Great Minds Think Alike When...

You and a sister are going to post about the exact same thing without saying anything!!!! So, we decided to combine posts.   

Lately, I have been feeling "crafty".  It started with reading a book called MaryJanes Stiching room (by MaryJane Butters) that we took out of the library last week I think. She has all kinds of "stiching projects" including tatting!  I liked the looks of it and so I decided to try it out.   Soon after that, I bought a book Learn Needle Tatting-step-by-step used that came with four needles.  It is addictive!!!   I've been doing it every day since!! It is a lot easier than it looks.  So I made a few projects and took pictures to put on here: 

~This is me tatting

 ~My first project

~This is the same pattern as the one above only I added another ring of chains on top of that

~This is a hankie that I had for awhile. I crocheted around the edge and on top of that I am tatting

And then soon after that, I pulled out some of my crocheting projects that I started awhile back. 

~This is lace that I am crocheting Jessica.  In this picture, I haven't blocked it yet, so it looks a little rumpled.   I crocheted 2 yards for a blouse she is making. Maybe she will post pictures of it all done later!

 ~A close up...it looks kind of yellow.  Probably because of the turquoise background and I used the flash when I took the picture. 

~This is while it is being blocked

~I had to put a pin on every single picot!!  No, I did not count!

~This is me crocheting

 ~The finished project!!  I made a mistake!!  It is a supposed to be a hexagon...but on the very first round I did three stiches to few and made it a star.   Oh well, at least it still turned out!! 

 Soon, I'm going to tat a bracelet with beads if I can figure it out.  All the patterns for tatting with beads are with shuttles and I don't have those!!!! So I have to figure out my own pattern.

~Susannah

   Thank you Susannah for sharing your post with me : ) 

  When we got the MaryJane's Stitching Room book, I also got excited!  One of my goals this year is to crochet a doily.  I am more of a knitter than a crocheter, and I really wanted to be able to make doilies and crocheted lace.  Tatting was not in the list at all!  But once I saw how easy it was (and found out that not many people do it anymore), I wanted to learn how to tat!  Susannah was most gracious and let me use one of her tatting needles.   I am anxious to buy some of my own now : )

Here is my first attempt at tatting. 

Below is a picture of me making a medallion like Susannah made in one of the pictures above.  I didn't even realize that I was making something, until I had already done a few "rounds" of the tatting!  I thought it was just practice.

  Another picture of the medallion half done : )

And completed!!!  I am so excited to have learned how to do this!  I can't wait to do more .

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