West Pine's idea - nuntium trecentesimum tricesimum

The craft show went very well although I found myself worrying because I was selling everything!  (Strange but there is another show next month and I'm tatting less because of my hand.)  Then I would get very excited because I was selling everything ($$)!  Silly me!

I saw these bookmarks on West Pine's blog and thought they were wonderful.  And I have a few Christmas-y type charms so I came up with these.

They are Lizbeth Cranberry Blush size 20.  Some of these sold, the blue balls sold, all the white or blue ice snowflakes sold and over 20 of the MN flakes sold!


 And in other projects, here's my sweet, silly, lovable, (not-so-bright) dog learning "come".  We do this in the morning when there are fewer distractions (and the squirrels are still sleeping?).

This is her maximum tolerance before she "comes" by herself.  She's barely sitting and wagging the whole time!

And the right-side pumpkin with the smiling ghosts was mine.  ; )

nuntium centesimum quadragesimum (140th post) Wedding picture

When we got married, one of my mom's friends gave us a drawing she'd made.  I thought it was wonderful and have copied the idea numerous times over the years.  I've never shown them because it had the full names of the couple.  This time though, my husband asked for one with just the first names so I think I'm safe to show it.

I've never been there for the gift opening for one of these and I always wonder if the bride/groom like it or think it's ridiculously hokey.  I don't know why it appeals to me but it does.  This particular bride did call my husband (I was in England, dangerously close to Frivole) to find out who'd made it and said she loved it.  Whew.
Lest you think I've left tatting behind, it's not the case.  Here's a little cross which I spied on West Pine Creations and had to try.

motif #20  Lizbeth dark purple and white

What I've really been doing is working on the Quatrain.  I really love the pattern and I love my later work but I'm less thrilled with my earlier work.  Hard to imagine that I've gotten this much better in the last few years but I clearly have!  Maybe a picture tomorrow.

nuntium nonagesimum tertium (93rd post) The knot does not care how it is made

I just wanted to share these pictures of very young hands tatting.  These are my tatting die-hards who meet after school on Wednesdays for our tatting club.

We're working on Tatting Patty's snowflake.

Look how he winds for a chain!  I want to "correct" this but I know he'll find his own way.  Besides,  his tatting is great!  The knot does not care how it is made, right?

This week we oohed and aahed over West Pine's tatting kits (have you see these, they're lovely!)

They love my La Cossette shuttles, not only because they're so gorgeous but also because of the bobbin.  I'm hoping to get them each one of the new production ones.  (Wish I could do La Cossette's!)

It's just so fun to see their tatting and excitement.  I was thinking of what to work on next.  Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Patty Duff's mini-tats?

And I've been working on Frivole's  Quatrain again- it's such a pleasing pattern to tat.