My new tatted dragon

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Finished the dragon. These are fun to tatt!



So I'm making another dragon. This one is for a friend to give as a Christmas gift. I only need to make the other wing and it will be done. I took the tips from tatting chick about climbing out of a round with 2 colors and applied it to my dragon. i think it looks really cool (but I may be a bitbias). I also have had a revelation. I figured a way to hide my begining tails but not my end till today. I figure if I end on a ring I can do it as a SSSR then just snip the tail close to the work when it's all done and no weaving needed the end is locked under the stitches!

Progress on the shamrock wreath

I have cut off the 2 clover sections because I have discovered that the shuttles fit through the finished chains in the 1st round (when using larger thread like size 10) so I don't have to work all 4 strands at the same time which means that I can do the outer rings separately after the inner rings are finished. This will also allow me to have the stitches in the outer rings facing the same direction as the inner rings. If they are worked at the same time the outer rings will be "backwards" to get the project progressing in the same direction. Also I want to add small picots on the clover leaves to help tie them in together os they are not all over the place and in a nice line. Anyway this is the center ring so far. almost done with it. There are 10 repeats total. I did manage to twist one chain but not to worried about that. It probably happes to the best of tatters. Besides, mistakes are just proof that it is hand made ;)

Chalanging my self, new tatting project

So I'm trying a new project with new challenges. It's working up rather nicely though I did make a change and am tatting the inner 2 rounds 1st and the shuttles fit through the chains so will tatt the outer 2 rounds. This will help reduce the tangling as i go and be easier than trying to untangel each of the 4 rounds individually each time.. But i did the 1st repeat and now am over 1/2 way done with the inner rings. I am really hooked on this tatting thing! YOu can find the pattern for this wreath/doily at Tatted Shamrock Wreath

the bookmark is done

Here's the photo of the bookmark. I did press it but after I took this photo. it did look a ton better after pressed. But I sure did learn a lot while making this. It was a great experience to join in different directions.

Tatting a draggon

So the bookmark is done (will post later). twisted some of the chains but Oh well, it was a learning experience!

Anyway I've decided to tatt a draggon. It's a bit ambitious for a 2nd project but I am not worried about mistakes... that's how you learn. i figured out how to tie in the ends as I go (at least for the begining of the strands).

Well I figured out the SSSR and did the body just fine. I could stand to have my rings closer together but Oh well, I'm plenty happy with the results as far as it being a 2nd project. I gotta go and figure out the wings though. I think I screwed them up somewhere. But the body went smoother than I expected. These are fun little dragons to make and I'm sure this won't be my last!

Here is the PDF pattern for the dragons Flying Minor Norwegian Dragons

progress on tatted bookmark

I took this photo along with a penny to shoe the size of the project. I know it's not perfect but I do think it will be plenty good enough to gift. this is my 3rd tatting try. The bookmark will be 3 of these panels large.

My "new" tatting supplies

So this is my "new" tatting stash I received this AM. The very yellowed piece of paper is a hand written pattern and the little square w/the ribbons appears to be a needle book as it's fleece lined. 4 shuttles, one has a removable bobbin and all but one have a pick/hook on it. Also are the samples that were in the basket. I love looking at work from time past. There are also some pattern pages. Also is a "how to" booklet with the patterns that these motifs were made form.

my 1st project and tatting experience

So I have decided to make my Grandma (Mom's Mom) a bookmark. It's a simple design. I found some really pretty thread. one was a dark purple varigated from Dk. purple to lt. purple and the other is lt. purple to white. the light purple in each match. So the rings are in the dark variegated and the chains are int he light variegated. I think it should be pretty. I know it won't be perfect but you gotta start somewhere. The thread is size 60.

I took this with me to my dentist apt. this AM. I figured it would be good practice and figured if I did run into someone who knew what I was doing they certainly wouldn't mind my beginner mistakes. And one of the dental assistants was asking me about it. I told her I had just started to teach my self and she said that she had some tatting supplies that were either her grandmothers or mothers and she didn't have anyone to pass them to and she does not intend to tatt and asked me if I wanted them. She said there were some plastic and metal shuttles and thread and that it's all tangled. I told her I would definitely appreciate them and if she gave them to me she could be assured that they would be going to someone who would appreciate them.

So tomorrow on my way home from work she will have them and I'll stop by and pick them up and also post on what my findings are.

I think now is definitely the time for me to start tatting with all these supplies coming in I would be a fool not to!

my 1st tatting attempt

My 1st moteif attempt. on the left side I twisted my chain but had it figured out on the right side but I messed up and did a ring instead of a chain over on the far left. But i think I'm headed in the right direction.


so this is my 1st attempt at tatting. I used size 10 thread just for testers.

My inherited tatting supplies

I have had this tin for quite a few years and tatting has been in the back of my mind but i finally went through the tin and sorted it all out. This belonged to my Great Great Aunt Gracy who passed away probably about 25 years ago. I am the one who recieved all this because, though many family members crochet, I am the only one who has taken an intrest in thread so I would be the only one who would eventually get use out of these things. These are all vintage of course. Varing brands from Coats & Clark to Lilly. All are either identified as "Boil safe" or "Boilproof". And nearly all, except a small few, are size 70 thread.

IN the back of this photo were all the ribbon that was also in the tin. I just realized that in this photo you can see my battery holder I made out of plastic canvas. I cut it the width and height of the draw and made the sections wide enough to hold various sized batteries. We use rechargeable and this is a great way to keep them organized.

This is a motief that was in the tin
This is the shuttle which is stamped "Gen Silver" and the motief and a strand of tatted lace that is 5' long! The photo is taken on my leg and shows how small the work is.
These were some crochet edgings that were also in the tin.