This is one of my first attempts at designing. I wanted a bookmark that would look something like a miniature doily, but that would go together rather quickly. This was ..read more

To add a bead, make the picot which will receive the join slightly longer than the diameter of the bead. When you’re ready to join, pull the picot through the ..read more

Instructions: ds double stitch R ring p picot j join Ch Chain     This design used two 5mm turquoise-colored beads, 20 gold seed beads, tatting thread size 20, and 2 ..read more

Summer in Colorado brings fresh strawberries to the stores and to the mountains. I designed three berries to celebrate summer here–a raspberry, a wild strawberry, and a domestic strawberry. Wouldn’t ..read more

This is a fun card for a new mother and her baby. Find a shiny, new penny (or other appropriate coin) that was minted in the year the baby was ..read more

Tatting with black is a fun challenge for me. I love the elegant look, especially when I use very few picots. Here is a necklace and earring set using black ..read more

Recently at work my computer died. I mean really died. And since my entire job is done on the computer, I had no work to do. So I asked a ..read more

This is one of my first attempts at designing. I wanted a bookmark that would look something like a miniature doily, but that would go together rather quickly. This was on my original site tatted in white #40 crochet cotton. This model is red #30 Cebelia. Cebelia is a much nicer thread than the crochet cotton. It’s much smoother and easier to work with. The instructions below haven’t changed from those on my original site except that I added one more ring to each end. It was too much of a stretch around the corner without it. Instructions: ds double stitch R ring p picot sp small pic ..read more

To add a bead, make the picot which will receive the join slightly longer than the diameter of the bead. When you’re ready to join, pull the picot through the bead with a small crochet hook and complete the join as usual. Printable pattern (83K. Opens a new window.) Patterns are available for download as a PDF file and are readable by using Adobe Reader. Download Adobe Reader free. Instructions: ds double stitch R ring p picot sp small picot lp long picot j join Ch Chain     Make clover leaf by: R: 8ds lp 4ds sp 4ds close R: 4ds j to previous small picot (3ds p) 3 ti ..read more

Instructions: ds double stitch R ring p picot j join Ch Chain     This design used two 5mm turquoise-colored beads, 20 gold seed beads, tatting thread size 20, and 2 gold-tone jewelry findings. Wind 1.5 yards of thread onto a shuttle. Add 7 seed beads onto the thread. You will start with a ring. Be sure you leave at least 5 inches of thread hanging so you can tie your work to the jewelry finding when you’re done. Form the ring on your hand, and at the same time keep 6 beads close to the shuttle, and one bead on your working thread and to the back of your hand. R: 8ds ..read more