I have a biology exam on Wednesday, and since I've been sick for a while I've had lots of reading to catch up on the last few days. Which also means less time for tatting :( After a long day at the library I don't really have the energy to do much when I get home, so I don't work fast enough to finish an item in one evening. Naturally this has led to be starting a new project every day, because I get bored easily plus I really want to see how the new colors look, hehe. I think I need to catch a touch of Finishitis soon, or I'll be totally swamped with UFOs! I'm sort of running out of available shuttles here - they are either filled with too much thread to simply unwind, or they are attached to a work in progress... Guess that hadn't been a problem if I did needle tatting :)
That's why I've deciced to post about a few things that I made a while ago. This is "Wind Mills" from Mary Konior's Tatting with Visual Patterns, made in Flora size 20, color #56:
Here is a simple little bracelet I made from a border I found in Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns by Monica Hahn. I dropped the picots on the chains and added some green beads:
I made this on a bus, so I didn't have any proper metal clasps handy. Instead I made a ring on one end and an onion ring thing on the other. I think it works (but please don't look at my hairy arms!) :) If I remember correctly it's made in Gjestal Maxi.
And finally here's a teeny tiny snowflake-looking thing with lots of beads on. I think it's very cute, even though it's so small I don't really know what to do with it... Don't have the name of the thread, but I think it's size 40.
Huh. While writing this post I've dug out all my UFOs, and there are quite a few of them. Among other things I've started both Anne B's Dragon Wing Doily and her Seahorse Dragon, the snail from Inga Madsen's Tatted Animals and a celtic knot pumpkin. I've realized (like I do every year) that I started too late for Halloween, and I won't have anything finished in time. Maybe next year :)
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