August Heart

Here is my tatted heart for August. Can you see that it is a snowflake made of hearts? It's Hearts In A Snowflake by Jon Yusoff, whose blog is here. This was the first time I'd seen this blog and I think it's pretty amazing. For my heart, I used a perle cotton that was in my stash. I really like these variegated threads for tatting, especially if there are a lot of chains.

I really haven't done as much stitching as I would have liked. This is as far as I've gotten on "What Can I Give Him?":

And a close-up:


I am finished with this section of the heart; next I will stitch the long rectangle, which is all cross-stitch, over one. There actually is no pattern for the other heart section--it's the back--so I can decide whether to put something there, like initials and date, or leave it blank. Once this is finished, that will mean I have two tote bags of projects that need Finishing, as I have made absolutely no progress on the previous one, despite my good intentions.