even when tatting. So I resolved to just leave it and 

I tied the joins when finished.  And I just pulled a 

string through the top and bottom center picots and 

tied it off.

 I love the look from the bottom!

Below is a picture of the 4 done.

 And, both sides are currently equal on the tablecloth, 

and I am now adding length to the center so I can 

then I can work on getting it all to the width of the 

rest of it and hopefully take a break to sew in ends 

after that.  Then, go back and keep adding width to 

the entire length.  :)  It's a learning process!!  :)

Hope your day is blessed with love and tatting!!!  :)

Found these adorable tatted fairies while searching the internet

http://atsaka.exblog.jp/i21/2/

I was trying to figure out how to contact the tatter, 

but as far as I can tell it's Japanese and I can't find 

how to contact the tatter.  I was just curious to know 

if they sell these adorable fairies.

If anyone knows, please let me know, if not, oh well,

just another thing to dream about.  :)

Almost a true Ice Drop

I love to see through things especially with tatting!!! :)

 This one has the "gem" I was trying to work with 

earlier.

 I had to drastically change stitch count and ended up 

with the back rings 8-8-8-8 chains 10-10, the front 

rings are 10-10-10, and the chains are 14.  And, if 

you didn't notice, there are only 5 rings and chains.

And here it is so you can see the Lizbeth Peacock 

Blues better.  Oh, and remember, I used size 40(my 

preferred size).

Have a happy tatting day!!!  :)

Needing a change

Needing to tat something different and having some 

gems that I could make into Ice Drops, I decided to 

try, but I used size 40 thread and the tatting was too 

tight for the gem.

Below is the comparison.  I have had these blue gems 

for several years in a fish type bowl my daughter had 

received for a candle and she gave it to me. so I 

thought I would try. This is Diane's Ice Drop 

Tutorial pattern: 

https://lacelovinlibrarian.blogspot.com/2016/11/step-by-step.html

Oh, side note, I tatted a ring at the top when I finished 

tatting the pattern.

I had to find something to put inside the tatting(of 

course!), so I went and found a left over clear rose 

bead from the large pink suncatcher I made(you  can 

see the beads clearly here and even zoom in:  

http://tattedchristmassecrets.blogspot.com/2016/12/another-completed-christmas-secret.html.

I like that you can see right through it.  :)

Well, that is all for now.

Have a wonderful tat-filled day!!!  :)

A motif at a time....................

Almost have both side of the current length done, 

but I also have to extend this about double it's size 

YIKES!!!  

 I was asked how many balls of thread I had already 

used, well.....I actually bought this Aunt Lydia's huge 

ball of thread when I first started tatting because it 

was the only available thread here in town, and being 

new to tatting at that time I just bought what I could.  

It was intended for tons of tatted snowflakes, until 

I found Lizbeth thread and lots of fun colors which 

put snowflakes on the side for all kinds of other 

interesting projects!!  

Well, I have 2 of these huge balls of white thread, 

and this is the one that has been used the most and 

you can see it still have a ton of thread on it(thank-

fully, so I don't have to buy more for this project 

any time soon!).  And I set my Tatsy shuttle up 

next to it to show how large it is.

Have a fabulous tatting time!!!  :)

Finally completely finished!!!

Nope, not the tablecloth!!!

These necklaces for our granddaughter.  I have 

searched for a sheer ribbon for the pink necklace, 

but no store in town has what I need, so we found 

this pretty ribbon and added it. And a clasp which 

is at the front so she should be able to put it on all 

by herself.  Also, the purple has it's clasp now too.  :)

Have a wonderful day!!!

And some tatting too!!  I already have 2 more motifs 

on the tablecloth today!  :)

Another small update on the slowly progressing tablecloth

Making progress!!

This picture is on our loveseat to show the current 

size, but it really needs to almost double in length.

 Shhhhh....no one tell me about all those frustrating 

ends which need hiding please, I am pretending 

they don't exist!!!!  I figure if I get both sides 

completed as is right now, then I will force myself 

to face reality on those ends.  I also want to at least 

get the center section to the needed length this year.

 I have been using one of my Tatsy shuttles so I don't 

have to rewind a shuttle over and over.  And, I have 

it here next to a Clover shuttle which is my normally 

used shuttle for size comparison, and, then a new 

addition for me!!!  

 Introducing my Rudolph shuttle!!!!  :)

Can you tell I love it!!!  Blue is my favorite color, 

and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is one of my 

absolute favorite Christmas movies(been watching 

it since the year I was born-my mom told me she 

put me in front of the tv to watch it and I have 

every year since(well...not this past year since I 

was busy with my mom dying).

And...when I call my hubby-the ring tone on his 

cell phone for me is Rudolph the Red-nosed 

Reindeer.  :)  So when I was wandering around 

the internet and came across this awesome 

shuttle I asked about it and my hubby said to 

order it and here it is-MINE!!!!  :)

***sorry, I am not sharing!, but to get a 

beautiful shuttle of your own, contact 

Rita at https://www.facebook.com/shuttlebydesign/?fref=ts

Have a wonderful day!!!

May you achieve lots of tatting fun!!!  :)

Tablecloth update

I now have half the length added to on the left side 

and just another couple of motifs and the right side 

will be there also!!!  I am so excited at the progress 

I have made on this-this year already!!!  :)

Hopefully this year will be much better than last 

year and I will have lots of tatting accomplished!!! 

And I hope to also get the center of this to the length 

of my table this year too!  :)

Well, that's pretty good for today.

Have a great weekend!!  :)

Another ornament for My Personal Challenge

I had this first part tatted about a month ago.

I found the pattern at http://allcrafts.net/tatting.htm

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

 I started a second and started joining to the first.

 Continuing tatting.

 Checking the tatting on the ornament from time to time.

 I tat as much as I can without the ornament and 

then I get to a point where I have to put the 

ornament in and finish.

 Tatting with ornament in hand(frustration time).

I finished tatting that little space.

There are now 3 ornaments on the display! 

 Closer up.

 Another closer view.

 This is the new one.

 With flash.

And a flash view of the last one. 

I checked the ornament boxes for sizes, but they 

don't tell, so....I took a measuring tape and guessed.

I am terrible with measuring for some reason, but...

if I am right the small ones are 1 1/2 inches in 

diameter, and the larger(the gold with red on the 

lower hanger) is 2 inches in diameter.

I also sewed ends in on my Spring Doily from 

last year, and on our granddaughter's necklace, 

and I tatted a few more motifs on the tablecloth.

Hope your day is filled with tatting and peace!!  :)

My Personal Challenge update

I had the top and bottom of this tatting done all last 

week, but was trying to figure out what to do for the 

center all the way around the ornament.

Well, I figured it out and today I finished(not perfect, 

but nice for me).  I thought I would show some in 

progress photos so you would have some idea of 

how I put tatting on glass ornaments.  

The first picture is the tatting joined by the center 

about 1/2 way around sitting by itself.

 This next picture shows how I slide the ornament into 

the tatting.

 Then, while carefully and quite challenging, I hold the 

ornament in my hand while finishing the tatting around it.

 And more....

 And carefully "resting the ornament"on my hand (which

 has a tendency to roll and swing off my hand), while 

tatting a ring. I finished that bare section where you 

see the red.

 And, it's on the display.

 I bit of a close-up. I made the white frilly to 

try to make it look like snow.

 Here are the first 2 on.  The first one is larger 

than this one.  And both of these are smaller than 

others I made years ago.

I have also added about another 2-4 motifs to the 

tablecloth this week so far.

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