Beaded Fan Pulls

I'm not sure where or how I got this idea. I had a difficult time deciding on colors, but I'm very pleased with the finished results. There might even be some in my Etsy shop at some point. The picture on the left is of the set I made for myself. On the right, the ones I made for my Mom.
~Sarah

Inspired to Tat

I've been inspired to tat recently, by this lovely heart that TattingChic made, and those little spinning wheels that Lace-Lovin' Librarian seems to turn out every week. (How could anyone tat that fast?) I ordered the book with the heart from Handy Hands Tatting. Since they were having a spring cleaning sale, I ordered some thread, too. When the order came, I liked the thread colors so much that I promptly ordered some more, and a beaded tatted earrings booklet. I'm still trying to figure out how to tat without breaking the thread. (It's size 50) Any suggestions would be appreciated. The yellow thread in the picture on the left is from JoAnn's; I bought it for a special bookmark design, along with some extra tatting shuttles.

 I'm planning to make several Minor Norwegian Dragons with the thread. The link should take you to the PDF file. Last week I made this little dragon. I got to learn a few new techniques, like tatting with beads, Lock Joins, and Lock Stitches. Where the pattern says 'tension to curve', pull the chain tight so that it will curve as much as possible! I had to do a lot of starching on this little guy. Before I starched him he looked like a cow with wings. After I free up a couple of shuttles, I'm going to try him again in a gold thread.
~Sarah

Knitted Glove-Mitts

 I finally finished these Glove-Mitts Wednesday Evening. They still need a button and loop of some sort to hold the glove-flap down when it's not being used. A friend of mine has a loop and a pompom. I'm still thinking about the best way to do it. The pattern is from the January 2008 issue of Creative Knitting. I didn't quite like the way the first one fit, so I made some changes to the second one. The cuff is 1/4-1/2" longer. I picked up a few extra stitches around the thumb/thumb gusset. I also added two extra stitches to the pinky finger.
~Sarah