Under The African Sky

I think tatting a doily is like reading a good book! I loved the beginning and and the build up to the little animals.
This picture is the last one made and I felt comfortable with hiding the knot and the starting the leg. 

I enjoyed making these cute little guys, I tie them off with sewing needle and I know it is weird but it takes 12 mins to tie off three of them :)
 I am not a fan of this chain linking and black is hard to see, but they were kind of addictive somehow.

And now the hot red ground under the feet, I chose to do the Fox thing, and add a beads to head of the little critters. 

I am at last chapter of this little doily book and I learned quite a bit about the author too, at least I would like to think so, how talented she is and how she designed this beautiful doily with many elements and techniques that tatting has to offer.  

I hide my threads this way at beginning of split rings and this was a mistake and I can undo a ring but prefer to cut and tie on I feel it looks neater.
Thank you :)  Janemactats her wonderful pattern can be found here