Teeny tiny tatting shuttles

These 10 little shuttles arrived today. Aren't they cute? I put the Clover shuttle in for a size comparison. I found them on Etsy here. I think they'll be great for my quilting thread. I'll be sure to let you know. I have a feeling this is going to be a fun tatting summer!

Oops!

I guess I have too much on my mind with end-of-the-school-year stuff, because I made a major mistake!

I was ready to join the next arm to the center, when I realized I had made a mistake all the way back to here. Of course I snipped the thread in the wrong place and had to remove an extra ring and chain, but now I'm ready to continue.

I tend to lose interest in a project once I've made a major mistake, which is probably why I have so many works-in-progress!

So, in an effort to clear my mind, I started another Spinning Wheel glass mat by Mary Konior... my comfort tat!

Cleaning up

The end of the school year is fast approaching, and I have some catching up and cleaning up to do! All of the books are now in order in the elementary library, with 22 books still out. This week I need to focus on getting the middle school/high school library in order, and I think we have about the same number of books still out there. We'll be out June 5th, but I'm attending a school conference with my daughter June 6th, so in my mind I won't be free until June 7th... much later than usual!

With so much to finish up at school, I'm finding it very difficult to focus on tatting at the end of the day. However, I did take some time this week to finish up two projects.

First I finished another Spinning Wheel glass mat from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior. In case you didn't know, this is my all-time-favorite pattern! ;-)

This one is in size 10 Teenybopper by Yarnplayer, and it measures about 7 1/4" across. I love the colors, and I'm sure one of my granddaughters will claim it for her own!

This is my variation of The Workbasket cross that I love so much. I started this one when I was on jury duty a couple of weeks ago. All I needed to do was cut, tie, and hide the ends. This is in size 80 Majestic, a very nice tatting thread.

Here it is next to the same pattern tatted with size 20 Lizbeth. As you can see, there's quite a difference in the size!

Yesterday I received a beautiful card in the mail from my friend Carol. She included a cross bookmark... yes, it is THE cross bookmark! Carol found it when she was out shopping with friends before she learned to tat. Isn't it amazing that someone in Indiana chose to tat the pattern that I adore? Thank you for your thoughtful gift, Carol!

Please welcome Carrie!

Hello, dear friends!

It has been a very busy week with play practice every night. My feet hurt. My hips hurt. My arms hurt. My legs hurt. I'm having a blast! Unfortunately, there's been very little time for tatting. I have started on another Workbasket cross, but I'll wait until it's finished before I post a picture.

If you read my most recent Tollway Tatters post, you know that we had the great good fortune to meet Carrie this past weekend. Carrie is seated in this picture, with Carol standing behind her. Of course we asked Carrie when she was going to start a blog, and believe it or not, she started one right away!

Please visit Carrie here and welcome her to both blogging and tatting. There's nothing quite like a kind word and a bit of encouragement!

The Workbasket April 1955

Thanks to Patti, I now own the original cross pattern that I've been looking for since I began tatting!

I actually finished tatting this at Tollway Tatters yesterday, but I didn't have a tassel or tail for it. I'm not sure I like this one, but I did manage to use up the thread on the shuttle. I can always change it later.

The cross on the left is the one I figured out from a picture. There's not a huge difference between the two crosses, and I'm very happy with the way they each turned out!

The thread is size 20 Lizbeth, #621. The crosses are about 4 1/2 by 3 1/2".

Now, which one should I tat next? ;-)

A lovely day for tatting!

We had our Tollway Tatters meeting today, and it was fabulous!

Sue was waiting patiently when I arrived. I was lucky to be able to see her gorgeous sun catcher before everyone else arrived. This picture just doesn't do it justice. It is unbelievably beautiful!

Sue spent the day tatting around cabone rings, based on a pattern by Jon Yusoff. She makes it look so easy!

Sue Anna and I had a dueling iPhones thing going on. She won... I put my iPhone down!

Sue Anna spent her time working on Mary Konior's Spinning Wheel glass mat in size 3 Lizbeth. We're all waiting to see how large it will be in size 3!

Marilee spent a lot of time teaching today.

In fact, Jean finished her first chain!

Carol helped our newest member, Carrie, feel welcome. Carrie has only been tatting since December.

December?! Yes, December! Look at how beautiful her tatting is!

And there were goodies...

Marilee brought pretty gift bags filled with...

sticky notes, beautiful hand-dyed thread, and chocolate! No picture of the chocolate... I ate it!

Sue Anna shared some thread.

Carol brought some wonderful little boxes that lock closed, and Sue shared some pretty little findings from Hobby Lobby. Did you notice that I chose blue? ;-)

Barb made these adorable little snap close bags. Don't you just love the tatting shuttle embroidered on it?

We had a wonderful day, and we're hoping to get together again in June. I wish everyone in Tatland could join us!

One more in pink

I finally finished the cross I found hiding in an Origami pouch. This is my interpretation of The Workbasket cross that I had been searching for. Thanks to many friends who read my blog, I now have  all but one cross pattern from The Workbasket, and I think Carol is bringing that pattern to Tollway Tatters on Saturday. I think it's time to begin my Workbasket cross challenge!T