Minitats ...

To continue with my 25 motifs 

in a year (challenge) .... 

Here is motif #20 from 

Minitats by Patti Duff

I used a beautiful fiber from

Yarnplayer.

The rings are separated by ONE ds on the chain -

this is a beautiful fiber to tat with and interesting motif.

A tatting friend, Marlene (w/o blog) showed me a 

tatted butterfly she made - with two fibers wound on the same shuttle.

The tatting was so interesting to look at!   Especially using a fiber

with multiple colors and a solid color.   So I gave it a try with size 20 (Lizbeth):

Motif #21

I made this with two different fibers wound on the same shuttle.

They are color 115 and color 621.   

It is pretty THICK - and the colors are interesting.  The fiber

looks like it has highlights!    

as for the yellow ....

Did you receive your Tatting Times (Nov 2012) issue?

Asking for 5-point stars in gold or yellow threads ...

for Finger Lakes Tatting Group starry-night quilt.   

This is a variation of motif #21

from Minitats ... to send in with my subscription renewal:

I pulled out 2 size 80 fibers and wound together on shuttles:

I like it!    Using size 80, the motifs are not as thick and

the color changes are very interesting to look at.

Each side looks a little different + fun to try.

Motif #23 from MiniTats

using Lizbeth size 80 --- colors 100 and 696.

Now, I need to go back to motif #22

(which I goofed up --- will try tatting again)