Test Tatting again!!!!!! Yay!!!!

Elaine P. Gan is designing again(I should 

say has still been designing!!).

This is her Simple Faith Cross.  It's small 

in size 40 Lizbeth Christmas Red, but 

it will be a wonderful gift for a teen 

girl I know who last week was diagnosed 

with Hodgkins Lymphoma and has a mass 

in her chest.  She has already shaved her 

head and started chemo(her whole family 

has also shaved their heads in support).

I am also working on a special suncatcher for 

her(with tatting) so watch for it later.

I hope your day is super blessed and bright,

we have sunshine and warmer weather, but 

it all goes away tonight and we go back to 

cold and possible snow over the weekend.

Happy Tatting!!!!  :)

Tablecloth update

This picture was kind of hard to take due to the 

sunshine and having to stand on the chair and 

hope to get the whole thing.

 I seem to be making far better progress than in the 

first 5 years of tatting this.  ;)

 Only 2 more rows on each side to be completely

 even the whole length.

 We have granddaughter invasion again.  This morning

we had our required grandma's coffee cake and 

homemade cocoa, and here is the younger one 

insisting on my attention so we play a game of 

Skip-Bo and she won....

 and her older sister laid back down  to sleep more.

Crazy, next month they will be 10 and 14.  

Well, I hope you have a great day of tatting, I 

most likely won't get time with my attention 

demanded a lot!!  :)

This shell pendant is complete

Well, I hope you all like it!!  I wasn't 

thrilled with it without the outer round, 

but now I like it.  ;)

I am going to find a chain for it, and I 

have to work on 2 sets of earrings now-

the pink and the ones which go with this.

I think a friend has claimed the Tropical 

pink necklace I just finished.  ;)
Have a wonderful peaceful tatting week!! :)

I am wearing my Christmas present today and tatting!!! :)

 For those who don't know, I received a 

fabulous sweatshirt for Christmas(in the 

center of the picture below).  :)

And the beads on the left near the ladybug 

which are in this tatted necklace(and were in 

my last one also).

 Here is the close-up.  This is a shell necklace which 

has matching earrings(which I will be added tatting to also).

 I have to sew in the ends and add a clasp, but for the 

most part it's finished.  :) 

This necklace pendant has a whole in the center and

I wanted it to have a tatted piece so, I placed a free 

swinging butterfly inside.  Our daughter really likes 

it, so I am sure someone else will also!!! :)

 Here is a close-up of how I finished the chains.

I tatted the main parts with beads, but...

 for the shoulders and back I used rings and 

chains to the beads and tatting wouldn't rub 

against the neck.

The beads and tatting kind of swirl a bit, 

but I am going to try and tame that with 

blocking if it's possible.  ;)

Have a wonderful Palm Sunday weekend, 

and happy tatting!!! :)

My kinda day so far!!! :)

The house is peaceful and quiet while 

my hubby and daughter are having a 

daddy/daughter date.

So I am enjoying homemade cocoa....

 and tatting of course!!! :)

Now to figure out how to do the other 

side in mirror image, or just work from 

top clasp end to necklace and figure out 

how to join.  Wish I just knew!!!

Happy tatting and Palm Sunday weekend 

everyone!!! :)

Not a lot of tatting, but some

I am still working on widening out the thinner end 

of the tablecloth to make the whole thing the same 

width and then continue.

Currently I am creating the open circle holes on 

each side.  It takes 2 motifs to create each one as 

the sides are now.  I don't have much to go to have 

both of the thinner sides equal again.  I tat 2-4 

motifs almost each night.

 Below you can see that when I finish getting these 

rows finished I will have 2 more rows on each side 

to have the whole thing the same width, and then, 

tons more work to get about another 2 feet on each 

side(just guessing).  ;)

 Today I finally put in some effort to making the chain 

for the pink shell necklace.  This might take some time, 

but I like the uniqueness of how it's turning out.

 Here's a closer-up view of the chain itself.

Well, that's the update for today.

Have a fabulous tatting rest of the week!! :)

Twins

They are so pretty!! :)

Both will end up as pendants I think. 

Have a happy tatting day!! :)