Batty Tatter

I made this one after seeing Janet Smith's pretty blue butterfly.
I liked the colors.

Designed by Birigit and the pattern was written by Beelizabeth. The thread is Lizbeth "Girly Girl"

Jane Eborall gave me this site to learn the split chain. It is the best. I've watched it several times and my first tries were a little messy. But you soon learn that you want to keep the ds over to the left. And you leave the first half a little loose. Then you pull the second half to tighten the first then pull the shuttle to tighten the second half.
The next row is going to be a heart. I'll show it again when I'm finished.
Here's the site for Maire Smith's instruction on the easiest ...

Here's a new addition to my caps.

This is from Pam Palmer's book Tatting Treats 2. It's a Mother's Day card for my mom.

I sent this to Handy Hands in hopes they'd make it into a variegated thread.