2 Tatted Christmas gifts done

These are for my sister and my in-laws.
I made one several years back and loved it and 

had planned on making me one and yet now I 

have made 3 and not one is mine.
They are 8 inch suncatchers.

The design is Elaine P. Gan's Cathedral 

Doily.  Pattern available in this book:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/685373010/tatting-pattern-8-ebook?ref=shop_home_active_29

 I used all Lizbeth size 40 thread. 

The colors are:  Christmas Red, Bright Orange,

Bright Yellow, Christmas Green,

Bright Blue Dk., and Purple Dk.

And lots and lots of 11/0 Preciosa Ornela glass beads.

Still working on Christmas tree earrings.
Hope you have a wonderful tatting filled day!!! :)

 

Actual tatting to show!!!

I have been tatting a bit. I have 2 snowflakes done

and 4 Christmas trees which will be 2 pair of earrings.

The first snowflake is Fifth Day of December

from 24 Snowflakes in Tatting by Lene Bjorn.

Second snowflake is Catrin from 20 Twenty to Make

Tatted Snowflakes by Jennifer Williams.

The Christmas trees are Christmas Tree Earrings by Linda S. Davies-link here: http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2007/ldaviesxmastearrings.pdf

I have also been working on 2 Christmas presents

and will show them when they are finished. Below I am preparing to work with my heart beads

and see what will become of them. :)

For those who saw that I took over knitting my blanket 

which our daughter started years ago.....I have made 

progress!!!  It's now too big to be a skirt(for those 

who saw the first picture of it).  I was thinking it might 

be done by Christmas, but I think it's going to be 

by Thanksgiving, so it will be my Christmas present!!!
I can't wait to use it!!! :)
Oh, for those who need a little detail, it's just plain 

knitting, Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn(thick fleece), and 

it's 300 stitches across.

Well, more tatting to work on, besides all the normal 

boring stuff.  Have a wonderful tatting filled day!!! :)

 

Sales and inspirations for tatting!!!

My sister gave me money for my birthday(first time 

ever).  So, I carefully decided what I would get with 

it and told her I would send her pictures.
It took a couple of months to decide, and then a trip 

to Hobby Lobby.

I got 5 new shirts which I intend(and had better do 

this time!!!)  ;)   to put tatting on each, and a couple 

of the ones I bought several years back to do the same 

with, but just left them.

Next, I also got beads & charms.  The charms are 

for earrings(our daughter's suggestion), and the 

beads are for tatted projects which have already 

been in the practice, and thought works since last 

year.

Then, I found 2 of these towering pumpkins for 70% 

off.  They were originally $20 each, but I got them 

for 6 each(there are 2 in this picture one behind the 

other), and I got a 3rd which the base broke off for 

around $4 for a breakage discount.

And.....some of my all time favorite Christmas 

shows in puzzles for 1/2 off!!!

And, this is just to show the beautiful gift 

my in-laws had made for us.

Then, we went for more bargain hunting and 

I ended up with 3 ceramic paint yourself  

turkeys which light up.  And, the autumn 

leaf chimes, and all the  beads.
The light up pumpkin in back is our daughter's.

Below is a close-up of the beads from the picture 

above.  The hot pink hearts are already sitting with 

Lizbeth Rainbow Splash thread waiting to be 

fancied up with tatting, soon!!

We also went to our local Dollar Tree store and 

got several Christmas garlands.  We have "wreath" 

frames shaped like candy canes and are planning 

on making them up like I did a few last year.

And here is a picture:

I have finished tatting 2 Christmas gifts, but 

have ends to sew in and then string them in 

a ring, so you will see tatting soon!!!  And, 

I have worked on some snowflakes which will 

be shown next week with details, and then 

hopefully at least one heart will be shown soon!
Have an awesome and blessed tatting filled 

weekend!!! :)

 

Sea Turtle

 It has taken about a month to figure out the pattern 

and complete this cute sea turtle.  I have a friend 

who loves sea turtles and I hope to make a few 

friends for this one and send them to her.
Pattern link here:
https://mchtatting.wixsite.com/mchatsu/free-patterns?fbclid=IwAR1dz2q-ped1B2FNbGlYgTjwvfX2T4J1vGFNBmxy44VMWUZaidzXQegPdaY
It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Sea Island Citrus.

Hope you are having a good week!!
Have a great tatting day!!  :)

Real Shell Earrings for a young mermaid

 

Ok, I don't like this new blogger so far!
I tatted around these real shells for our younger granddaughter 

awhile ago, but finally made myself finish them.  They will 

go great with her mermaid outfit.  Since she and our daughter
(not her mom) are both mermaids, our daughter got them matching 

shell necklaces(not real shells).

About the knitting of the blanket.....I have added  many 

rows now, but it doesn't show.  Right now it looks like 

a large thick skirt.  ;)  But who knows, there is a chance 

it could be done by Christmas and I can use it through 

the winter then. ;)  We are waiting for some circular 

needles to come in that have a 5 ft. cable between which 

should make it easier to work with(I hope!!!).

Oh, I started 2 tatted Christmas gifts today.  May 

have to start using my Tatted Christmas Secrets blogger 

page again soon to share with you.  ;)  Shhhhhh.......

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and 

getting some tatting in!  ;)

Random Tatting Doily Done

Well, after the frustrations of cutting off 3 tries on 

the last round I decided to try and draw around the 

doily to see if I could come up with something that 

wouldn't have to be cut off.  It took a couple of tries, 

but throwing away paper or erasing lines is easier 

and less wasteful than cutting rounds even 3 inches 

long!  ;)

I drew this round and loved it!  Tatted it and decided 

this doily is done.  It's only 5 inches across in size 40 

and you can see by the regular sized clover shuttle that 

it's a small doily.  ;)
****For those interested, the stitch counts for this 

doily are all 4s.  My daughter says I should call it
"May the 4's be with you".  ;)

 Then Saturday night I went to bed, but woke back up 

at 1am and was up until 4am.  I sat and watched 

Christmas movies and then had an urge to tat something.

So, I found my HDT Confetti in size 20 and a Lizbeth 

Lilac Med. also in size 20(I have very little size 20).
I started to tat the center of the doily again.

 For those who wonder how much bigger the doily 

would be in size 20 below is a picture of the 20 

under the 40-not much difference.

Anyway, the doily is done for me.

I also knitted a 2nd dishcloth and now the 

yarn is done.

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

Another round(not my favorite) and some knitting

Well, I started another round on the random tatting 

and I loved the look, the denseness and the way it 

held the arches, but it ruffled bad.  Then, I did another 

which looked good, but ruffled bad, and another the 

same thing.  I was so frustrated after cutting off 3 starts.

 I took a break and came back and ended up with this.

It's not my favorite, but it lays flat!  Wondering what 

will come next......

 My daughter had started a knitted blanket for me, but 

it has sat several years about 1/3 to 1/2 done so I 

decided I needed to learn so I can finish it.  After 

I worked knitting on the blanket(we need to add 

more yarn), I found the dishcloth our younger 

granddaughter had started.  She had about and inch 

done and I continued and below is the "finished" 

dishcloth(the bottom is her part, and all the mistakes 

above are mine!!  ;)  I think it's a good first!

And today I got on youtube to learn how to bind off 

to finish that one, then how to cast on to start another. 

I have this much done already.  I think I will try to 

get back on my blanket tonight.  ;) 

Hope you are having a wonderful tatting, or crafting 

filled Saturday!! :)