Shamrock shake

OK, so I went a little nutty again. I mailed off 6 of these shamrocks, I have these 6 plus 4 more done and ready to give to friends and family. The pattern is by Betsy Evans. I also did some increasing all the stitches to 2 between picots. It's a little larger and the ends are a little more defined. I put little pins on the back.

Happy St. Paddy's day

Christmas angels, 2011

17 of the 23 tiny (abt. 2 3/4 inch) angels I made for family & friends for Christmas. They each have a bell inside. This is a pattern I've had a very long time but I don't know the source.

Thirteen Bells pattern

It's Christmas in July!! I plan to close out my 2nd, actually unpublished book, Thirteen Bell Patterns, subtitled, "Old patterns, New patterns, Some you have, Some you don't, Some you just want all in one book" Above are some samples of the patterns.
I am selling the book along with 4 glass bells for $18.00 including shipping anywhere in the USA. Most of the patterns are charted but all are fully discribed. Most are fairly easy but a few are more challenging. The first one above is in the more challenging catagory but the other 2 are easy. I've done these in #12 Perle cotton but the 3rd one does up very well in Lizbeth Size 40 thread. E-mail me for information. me@terrythetatter.com

Museum photo

Tatting Display at the Art Museum

Here's my chance to catch up on all my motif's at once. I was invited to display my tatting at our local Mistlin Art Gallery. I did up some new pieces and entered some old ones.

The newest are the 2 necklaces, the hair bun cover, the guest towel done in blues, the jabot (ladies tie) from a 1896 pattern (just above the fan). The tablecloth is the oldest. It has 40 eight inch medallions and took me 2 years to complete but it won a blue at the CA State Fair.

Munoz snowflake

Here is some of the many snowflakes I have done. I started with Denise Munoz's pattern and added Swarovski crystals, changed the last row as she suggests and then did some triple picots as you can see in the picture on the left. I've had so much fun with the colors and figuring out a new last row. A big thanks to Denise for her cute little book on rose snowflakes. I did change the count on the inside rows, I use direct method chains (no flip, downward facing) so the chains stay really neat. My fav method of making smooth, tight chains.