Black Tatted Choker with Red Beads - Finished

I did decide that it needed something.  I had this necklace that I have never worn (don't remember where it came from).  I think it is just the thing.  I cannibalized the chain for the closure.  This will fit a 14" and up neck.

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Tatted Choker with beading

My latest project is almost finished.  This one gave me the figits.  The first problem was the black cotton.  It is what is, in my opinion sarcastically, called "Lively" yarn.  In other words, it twists all to blazes.  Not too bad if you are working with, say, a sport weight yarn and knitting or crocheting it.  When it is a size 10 cotton string you are trying to tat.  Yikes!

Second problem is that I haven't tatted with beads before, so, I was working on the assumption that stringing the beads on the ball and using that to create the chains.  This is what you do when you are crocheting with beads.  Not so easy, at least for me.  I found that stringing the beads on another shuttle and using the two shuttle method is easier, for me.

OK.  I learned a lot with this one.  I really enjoy the outcome.  Here is the band.  I need to add a pendant or something else.  Plus a way to clasp it.

Tatting Lace

So, I finished it.  There are a few things I will do differently, but, over all, I like it.

This is a full view.  I like the way it falls.

Here is a close up of the front.  I'm undecided about hanging a charm or something from the bottom.

Tatting Lace

Now that the holidays are over and the few left over projects are finished, I've gone back and picked up my Tatting Shuttle.  I'm going to tat a lace choker.  I started a runner, but I really don't like the pattern, so I have changed direction.

It is a very simple motif for the band, four loops arranged in a square.  It is done in size 10 cotton string.  Here is the beginning.