TIAS starts tomorrow!

Jane Eborall's Tat It And See for 2017 starts tomorrow!  After looking at the introduction I'm really excited.  The "normal" skills are there, like rings and chains and split rings.  This year she's also including an alligator join (which I have done exactly one time already) and zig zag chains, which I've never heard of but they look like fun.  One of the best parts about Jane's tatting game is that she includes links to her instruction pages; they are so well-done with great instructions and very clear diagrams.  I always learn something from TIAS, and I'm sure this one will be the same.

More ornaments

Once again I tried the Lucky Penny pattern, only this time with beads.  It solved the problem of the picots not laying flat.  I made one with a 2016 penny for a wedding gift, with the bride's colors of silver and Tardis blue (or as close as I could get.)  Then I made one in red for a birthday gift.  Then I got to work on making some for Christmas ornaments.  I was really pleased with the results.  Even better, my nephew made comments about magic fingers and dark arts.

The mail arrived.  I have a top-secret project in mind for these, if I can just figure out the Japanese method of diagramming.  It looks fairly straightforward.  The main thing will be to settle on a pattern to start with instead of hopping from picture to picture.