Success! Now for the Second ...

Isn't this so sweet?

Here is a size comparison shot.  These booties are very small in size #20 Lizbeth.  And I found the white Cebelia much softer than the surrounding thread , but it is all I have in the right size.

Now I have to do the second one.  Not so much fun.  I hope I learned something AND retained it in muscle memory,  from the gazillion times I started this.  Also, I had to do the rosette about three times because I cannot COUNT!

I cut out a few rings of the heel, because I had added an extra ring and must confess I thought about leaving it. Who was going to notice, after all?  Just could not do it!

In the end I am very glad.  My mistake-fixing is almost indiscernible.  I am pleased with this,

Anon,
p.s.  I never would have done this if I had not seen the booties tatted by Desperate Tatter, who used this thread.  I am so glad to have seen it, as I think it can be used for whomever appears - boy or girl!

Challenges...

"Tat 25 motifs within the next year. A motif can be a medallion, snowflake, heart, bookmark, butterfly, earrings or any small piece of tatting. These articles may be tatted from published patterns and it's always nice to know where the pattern came from, or they may be designs that you have created. "

This is, of course, from the intro at  The 25 Motif Challenge

 I have been feeling that I SHOULD belong to this group.  Then I feel - get this - GUILTY!  Go figure.  I think it is part of that O/C thing I live with!

When  I re-read the above,  I realized that in the past year I have done way more than 25 motifs. I must stop taking myself so seriously and need to LIGHTEN UP! 

This I say before even opening the package from Tatters Across Time! (T.A.T.)

Yup, it has been sitting on my desk for the past three days and I cannot bring myself to even open the envelope!

I have been tatting, however.  The bootees, I have started. For the FIFTH time. Nothing much to show right now, just a wonky- looking sole.  I am using a Mary Konior pattern instead of  the one I started and started and started with that was from Tatting With Anne Orr.

 

Also, my books now have a new home.  My tatting library, which had taken over my table, now has its very own position of prominence.  My mom gave me a little table that she no longer wants.  My dad used to keep some of his art supplies on it, so it has a very sentimental meaning for me.

Will you look at that: TWO binders for patterns I have saved or copied!  Yikes!  Scarier than Hallowe'en!

Heather has asked for support for her friend Tracy - check it out - and two of these hearts are for her and one is for my 94 year-old Aunt, who supports my tatting addiction.

She is always full of good things to say about ANY of my endeavours, no matter how arcane or esoteric! She is my biggest champion.

Anon,

Pumpkin for The Boss

 The Boss tells me she is gong to be a witch for All Hallow's Eve.  But witches like pretty clothes, too, right?

Well, I'll have to ask her that when I give her this little number later this week, just before the big day, so she can still get some mileage out of the motif I added to Old Navy's artistry  for the  three-year-old set!
Anon,

Too Much of a Good Thing...

 Arrived to-day in the mail.  A real bargain, too!  I have become a super sleuth on tatting sites - the more obscure, the better it seems! These books are in fantastic condition.

The irony is that the T.A.T. bundle, the Master Course -  #3, arrived at my place one hour ago!  Same day, different messages.  It's all tatting, and that's good, but where will I find the time?

Anon,