A Gift: Star No. 4

I'm into tatting pretty motifs for pendants lately, besides beading with cabochons. This one's from Tatting Patterns and Designs by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson, on page 35. Got some Flora #20 threads that I like and so here it is... It's a gift for a dear friend's birthday. It was presented to her yesterday and she loved it. :D I really like the colours. Can you tell the rings were tatted from a single coloured thread whereas the chains are from a variegated?

Tatted Motif With Rose Quartz Chips

Tatted this motif with rose quartz chips I got some time back. It's a gift and I hope it's finder will like it. Had to keep it under "wraps" until now. The tatting was fun except for the rose quartz chips, felt rather "clumsy" because they were quite some weight. I'd stiffened the tatting at the end so the pendant is not floppy. Quite like it. This was tatted with an Olympus #20 thread.

Tatted Pendants

It's the weekend again. Yay! I always look forward to Saturdays because I can indulge in my passions without guilt and without having to fight the sleepy bug!

Seems there's a tatted pendant fever going lately... This is what I finished in the afternoon. The pattern is from this site. It was originally intended for earrings but I thought it's interesting as a pendant. The thread is Flora #20 Deep Red. A little glass teadrop bead hangs below the tatted motif.

The next two pendants are for the Intatter's April Pendant Exchange. Both were tatted in DMC #20 variegated Red. Only one, however, was sent to my exchange partner. One had a broken picot so it was abandoned. It's been some time since I used beads in my tatting. (Too lazy to string the beads :p) These have brought about a revival to using beads... LOL. I hope my partner likes it.

I thought the motifs are simply. The first one below feels cheerful and elegant. The second motif below is a combination of repeated rings with a simple ring stuck right in the middle! I think I got these patterns from my tatting teacher.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend break too!

Parting Gifts

This month at the office, 3 colleagues tendered their resignations. Two are moving on to new jobs and one is going back to pursue her pyschology honours. Tatted up two pendants as parting gifts. The other gift... will be a little later.

I just tatted the motifs for the pendants as I went along. No patterns but the exploring bit was quite enjoyable.

Here's wishing the girls all the best in their future.

This pendant's for Jo.

This pendant's for Meia.