Really Back this Time...+Motif #25 (and #s 26 and 27!)

Well.

Sorry.

That was a long hiatus, but it's been a busy month full of fun things like:

Meeting celebrities (Michael Madsen)

 
Traveling around Russia (and posing with stuffed Amur tigers)

 Competing in Dragon Boat races...

...And winning! :)

 and talking (and dressing) like a pirate

 I also read my way through the entire "Stephanie Plum" book series (it's like book candy, once you start you can't stop consuming!)

Oh, and I tatted, a bit. :)

I give you...Motif #25!! (About time!)

This is Nancy Tracy's "Tatted Square Motif"

And here is Motif 26, small but mighty:

It's the beginning of the round doily of the Spiderweb Dresser Set from "The Tatter's Treasure Chest"

which quickly grew to this:

 And currently looks like this:

That's size 80 DMC thread...shuttle tatted. I'm getting the hang of this thing, I think...

The whole ring-only tatting thing is quite a pain when you are needle tatting, but is actually decently easy (especially with the use of a picot gauge) when you are shuttle tatting...also it's a nice way to use up the last of the thread on a shuttle:

Motif #27, practicing the ring-only technique and using up extra thread...two for the price of one!

So. That's that...

I'm enjoying this Spiderweb doily (and ran out of Stephanie Plum books to read) so hopefully the next round (and accompanying blog post) will come soon!