Jingly bell earrings

jingle bells jingle bells
christmas is on the way
oh what fun it is to tat with jingly bells
every single day!

The bead in the center (end of ring 2) was an accident. I loaded one too many beads onto the ring. Sometimes you stumble onto a good thing. I LIKED it there so you see it in the instructions.

You need two 3/8" gold jingle bells
24 gold seed beeds

Beginners: when you make the ring slide the beads and jingle bell onto the thread for the ring before you make your first double stitch.

Jingly bell earrings
c. 2006 Janet Perkins
B=bead J=jingle bell
R: 5B5B5B5.
R:5+5B5J5B5B5B.
R:5+5B5B5.
R:5B5-5B5.

Enjoy.

Come on baby, let's do the twist!

Oh ok .. maybe not with THIS sprained ankle!!! It does hurt.
but I still have a smile on the face!

How about a peppermint twist instead!

I figured if MARK could tat a GEISHA then I could do a peppermint candy. (I'm thinking that motif of his will be the standard for awhile to which I, for one, certainly don't measure up to!) My first attempt was trying to do a pearl tatted onion ring. Yup, it was a knotty mess. Second attempt you see here is circular block tatting. I don't recall seeing that in any books, I was just trying to figure out how to make a swirl. I don't know if i will use this or not.

DP snowflake pattern

Daisy Picot Snowflake with button center
c. 2006 Janet Perkins

Note: if you dont want to use a button in the center you could make a really long picot and join to that. I did that on my second attempt, but I should have decreased the number of ds to 2 between everything. On first round you can do beads instead of picots.

R= ring DPR=daisy picot ring RW= reverse work SS= switch shuttles LJ=lock join Ch=chain
(for a good explanation of daisy picot, see Jane's pattern site or Riet's blog)

Fill one shuttle with red pearl cotton and one with white.
Tie together.... trim
end and tat over ends. (Hope you are smarter than me and tat over the red end with red and the white end with white...oops I won't do that twice).
R:(red) 4-4+to button 4-4. RW
Ch 3
{DPR=1(red) SS 1 (white) SS 1(red) SS 1(white) SS 1 (red) SS 1 (white) SS 1 (red) SS 1 (white) SS 1 (red) SS 1 (white) SS 1 (red). (total of 6 red and 5 white ds) }
Ch3-3 DPR (above) 3 rw
(repeat from beginning 3 times.) Do not cut thread. LJ to base of R1.
3-3 DPR 3-3 + (to picot of round 1) 3-3 DPR 3-3 + (to base of R) (repeat around).

For the hanger I did 40 half stitches SS 40 more half stitches and joined to the base of the R.
(so that half the hanger was white and half was red.)

red and white dp snowflake with button center

I know you are all busy tatting Carol's angel and Terry's bells, but if anyone wants the pattern, let me know and I'll post it.

donata's sweet heart motif

When I first saw Donata's sweet heart motif, I thought it was really elegant; thanks for sharing the pattern Donata.

turkish thread experiments

Am sitting here with a sprained ankle ....so nothing to do but tat up a storm. After gleaning the gems posted to the etatters list about this thread, thought I'd give it a go. The turkish filament thread is pretty hard to work with but works up pretty. You just have to tat loosely and be very very careful.

This is just a variation of my other earring pattern I posted but it turned out star-ish and it's ok for christmas giving I think. Using 4 ds instead of 3 and instead of 3 picots 3 beads altogether.


Here's another variation in silver; my husband says this one is nice so will make a mate. Course I don't wear silver! Thinking sis-in-law would like it.

ok I'm getting a new cam as soon as i can shop without crutches.





ok i got a little carried away with the beads. I liked riet's earrings, so I thought I would try something similar with scmr. I will leave a few beads out next try. Not really happy with this one; what are your suggestions? less beads?







The whole reason I ordered the filament thread was for Mark's tat-bat. I didn't like the way this came out. I did a pair of earrings for my niece and exchange partner with one strand of embroidery floss and that is how i prefer it. We live and learn.

A lady's heart

What's really important is on the inside. I used silver embroidery thread.
This heart is in memory of my aunt who passed this year. She didn't talk much about love, it was more a way of life for her. She was all lady on the outside (never saw her in trousers) and something really special on the inside.

I'll share the pattern for this when I get it worked out.

Winterizing Snowflake earrings

With my first shuttle tatting class behind me, I am thinking about concentrating on needle tatting classes. We didn't get the snowflake done, so am trying to simplify things even more.

Am feeling in a wintery mood with the heat on and summer wardrobe tucked away.

Here's a simple earring that makes up quick for giving away or craft fairs.

As with all my patterns, use them, copy them, do what you wish save publish them as your own.

It's 5 rings If you may with size 20 crochet thread they make up quick for craft fairs and gifts. (I don't like selling what took me HOURS to make for less than ten dollars..... something I made quickly... ok..I can do that.)
3-3b1b1b3-3
(beads go on the shuttle thread)

The picot version is 3-3-1-1-3-3.

Today is my wedding anniversary; my husband reminded me.