Shuttling this way and tat

This is a very useful little motif for shuttle emptying! It is from the Tatting 2000 book from The Ring Of Tatters, called Hexagonal motif. I have had a lot of use from this book, glad I bought it!!

 This is my prototype, I thought it was time I did my own designs! Please ignore the mistake, I know it is glaring, but when I manage to write down what I did, I will make a better one in finer thread and show you.

I intended to put it in a bangle, but was a little too enthusiastic, so used pearl tatting with a good cord inside, It is quite firm, but not good enough for the light catcher I intended it to be.

I thought you would like to see this, It is a little wrist-bag that my daughter Helen made me for Mothering Sunday, Ok I know it is only Tuesday, but I had to open the package didn't I? I did keep the card!!!

It is about 8 inches long including the handle, and is done in no 10 ecru cotton. Helen normally uses something like Southern Comfort (not the alcoholic type). It will be perfect for when I am out and about in the car or on a coach, and will save hubby a lot of crawling on the floor of the coach chasing my ball of thread! It has rings set into the centre of the front  and the back for the thread to come through.

This is Mary Maynard's Celtic Motif,

I am having lessons from lots of directions this week, Mary sent me the instrustions and the photos today,

Sue Hanson will be interested to see this one too, I think the photos were hers!

I went to Bristol to a Sue Hanson workshop last Saturday, It was great! Lovely to meet Sue , I have only talked on line to her.

She taught us Pearl Tatting, (I finally found out what finger tatting was) Dumb or what? Never thought it was simply tatting without a shuttle, to clever for me!

These are the bracelets that I made when I got home, shame the little pink one doesn't show up too well, it is pale and mid pink thread with what I call fair-ground glass beads. clear glass with a pearly shine to them that take on the colour of whatever they are threaded on.

Thanks Sue, now I can have a go at the Maltese Ring, I should understand the instructions!!!!