Ratties Coming Soon

Ratties Coming Soon

     Currently working on 27 rattie shuttles.  Hope to have them done by Monday.   Here's a picture of my darling Tasha...a blue Russian Burmease.

This is her baby picture.  She is playing in her carrier.  I took here everywhere. 

 No we didn't put her in Daddy's boot.

She jumped in there herself.  

 

Need Blocking

Needs Blocking

     All done tatting, need to block it.  Thankfully our friends had to cancel, due to the bad weather.  So, the doily will be ready for mahjong.

Mahjong?

Mahjong?

     Our friends are coming over for a game of mahjong and my doily isn't finished yet!!!  Only one more round to go!!  Whooooo HOooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Peach Cross

Peach Cross

    Another cross from the same book, tatted with size 80 crochet thread and a strand of copper sewing thread.  This one is for me!!

 

Brown Cross

Brown Cross

      This pattern was from Lene Bjorn's. "Tatted Bookmarks: Crosses".  This is one of my favorite books.  The cross was tatted with size 80 tatting thread.

Pine Box

Pine Box

    No....not a coffin!!!  Out grew my changeable earring box so made a lot bigger one.  The pattern is from an old Tandy Leather magazine.  It uses two nesting pine boxes.  Leather is tooled and wrapped around the out side.  The smaller box us used for the shelves and removable shelf feet.

 

Celtic Shuttle

Celtic Shuttle

     Here is a couple of pairs of Celtic shuttles made from black walnut wood.
 

 

     I had to quickly try them out.  The ends are a little big for size 40 thread.  They worked, but a little too tight.  Have to make the ends smaller for finer threads.  The pattern was "Celtic Knot Christmas Tree Heart," by Ruth Perry.  The little motif is about 1" in diameter.  Not bad for my first attempt at Celtic tatting.