MOTIF # 18 # 19 and # 20 ... A SPIDER CALLED VIOLET!!

Just more christmas tatted ornaments. For the one in green I used Ambar macrame cotton thread. similar to a #10 and for square motif in variegated yellow, dmc perle cotton thread #8.

And here is Violet the spider ( my dear argentinian friend called Mabel gave her its name! )!! It is a pattern from Terry Nimer, who kindly shared it at Georgia´s last 2010 online tatting class. It was tatted with a thread called Pilar (from Paraguay), similar to a # 20, in lila colour and added beads to the legs.

The tecnique used here is Floating chains using SSSCH tecnique. It sounds scary! like the spider!!.. but i think that with practice everyone can master it and tat a lot of these cute spidersssssss... Here you can find the floating chain method, clearly showed by Jane Eborall.

MOTIF # 16 and # 17 DECORATIVE THIMBLE..and XMAS WREATH..

Here is an easy design of my own.. a decorative thimble... Many lace bobbin makers, use to collect thimbles from any kind of material and made in different tecniques, such as this, a tatted one...

The thead is dmc perle cotton #8 in white...

and a one more xmas ornament.. a red and green wreath.. do you notice the little "berries"?. they are josephine rings and give a cute detail to them... I have used dmc cotton perle 8 in red and green..

If you want to make one of these.. just take a look at the pattern here.

The last pic is the same wreath but hanging outside , in the grape vine...

MORE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS..MOTIF # 13, # 14 and # 15

Here is a pattern from Nancy Tracy, that you can find on Be stiched website. I used Dmc variegated perle cotton thread nº 8 in green and added some little beads in gold and red colour. I think it is a suitable design to use on a christmas card.

and the other motifs I have tatted , to use on christmas card, are a bell and a little wreath.The thread is dmc nº 8 perle cotton in red .

I have downloaded the pics from the website some time ago.so I dont remember the design author. If someone know them.. please tell me to put it here..

Preparing for Christmas! Motit # 11 and ·#12...

On Nov 15, this pattern was shared by Anne bruvold in the Online Tatting class. The first example is a two color snowflake, where you can practice the SLT (shoe lace trick) to change the colours as the chains and rings are tatted..

you can find the pattern here and have fun tatting it!!

Then, in the Spanish tatting class , Wally gave us a challenge..to tat the same snowflake, but using 3 colours!.. so I took this and also made a little change , adding an extra ring on top of the cloverleaf, using the LTROR ( looped tatted ring on ring). Here is the result....

So this is my return to the 25 motif challenge. hoping I could finish it before the end of the year!

MOTIF # 10 TATTED FAN

This motif is from the book Frivolite a l aguille pas a pas, from Evain Lucette .
Im not a needle tatter by the moment, so I shuttle tat it.
Using split ring, split chain, scmr,inverted picot , this fan was tatted without cutting threads...

The thread used was Coats mercer crochet n 40 in ecru.

MOTIF # 9 WIDE PICOT AND ZIGZAG CHAIN

For my 9th motif I just was playing with the wide picot. also called the Monster or LochNess picot in one Georgia online class.. There are differente ways to tat it. and for this I use Dan Rusch´s technique. You can find the original technique here.
Also you can fin a step by step photos in my other blog here

I have added a ring inside this monster picot, to make just a little difference and then , for the stem of this kind of flower, I tat a zigzagchain in two colours..
So I can call this the Lochness ring flower??


I used a variegated lile colour and a pink one , Dmc # 8.

MOTIF # 8 edging finished and another fan..

I have just finished the edging that I showed you in the last post.. I have not decided where to atach it.. to a handkerchief? maybe in a frame ? what do you suggest? I really like it... and also I tat another fan to add to my collection of little fans!

The way I put the edging with the fan inside suggested me to made a frame with them.. but I have to think about it...

.. and here is a detail of the new fan...