Pink Pandemonium!

I work with a Pink Person.  She likes other colors, too, but her absolute, all-time, over-the-top favorite, hands down, is Pink.  Remember this bracelet from an earlier post?  I finally got around to hiding the ends (all one of them since I encapsulated at the beginning) and decided to wear it to work on Tuesday this week.

My friend, the Pink Person, admired it - and asked if she could try it on.  I handed it over to her and she slipped it on.  She asked if I could make her one - so I asked her color preference.  Why, I don't know...sometimes you just ask the obvious question before you consider that the answer is obvious as well!

Yesterday, I went to work wearing my pink blouse; in my purse was a pink shuttle loaded with pink thread (and gold beads - didn't have a pink that would go with the thread, sorry to say).  I showed the loaded shuttle to the Pink Person, who was delighted to see her favorite color - and amazed to see at lunchtime that I had managed to get over an inch of her bracelet tatted before it was time to clock back in!

Today I took in the WIP and showed her - it's not quite there yet, but another 2-3 rings per side should take care of it.  I'm using five beads per ring, so I'll string 30 more and call it a day.

I couldn't easily unwind the shuttle and string beads at work, so I started another heart with the new Lizbeth thread, "Juicy Watermelon."  It's very pretty!  The pattern, Queen of Hearts, is a classic Mary Konior design; it's in her Tatting With Visual Patterns book (which is one of my go-to books).  Unlike her other books, this one is still pretty available in softcover as well as affordable.