Sewicked’s crafty look at my life

Yes, I tatted while on vacation. I took a couple of my new books (Tat’s Amore & Tat’s Where I Stopped) plus a couple of patterns that I printed from the internet.

I did a bookmark that Jane published, twice. I did that because I was so unhappy with the first one. Apparently, I forgot how to read a pattern. The printout was a good idea because I could fold it up & slip it into a pocket, along with my tatting shuttles.

Apparently, I was really distracted while trying to tat this one. I made several mistakes along the way. Here are a couple close ups, see if you can spot them.

Now compare that to my second attempt.

Differences: 1) I used two different threads & 2) I didn’t make any obvious mistakes.

I finished my State Fair entry before leaving for vacation. And I took it to a friend who said that she’d actually take to be entered for me (since I’ll be out of state during the period - or what I thought was the entry period). Turns out, entries were due in mid-September. So a week before the State Fair is just too *(&%^$% late.

Anyway, here are the pictures that I took while the necklace was in progress. I forgot to take one of the finished product. I’ll have to post that later.