A blizzard

Here are a few of the snowflakes I've been tatting. I wish the sparkles would show up on the picture.

Another Tatsy snowflake

This Tatsy snowflake is from kit #307. It was a bit more of a challenge for me. In order to keep track of where I am on the pattern instructions, I number every other line. Then I don't skip ahead and wind up missing some elements.

Tatsy Snowflake

I really enjoyed making this snowflake. The thread is Lizbeth Arctic Waters. The pattern is from the Tatsy Holiday Ornaments. I'd sent for the whole set from Ebay. The picture on Ebay is of the lace treetop  angel. All three kits come with it.

Tatted Snowflakes by Jon

Lace lovin librarian has inspired. Time for some snowflakes. These two are from Tatted Snowflakes Collection by Jon Yusoff. The top one is Minaret and the bottom one is Astral. Done in Lizbeth Blue Ice. We have so many talented designers. And Jon is one.

Last wooly boy

This is the last wooly boy for a while. None have sold yet, but not very many kids noticed them. This one is spoken for already. She liked the orange middle.

Orange Crush bookworm

One more worm fresh off the drying rack.

More book worms

Here are 5 bookworms altogether. I find if I stiffen them a bit, I can make them a little wiggly.

Wolly boy

This is my first attempt at a book worm. I wanted him to have some motion. I think that part could go better. So, I'm trying some more. Should I cut the picots to make him look hairier?

Catch up time

I see I'm a little behind in my posts. I've got several caps. The pink one on the bottom is a child's hat. I found a couple of them in the baby section at Walmart. On the heart cards I glued some little white beads.

Heart's Desire

This is Susan K. Fuller's Heart's Desire heart. It's a little wonky, but when I glue it to a card it will straighten out. It's made with Lizbeth Raspberry Frappe.

Three little trinkets

Here are 3 little bits I've come up with. I think the butterfly may go on a card.

Two more bookmarks

Two more bookmarks. I need to be stiffening them, but I'm off to my mom's for a week of shopping and crib playing.

Nice Find

We went garage saling today and I made a nice find. This is another Crafting Traditions magazine from July/Aug 2000. I wish I'd subscribed more to this mag. Here's a pic of lovely tatted bells with a pretty ribbon. I haven't made them, but I like them. It's made by Barbara Marshall of Fort Ripley, Minnesota. There are even some clappers inside.

A little bookmark

Well, I didn't tat much on holidays. Here's the finished product. I guess I should stiffen it a bit.

Another travel treasure

I found this (or these) in an antique store in our travels. I've always thought they were neat. If you google Matroshka you will see pictures of all sorts of them. Even Star Wars and Beatles.

Treasures from my travels

We've just returned from a road trip to Colorado. I fully enjoyed driving through Estes park. My husband was not fully amused as we pulled our 25.5 ft holiday trailer up and over top the mountain pass. 12,000 feet above sea level. I thought it was wonderful. But I wasn't the driver either.
So, we made some Hobby Lobby and Micheal's stops. The first picture is some size #80 Lizbeth thread, I picked up. I've never tatted with that fine a thread before. The other is nylon thread. Not sure how it will react to being tatted. I will give it a try someday.

 RESCUE
 The next picture is a rescue. A while ago I posted some pictures of a lovely tatted and crocheted doily I'd seen at an antique shop in a town down the road. (Airdre) Well, we stopped there on the way back from our trip. I'd decided, I wanted that doily. The poor thing was stained. Needed some fray check put here and there and I feel doilies don't get much TLC in antique shops. So, when we got there, I went right to the spot where I'd seen it before. It wasn't there. (sigh). So, I wandered about looking here and there. I rummaged though a shelf full of doilies, but no, it wasn't there. Then in the next display I spotted a little section of it peeking out from under a big pile of plates. Oh, the poor thing. So, I fished it out and purchased it. It needed some stain remover and washing. In this picture, it's drying. I've pressed it and when it's dry I'll give it some fray check on some loose ends.It will look nice on top of my other stereo speaker. It's so unique as I'm sure it's both tatted and crocheted. I wish I had the pattern.

Spring Doily on speaker

Here's the Renulek Spring doily on my old stereo speaker. It covers it nicely.

Fun Things In The Mail

Today I received a lovely parcel from Patrica of Spokane. I was looking for brown GMC and she sent me hers. Also a very cute beaded key chain with "I love tatting" spelled out on it. Here are some pictures.

 This one is the key chain Pati sent me. It's on my purse now. What a nice treat. Thank you very much Pati.

Renulek's Spring doily finished

And here's why I am the Batty Tatter. Finished..whew. It's 19 inches across made with size 30 DMC. The last row is fun too. Takes some concentration.

Row 12 almost complete

I'm enjoying this row. The last three were a little dull. But this round is lots of fun.