Another treasure beads craftacular. I turned the wood for the toggled and the rest of the work is crochet, tatting and macrame. Both the Buddha and mysterious hand bead I found in the old 26th street flea markets in New York olden days.
Materials: cotton and silk blend threads, hand turned wood toggle, glass beads, chain, coral and carved amber or resin not sure which.

Just so you know, there is no way to do a quick tatting. I thought I would make fast work of this, but no. Maybe I'll improve with practice.
Materials: cotton thread, freshwater pearl, acrylic cord.

I had a very courtly porcelain gentleman who lost his arm, the poor thing. I don't know where he is right now but the arm has been floating around my desk for a long time now. I like the tiny offering in his hand.
Materials: leather, porcelain, glass bead, cotton thread, rayon ribbon.

I had these grand plans for mixing crochet and tatting technique in one piece, but of course the end product is a lot different than what was in my head. Ah well, back to the old drawing board.
Materials: cotton thread, glass beads, acrylic cord.

I've saved bits of practice tatting. They look nice all hitched together, especially with a pretty pink pearl.
Materials cotton thread, freshwater pearl, steel wire, rayon ribbon.

The tatting part is salvage from another project. It didn't quite hit the mark as far as fitting into a piece I was making it for, so it lands up here. I don't know if anyone could actually wear this, but this seems to be the way it wanted to be made.
Materials: silk blend yarn, rayon ribbon, acrylic cord, fabric.

Cold morning frost. turned the last of the knockout roses to paper. Even got a little snow this morning. there's something a little sad about all the leaves falling when the sun doesn't manage to come out.
Materials: leaves, silk blend and cotton yarns.

So I passed the 300 mark yesterday. That means it's all downhill from here. Am I getting tired of this project? Yes. Yes I am. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel as well as the benefits of a daily practice.
Materials: acrylic mirror, tatting thread, rayon ribbon.

This is inspired by a dress worn by Ann Margaret at the end of "The Pleasure Seekers". A little black number with some kind of heavy gold doily type fob at the throat. It's the right shape, but I ended up using differently colored beads....
Materials: silk blend yarn, glass beads, acrylic cord.

Found a leaf that has almost every fall color you can think of. I especially like the little bug egg bumps that contrast so prettily.
Materials:leaves, silk blend yarn, glass beads, acrylic cord.

Another tatting adventure. I like the idea of making tatted parts at night and assembling them the next day.
Materials: silk blend yarn, glass beads, rayon ribbon.

Like I said, the leaves are really turning now, and the sky in North Carolina seems to have an extra drop of blue so it's really pretty out there.
Materials: leaf, cotton tatting thread, acrylic cord.

The leaves are changing here, this reminds me of some nice fall colors. I'm really enjoying the tatting as you can see. I'd like to try something more freestyle once I get a better handle on it. I like the idea of making a more deconstructed busted down looking kind of lace.
Materials: cotton tatting thread, freshwater pearl, acrylic cord.

Went into town yesterday and got some proper tatting thread in colors. Here's a few flowers I did, learned something along the way too.
Materials: cotton tatting thread, acrylic cord, button, glass bead.

A couple of tatting projects that didn't turn out right. Figured out how to hitch the two together. I'm enjoying tatting in the evening, at least I get something out of my TV watching...
Materials: silk / rayon blend yarns, rayon ribbon.

This is a second go at a pattern I was trying to do from a book. I still didn't get it quite right, but I finished it anyway. I like the salmon-y color of this yarn, it's like old fashioned lingerie.
Materials:rayon yarn, recycled sari.

So this is the closest I've come to that necklace in my dream. Still not exactly it though. I have to say I'm enjoying tatting with the thicker gauge yarn.
Materials: silk blend yarn, glass beads, rayon ribbon.

Finally got back to the saw yesterday and cut some acrylic sheet I've been wanting to work with. Still playing with crochet and tatting as well.
Materials: acrylic sheet, cotton and linen thread, rayon ribbon.

Once again I set out to tat the necklace in my dream a few nights back, and something else entirely came out. This time I added beads for a bit of color.
Materials: glass beads, silk blend yarn, acrylic cord.

I still haven't made the necklace in my dream, I started yesterday, but ended up following an old pattern instead.
Materials: silk bled yarn, rayon ribbon.