These bugs are made from one of these patterns. The big one is made with crochet cotton (possibly size 10?), the small bug is made with a metallic sewing thread from Gütermann. Quite the difference! For a while right after I learned to tat I made lots and lots of them to test different threads. Since they are only made up of two rings I can just use whatever thread I have on the shuttle, and I don't have to worry about how much ball thread I need... They are very cute, I think I need to use them for decorating stuff :) Here is another one:
This bug is made with the same thread as the one above, only I tried to dye it using red wine. Yeah, the color of that thread is still fading... Here is yet another bug, made with metallic Anchor thread/yarn:
And a centipede I made from the same pattern page as the others:
Made with size 20 thread in a pinkish rust color. Great pattern for practicing single shuttle split rings! Another great pattern using split rings is one of Anne Bruvold's dragons:
This is "Ringtrim" the Micro Dragon, also made with the wine dyed thread. The tail is made with SSSRs, and two shuttle split rings on the body and head. I never fail to make mistakes following a pattern, and with this one I forgot to make his chin white...
On the InTatters forum I came across a pattern for a super cute little owl:
As you can see, my version is not exactly super cute :p I thought I was using a thick thread (I think it's 10 or 20), and I figured I would need bigger beads for eyes. Yup, it looks more like E.T. than an owl! And the picots are all over the place :/ Need to practice those a bit more... Oh well, I'll make it better next time :) Unfortunately I can't remember who made the pattern, which was posted directly in a thread at InTatters. If I can find an external link I'll post it later!
I had better luck with this tiny butterfly, made in the same thread as the "owl":
Pattern from the book Learn to Tat by Janette Baker. Now, that is what cute is supposed to look like, and my picots are improving as well :)
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