Actual tatting. Principle. Easy enough. Making something that doesnt look somehow scruffy? Harder.

I struggled initially with the shuttle. The thread over hand freaked my head out. Had to start with a needle, then a very dumpy shuttle and worked my way up to normal one.

Its a lovely simple pattern. It is technically a magic square but i find working with too much in my hand hard going. So making small squares and waiting to add them right at the end to the already made ones seems like the best plan

Wise choice to try with cheaper things to see if it grabs you. As like most hobbies you can spend a fortune if you let yourself

Yeah i get into counting the stitches and forget to join normally. Pretty much anything made ive probably actually done 2.5+ times the work undoing and redoing.

Lovely. Love the little case too.

I do do the dropping throughout the loop. I shall try the pico thing

Thanks. I will get there in the end.

I find undoing loops especially hard. Of course lots of small loops. Grr

40 :)

One key thing about hobbies. Is that they are a choice. Not fancy knitting tonight. Screw it. Cross stitch or lace making or heck watch a film. The problem with work is in the mood or not. You must produce to get the cash.

Aye. Big sigh. So. The loose thread. Maybe id have left it but now i kinda feel compelled to fix. Its funny. Some days i make a ton other days i make a little and i dont feel slow. But. I guess today i undo and redo the big spider. Sigh

Thanks. The start and end look considerably better this time

:) well @thetravelingtatter.bsky.social streams a lot on twitch. Its all her fault im even trying :D. If i am inspiring you to find a shuttle (or buy a cheap one from amazon) and get back into it. My work is done :)