Old Dog learning New Trick

I signed up for needle tatting on a nice, friendly online class. It is really pretty work. I hope to master this and then incorporate my beading to it. It will be awesome.
Here is my first attemps from my first class on Monday.
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Here is a look at what I want to achieve:
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