"Unfolding Heart" tatting pattern

 

My original design. I decided to call it Unfolding Heart because it reminds me of how a plant unfolds as it grows.

The pattern is available in pdf format at my  
etsy shop.

Peach Tatted Orchid on Headband

This week someone view my hibiscus on my exhibition and asked for an orchid.  I got Toni Storer's book of orchids and made this dendrobium.  Was so pretty that I had to make another one.  You can find it at:

ArtFire
Etsy

Tatted Hibiscus on a Headband

This is a tatted hibiscus, complete with calix and leaf. The Hibiscus (Maga) is the national flower of Puerto Rico. This design is an original. Flower and leaf measure almost 6 inches in total.

Headband is plastic, covered with a braided ribbon on the top and more satin ribbon on the bottom. One size fits all.

You can find it at:

ArtFire

Artesanum

Etsy

Gypsy Earrings

 These are the rage in Spain. The earrings are "gypsy" style used by flamenco dancers. They are made in cotton thread with glass seed beads. They measure almost 3 inches from tip to tip.

I can make them in any color you desire, with or without beads. Just send me a convo and I'll reply back with color availability. Allow 2 weeks for custom orders.

Buy them at Etsy

Buy them at ArtFire

Tatted Lupie Angel

 This is an original pattern. Her name is Lupie and was originally made for Lupus funds raising. The top of the angel is crocheted and then the skirt is tatted with white cotton thread and gold glass beads.

The angel measures 3 inches from the top of the halo to the bottom of the skirt. Perfect to use as an ornament, brooch or card making.

If preferred as a brooch send me a message and I'll place the brooch finding, no extra charge.

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CUSTOM ORDERS ACCEPTED
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Beads can be change to other colors:
red, silver, green, crystal, white pearl

Lupie can be ordered at ArtFire or Etsy

Purple Glory

Purple to deep pink, inspired by a purple variety of Morning Glory flower which refused to show its true colors in photos...but the hand dyed thread looks good!

Available at my Etsy shop http://yarnplayer.etsy.com

More "Knitty Gritty"

The previous batch of "Knitty Gritty" hand dyed thread sold out very quickly, so I have dyed some more.

I also added a few skeins of the darkest brown as a solid color in size 20. They are now listed in my Etsy shop at
http://yarnplayer.etsy.com

My tatting blog is found at
http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/

"Peace", "Berry Intense", and what on earth is a "yarnplayer"?

Hi all, yarnplayer here. The "yarn" part means I've always been interested in yarn crafts of all sorts. The "player" part can mean that I like playing with yarn, but it also means that in my spare time I play the cello. Hence, the cello player in my profile picture. Which, by the way, is an original handwoven tapestry that I wove myself, from my own handspun yarn.

I've been tatting over 30 years. I began hand dyeing thread for tatting in 2007, using the technique I learned at a dyeing workshop given by the local handweaver's guild. It occurred to me at the time, that tatters would enjoy hand dyed thread as much as weavers and knitters enjoy hand dyed yarn. I hand paint small batches, and I'm always experimenting with color. I DO NOT do custom orders, for a number of reasons. So, please enjoy choosing from what is in my Etsy shop, the selection is always changing.

I also design for tatting. Mainly jewelry, but I've designed a few doilies and other things, too. I've self published 2 books.

To see what I've been up to, visit my blog at http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/
To browse my shop, see http://yarnplayer.etsy.com
My page at Facebook is http://www.facebook.com/yarnplayer.page

Have fun with your tatting!
Marilee