tatting, tatting, and more tatting

I feel like a tatting fool!  I just finished a medallion because I offered some of the thread in exchange so I could wind off the 12 yards.  I also found a pattern I had misplaced and had started tatting a lacy lace bookmark with some thread I received in an exchange.  I have been playing with shuttle tatting since Saturday when I learned the basics and I am cutting off a lot of threads and tossing.  I am working on practicing but also want to complete the bookmark I am making needle tatting.