Feeling better

I've been officially released from quarantine! I still have a bit of a cough, but that cough is consistent with my springtime allergies. 

This is Snowflake #2 from Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes by Robin Perfetti. It really looks better in person than it does in the picture. My photography skills are very sketchy!

Snowflake #3 is in size 20 hand-dyed Sugar Maple from Yarnplayer. The shuttle is another beauty from Rita Richmond of Shuttle by Design.

Inspired by the beautiful color, I decided to tat a button ornament. I love the stability that comes with using a button, glass gem, or doo-dad in the center of small tatted motifs. Speaking of doo-dads... I wonder where I put my stash?

Starting over

I've put the snowflakes I've tatted from Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes by Robin Perfetti someplace very safe. I seem to do that way too often!

Rather than take time to look for them, I decided to start over and keep the finished ones in a baggie with the book. This is Robin's Sample Snowflake in Tatskool's size 20 Serendipity hand-dyed thread.

 Snowflake #1 is in size 20 Ljiljan. This time I think I'll tat a mixture of colors so that I don't get bored!

One snowflake and four Ice Drops

I just realized I hadn't blogged since Thursday. I guess I was having too much fun tatting! This is Snowflake #4 from Robin Perfetti's new book, Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes. I love this design!

I've also been busy tatting Doodle Ice Drops.

I still have thread by my chair, so I haven't gone into my stash to look for new colors.

Today, I finished off the ball of red. There was a tiny bit left, and I managed to tat a little five petal motif with it. I had to finger tat the last ring.

There's a little bit of green left. It will be interesting to see how many Ice Drops I manage to make. I think there's enough for two more. I could be wrong!

 

Oops!

Fortunately, I started my day right with a Coronavirus Button Cross, pattern by Laura Blanton. It's nice to start the day feeling good about your tatting!

With confidence, I decided to tat Snowflake #2 from Robin Perfetti's new book, Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes. I guess I was a little too confident, because I missed one of the center rings. Oops! I guess I'll have to tat this one again!

A jaunty snowflake

I love Robin Perfetti's new book, Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes, available in her Etsy shop. I started with Snowflake #1 earlier in the week, and today I decided to try the sample pattern at the beginning of the book. I put my tatting down to answer the phone, and I didn't pay attention to where I was in the pattern when I picked my tatting up again. As I was finishing the snowflake, I realized that something wasn't right. Look at that top ring!

I didn't get upset. I started chuckling to myself, because I thought the snowflake looked a bit jaunty. I think this one will go on my tree this year!

I did tat a second one, correctly this time, but it looks like it needs to be blocked. Not a problem, but it's something that can wait until morning!

Another white day

 

I was in the mood to tat a cross today, and I chose "Maria" from Tatted Bookmarks ~ cross-shaped by Line Bjorn. It's been a while since I've tatted this one, and I forgot how large it is in size 20. I'm thinking of doing another in size 80 for a comparison. 

They were predicting snow flurries this weekend. That didn't happen, but thinking of snow flurries did put me in the mood to start tatting snowflakes! This is Snowflake #1 from Robin Perfetti's new book Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes, available in her Etsy shop. I'm not sue if I'll get all four dozen tatted by Christmas, but I'm sure going to try!

What would the day be without an Ice Drop?