One skein of Teenybopper

In case you haven't guessed, Spinning Wheel glass mat from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior is my all-time favorite pattern! I love the way it shows off the colors of hand-dyed threads. This thread is Teenybopper from Yarnplayer. I think I may challenge myself this year to see how much I can tat from each skein of hand-dyed thread that I use. That way, I won't have unidentified bits of thread lying around! The other four motifs are from Occhi, the Peacock Book. I LOVE this book!

Here is my Teenybopper Spinning Wheel in its new home. Top left is my real English Aero shuttle. Top right is an impostor from who knows where., Underneath them is a German Aero shuttle. There is a big difference in each of these shuttles. I love the English, can't stand the impostor, and don't mind the German. I noticed that the Handy Hands catalog shows these shuttles now being made in Mexico. I guess maybe I'll have to try one of those as well.

The three shuttles on the bottom left are from The Shuttle Brothers. The three on the bottom right are Silent Tatters. The blue and brown shuttles in the middle are from either eBay or Etsy, I don't remember which. I guess I should try these shuttles out! ; )

A better choice?

I tatted two more floral motifs in Juicy Watermelon, one of my favorite color combos! These motifs are a hair smaller than the solid color motifs, but I think they work well.

I'm thinking of tatting two more of each pair. Then I can mix and match!

How would you mix and match these motifs?

Set of four

I finished my set of four flowers...

and now I have to decide which layout I prefer.

I'm thinking the top one. What do you think?

Ruth Scharf Tat-along

One of my favorite blogs to follow is Umi & Tsuru, and now she's hosting a tat-along!

Last night was the first night this week that I didn't fall asleep in my chair by 8:00, so I was able to tat two of the flower motifs. I'm only going to make one pattern repeat for my first try, so I did not join the flowers. I hope I can stay awake tonight to tat two more, because I want to be ready when the leaf pattern is available!

I'm using size 20 Lizbeth, colors #620 and 621. I haven't chosen my leaf color yet.

I'm also eagerly awaiting word as to whether a copy of Ruth Scharf's book, Occhi, is available for purchase... fingers crossed!