Progress

Round 5 of the Jon Yusoff tat-a-long is finished.

Round 4

Progress continues on Jon Yusoff's Tat-a-Long doily. This round has lots of lock joins (as do some of the following rounds. I am bothered by blips of color in my joins. I use Jane Eborall's  blipless join to avoid this. For lock joins, I usually pull up a loop for the join. I discovered that if I pull the loop Down, the blip of color in the lock join is less obvious. Who knew??

Tat-A-Long

Jon Yusoff is hosting a Tat-a-long doily on Facebook. I have joined in the fun. Here are my first 3 rounds. I am using a ball of Manuela size 20 in a lovely shaded blue color. I only have one ball so I hope the doily does not get too large or I will have to use another color for the outer rounds. I love this thread - it's a nice Cordonnet but not as twisty as Lizbeth. 

Valentines

I've been making little hearts. Lots of little hearts. This pattern is from Gloria Nelson. I've shuttle tatted it, and needle tatted it. The smallest is size 40. The larger hearts are needle tatted in size 10. It's a great pattern for practicing needle tatting and for  emptying off shuttles too.

Finished gift

I have wanted to tat a pair of baby booties, but both my grandsons are boys. A special friend is expecting a baby girl next month, so this is my opportunity. The pattern is in Cathy Bryant's book. I used DMC Cordonnet in size 20. The booties are about 3 inches long. Hubby says they won't fit, guess I will find out when the baby gets here.

Teaching Tatting

I just registered for the Shuttle birds Tatting event in May. I'll be teaching needle tatting at the event. My first classis  basic needle tatting class -  We will make true rings as shown in the edging above with the bare thread spaces between the rings. Students will make a motif using the ring and chain method.  

My students will practice their new skills by making a snowflake with floating or non-floating rings. 

New Year, New adventures

As 2018 draws to a close, it's time to think back on all the good times I had. I was able to attend 4 tatting workshops. Many yards of thread passed through my fingers. 2019  is going to be a great year. I am already making plans to attend tatting events. I'm also going to venture into teaching tatting  and have been accepted to teach at several tatting events. I plan to do more blogging about my tatting adventures.

These lovely non-melting snowflakes are from a pattern purchased from the Tatting by the Bay Etsy store. Robin's designs are wonderful.  I  have been practicing with picot gauges. I prefer designs that are not too picot intensive.