Friday 20 October 2017

medley

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The medley is limited to my newest clover wreath pattern. 

UPDATE : Clover Wreath Doily using the motifs, and an edging.

This medallion has turned out to be quite versatile. 
When I started out with the intention of using clovers to enclose a central space, I winged the stitchcount and pattern and it didn’t need any changes or retro-tatting ... 

... except adding joining picots to stabilize the center.
Yes, you guessed right. I deliberately chose Christmasy colours for the pattern 
to go with the name ;-P
Placed a lone rosette in center to see the effect. 

Red and gree also remind me of poinsettias ! 
All it needed was a touch of yellow in the center. Beads to the rescue.

With 3 medallions made, it was time for some more play. 
I noticed how snuggly the hexagons fit together for a larger mat.

A tiny picot on the ‘leaves’ to attach adjacent medallions.
Immediately started to work on the larger coaster, using 3 strands of embroidery thread. 

Attaching linearly this could well become a broad insertion, bookmark, belt, hairband, etc. 
Multiple rows could create a table runner, a cornered mat. 
It would leave some empty spaces to fill in, though.

So far I've attached 3, then stopped to do a teensy bit of experimentation before I write and share the pattern. 


Sharon makes a valid observation – Don’t all medallions have enclosed spaces?
Oh, yes ! And I should’ve included this in my study instead of simply listing Nicholls’ categorization.
All medallions have enclosed space. The difference in the 3 groups is this :
  1. Central Ring group – space is enclosed within one ring
  2. Enclosed Space group – space is enclosed by multiple elements (on the ‘outside’)
  3. Central Picot group – space is enclosed within one large picot
Does this make sense ?


whatever the tune played, a tatting medley is always melodious !

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19 comments:

  1. I like the poinsettia best! Though I realise your point is to show the versatility.

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    1. and I got the beads loaded correctly, too! Thanks, Jane :-)))

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  2. I'm with Jane and the poinsettia as favourite. But the two blues side by side really work too. Several motifs joined together would make a gorgeous mat or doily.
    As for the 3 categories: yes, that does make sense :)

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    1. I'm so relieved, Sylvie! I've updated the document with this additional definition. Working on the coaster ...

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  3. beautiful! I like the blue motifs joined and thanks for all your posts, always useful and inspiring too

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  4. Those are awesome!!! I love the pointsettia one!!!!! :)

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  5. I have been blogging sparingly and love the pointsettia will you post the pattern for it ? I want this one too love it🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 its beautiful 😍

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  6. Your poinsettia is beautiful! Lovely Christmas colors used. I can see dot picot clusters in center and Dot Picots replacing all beads will look beautiful too! Great idea to make runner or doily by joining medallions with small picots. Thanks for sharing Muskaan.

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  7. All beautiful! Same with everyone, the poinsettia one is my fave :).

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  8. Lovely motif and a very useful motif which could be very versatile

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  9. Thank you all so very much ! Mighty glad you liked the poinsettia, etc. :-)))

    Ninetta, I had to use "medley" after you suggested it ;-P

    Carollyn, the pattern should be uploaded within this week - my little experiment was successful & I can now write the pattern out. I do miss your lovely comments with all the thoughtful emoticons :-D

    Usha, I'd love to see you make this with dot picots in 3 colours !

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  10. Sounds great, i will wait patiently 😄

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  11. Waah! Looks so nice. I like the idea of table mat (though looks heavy work 😄)

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  12. Great versitility. lovely tatting.

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  13. Carollyn, the pattern is now posted. Enjoy :-)

    Dhanyavaad, Alka :-) The best part about the table mat is that it is worked in single medallions/motifs so you can make it as small or as large as you wish.

    Thanks, Bernice :-)

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  14. sorry to be resurrecting this post after such a long time, but I really really like your poinsettia, and would like to use it as the base for a bolero or t-shirt, stitching the hexagons together. I do think though that I'll need something at the centre, a bit like in the picture where you put the rosette at the centre.

    Do you think that working it as a separate ring hooking up all picots at the centre (without beads, obviously) would work?

    I am a beginner, so please be patient for the naive question!

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    1. It's always great when an old post is remembered and even more when I get to welcome a new visitor to my blog, lovestowatch 😃💕
      Yes, you can absolutely make a central ring (I think 2ds and 6 picots should do the trick).

      And you do not even need to make the central ring separately - if you learn to make a SCMR (self-closing mock ring), then you can Throw Off a Ring from the center middle ring of the 1st clover.

      Or you can make the central ring and climb out into the large middle ring (worked as a Split Ring) and continue with the pattern.

      Another option is to make the picots of the middle ring longer and join them all together into a Swirl Join as I did in some of the motifs in this doily - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2020/03/edged-doily.html

      Thus there are at least 3 to 4 options you have. Even if you do not know some of the techniques, this project can become the inspiration to learn (this is how I learned - choosing each project to learn/practice something new). Tons of tutorials here- https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/p/tatting-resources.html
      Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me anytime. You can click on my profile for my email address.

      BTW, I just visited your blog and you do Superb work!!! I've added your blog to my list to keep abreast of your projects 😍

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    2. wow, thank you so much for this exhaustive list of options! Indeed I am looking for an "interesting" hexagon to learn and practice new techniques (my idea is to make several and put them together to make a bolero or a t-shirt).

      I have never done a SCMR, so this might be a good way to practice it a lot - however it may also be good to try all the options and see which one I find myself most comfortable with for a big project.

      So forgive me another question: if I were to start with the central ring then climb out, looking at the pattern it means that (following the central ring) I would start with middle ring numbered 2 in the pdf, then end with the smaller ring numbered 1 as the last one?

      I am also going to try the spiral snowflake!

      And, thank you for your kind words on my blog - you made me blush!

      Plus I really have to change my nick, as most people miss the central 'S", and "loves to watch" might sound a little bit creepy to some 😜

      Thank you ever so much for your help!

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    3. Correct! You end with ring #1. Or just in case you move in the other direction, then you end with ring #3. In either case, you join to base of ring#2 at the end.

      Hey, tatters have a corny sense of humour as witnessed by the term tatting in different languages (chat, frivolite, etc😁) and that we celebrate International Tatting Day on April 1st (Fool's Day) 🙄😃 So with or without 'S' is all the same to tatters 😇

      Happy tatting 💕

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