they came from outer space

Ok, so they didn't really come from outer space. I've had these tubular hematite beads for a while now. I created a necklace with them that I wasn't happy with, so snip, snip, snip...

I thought they might look interesting in tatting, so I loaded some of them on a shuttle and just like pod people, they sprang out!

Seems a matching alien necklace is in order now!

celtic motif

The other day I did a variation on a motif used by Rosemarie Peel in Tatting for Pleasure that I thought might be interesting as a Christmas ornament. What I love most about this design is how utterly simple it is, two basic motifs woven together, yet how lovely and interesting a result it renders:

I changed the stitch count, added chains to one motif and actually inverted the position of Rosemarie's version, ok, so maybe I can claim it as my design at this point. Done in Lizbeth size 10 thread.

I thought the motif and the Celtic look would fit nice as a pair of earrings, so I tatted it up in purple and black:

Tatted using Lizbeth size 20.

springing forward

The weather is still pretty wintery where I live here in upstate New York, but that doesn't stop me from thinking ahead to Spring. Here's a couple pics of some easily tatted "springy" earrings. Each ring is seven picots and to keep them a bit more in place I joined the second picot of each ring to the ring before. They tat up fast and easy, and can be made any length you like.

Necklace and Earrings

Just a quick post with a prototype for a new necklace design. I decided to whip up a little pair of matching earrings too. I love shades of brown! (And yes, one day I'll learn to take better pics!)

 

Holiday '09 Necklaces

Here's a couple pics of some necklaces I've worked up over the last week for gift giving:

And a pair of earrings (gotta get some jump rings for the hoops I have) in the same style along with a necklace modified from a old motif pattern: