With deepest thanks....

Much thanks to LaCossette and to LadyShuttleMaker for the beautiful shuttle and HDT silk thread on Etsy! They came so very quickly to eager hands and have been used to make this little motif which is going on my tatting box.

Motif #3 for 25 Motif Challenge

Been Tatting up a storm!

Havent been on the computer lately (more time for tatting), plus we are going through a rough spot in our lives right now. But to keep my sanity I have been tatting a few bits n bobs.

This little motif is the Square Tatted Doily #2 from free tatting patterns and is done in Lizbeth size 20 Confetti.

It reminds me of a stained glass window kind of...

Motif #2 for 25 Motif Challenge

Tatting from the heart

A dear friend told me one day when I couldnt think of anything to tat to just tat from the heart and see what happens. I am about to finish the second row and already I have ideas for the third. I dont know how big or small it will be. I am using Lizbeth size 2o in Butterfly Breeze.

Amusement Doily in Vineyard Harvest-The Vacation

Well one more row to go but I am tiring of this color right now. With the broken thumb it now takes 3 times longer to tat than if it were not.

I havent blocked it yet so it is a bit bendy.

I havent decided what I will begin next, I was considering a handkercheif but not 100% decisive yet.

My thumb aches here and there, and I have been taking my splint off from time to time, but I always manage bumping it and then wishing I had left the blasted thing on.

Amusement Doily in Vineyard Harvest-The Beginning

Here is the beginning row of Amusement Doily in Lizbeth's size 20 "Vineyard Harvest".
I so now enjoy tatting with a shuttle rather than with a needle. I think the stitches are much tighter and neater looking.

Almost finished!

One last row to go!

Tatting with a broken thumb

This is me trying to tat with a broken thumb after a "Tambourine Accident". I am tatting my "Bloom's" Doily in Lizbeth's size 20 "Purple Splendor".