Tatting again - a cute rose

While growing up in Brazil, I learned to crochet when I was 9 years old by watching my aunt do it. Since then, crocheting has been my "safety blanket". Even when I used to be an auditor and travel 85% of the time, crocheting on the road, in the airport or hotel room made me feel at home. Funny how that works.

After crocheting for 28 years (just volunteered my age!) I decided to perfect my tatting skills. I remember watching my aunt tat and being very confused with the mechanics of the craft. Never really tatted until last week.

Thanks to the Internet and a group of wonderful tatters I was able to learn the basics and am now tatting. There are amazing blogs with incredible amount of information and help to whoever wants to learn. OMG, I am now addicted to tatting!

I just finished my first piece of work, which is a rose with picot-petals. This rose was from a bookmark seen on http://needles-n-shuttles.blogspot.com/. Not perfect, but it is a start...

Cant wait for the next project...