Why no new motifs?

...you may ask.

Instead of tatting, I have been knitting furiously for the Socks For Soldiers project. Our immediate goal is to knit and ship 500 pairs of socks to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and the first shipment goes out in October.

If you are a knitter as well as a tatter, please check out the Socks for Soldiers website and join in this worthy effort.

In breaks from sock knitting I'm working on another motif from Mini Tats - the most difficult I've attempted so far. I'll be back to tatting soon!