38 and 39

 

Still working my way through Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes. Here's #38 at the top and #39 at the bottom, with a little doodle to use up the rest of my thread. I'm planning a display for all 48 of them once I finish so I can admire them for the winter. 

Some Distractions

 

Continuing to tat through Robin Peretti's Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes, and here are snowflakes #34 and #35. Unfortunately I got distracted during each of these and if you want to amuse yourself by spotting the mistakes, you can. There is one major one, which I had to be creative about to make the snowflake work with, and one minor one which just affects the symmetry. Hopefully I'll tat them properly next time, but for now they are good enough, and you can still see the beauty of the patterns. 

Snowflake Time

 I've been tatting snowflakes at top speed for the past month or so. Here is a sampling:

Most of these are from Robin Perfetti's new Four Dozen Tatted Snowflakes. I was so excited for this book and it did not disappoint. So many lovely designs and so satisfying to tat. I've made it up through Snowflake #33 and I'm probably going to start again as soon as I finish #48. 

This picture also has some other Robin Perfetti designs and a lot of Frivole designs as well. There's also Muskaan's Frost Flower and some designs by Harohlahlala of Shade Tree Designer Tatting which I found on Facebook.

There are so many fantastic snowflake designs out there that I am having serious trouble making enough time to tat every one that I like. Not an onerous problem to have! 

A Bit of Color

 I felt like a bit of color after tatting so many snowflakes, so I pulled out my Lizbeth Sky Blue thread and tatted up a shuttle's worth.

The first one is Mary Konior's Queen of Hearts, which I haven't tatted in a long time. I thought I was done tatting hearts but I recently found an old one in my box of tatted bits and pieces and remembered how beautiful it is. Second here is A Star For Marguerite from Jennifer Williams. Just found this pattern and I really like it. Quick and pretty.

BUT I'm definitely addicted to snowflakes and I couldn't resist turning that star into a snowflake. The original is a little cleaner and better but overall I thought it looked pretty good modified. I'd tat either version again. 

Posies of Snow

 

I just discovered Nicola Bowersox's Posy Ice Drop pattern and I love it as a snowflake. Astute minds will notice that this is not an Ice Drop. I wanted a plain snowflake, so I left out the ice drop part and it works well without it. There is also an optional outer round that I opted not to do. The outer round version is quite pretty also and I might tat it in the future. But this look is the one I'm slightly obsessed with at the moment. I tatted two in quick succession and I'm not sure that I'm done tatting this version yet either. It's very quick and satisfying to work up.

Still Here, Still Tatting

 Despite how long it's been since I posted anything here, I've been tatting along. Here's a couple of snowflakes from last week: 

Yes, it's so hot that I've been living in tank tops and shorts for two months. No, apparently that doesn't keep me from wanting to tat snowflakes. Snowflakes are definitely my favorite type of tatting design. There's something about their symmetry that is very satisfying. The fact that I can complete a whole piece in a few days and get the endorphins from a finished piece without even having to sew the ends in doesn't hurt either.

The big snowflake is Frivole's Astrila, whose pattern I got for a birthday present last year. The little snowflake is Muskaan's Frost Flower. It's very simple and so cute. I'm definitely whipping up a few more of these soon.