What I've been up to... tatting!

Last month- hard to believe that it has been THAT long i was able to meet Sherry which was a real treat! I definitely needed a refresher course on split rings since I had forgotten what Melissa had shown me previously. (My memory and noone else!) THANKS SO MUCH SHERRY! I look forward to our next visit!



This is the first round of a bookmark for a gift for a friend. The pattern is here. This is done in size 12 pearl cotton (or was it tatting thread?) About the same size thickness I believe.



I pulled out the BIG threads yesterday and did my first floating rings thanks to Melissa's video on youtube! Not the greatest but definitely a start!




This was some experimenting I did after seeing this split ring medallion over at Lisa Trumble's site here. I was trying to do the split rings with the dead spider method instead of flipping the thread around the left hand so it was all experimental for me!

I did this the day after meeting Sherry and my split rings are looking pretty good if I do say so myself!!!

11 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness Lil you are doing SO GREAT!!! I'm so proud of you learning all these new tatting things! I always knew you could do them! Hey you could probably do that doily that I've yet to finish LOLLLLLLL
    Melissa

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  2. Whoo hoo Lady!
    I think you are ready for block tatting next time we meet!

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  3. Is block tatting where you have a small 'block' of thread in a doily? Oh oh oh- and also how to start with no tying and finishing too. =) Yipee!

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  4. Oh...........and forgot to say THANKS! You both are quite an encouragement to me! =)

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  5. Hey, Friend! Good to see you've got your fingers working threads again, and such pretty work it is. Great job!

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  6. I enjoyed this post since I too would love to learn to tat and have yet to do it. thanks for the inspiration.

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  7. Pretty! I love how tatting looks, it's so delicate looking. Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Your split rings are looking great. How fun to get to meet Sherry there in Korea. I think that is so cool that you were able to do that. You're tatting up some pretty things, there!

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  9. How pretty! I'd be all thumbs!!!

    Twocans

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  10. Your work is beautiful, but it must take so much patience!

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  11. Beautiful tatting. I'm always impressed with how pretty it looks. It's still on my list of things to learn - have the books, the needles, the shuttles, even a video. Just didn't get there, yet.

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