happeeeeee birthday

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 28th June is Eleonore Endrucks' birth anniversary and we had shared 6 derivatives of the E monogram for a combined ILD 2026 and birthday celebrations. I got so caught up that I tatted all six ... they are fairly quick tats anyways. 

So, here's wishing our designer of Endrucks 1920 Project a very Happeeeeee Birthday with expectations that she would be looking down on her Endrucksian tribe with pride.

All worked in size 20 threads (though some are closer to Lizbeth size 10) and arranged in ascending order for comparison.

My original idea was to arrange them in an arc as if we were calling out in a rising crescendo but it didn't quite make the mark as seen above.

All six patterns were shared here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2026/06/double-celebration.html

Sharing my thoughts and details in the same order as above -

Letter E Cursive from E32 by Paola Bevilacqua - I already shared my notes here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2026/06/multiple-celebrations.html

Measurement: 3cm wide, 4cm high.

Letter E from E1 by Manju Talekar. Notes shared here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2026/06/multiple-celebrations.html

Measurement: slightly more than 4cm x 4cm.

Letter E from E41 by Julie Villegas. This was an easy and quick tat.

Measurement: 3½ cm wide, 4½ cm high

Letter E from E1 by Vani Kattoju. I have tatted sooo many E1 original/reworked and derivative patterns that my motor memory kicked in and I made a mistake in the vertical chains. Instead of 4ds between picots, I made 3ds as in the original. Discovered this only on the return journey and had to un-tat a few segments before tweaking the count by 1 less stitch each. Thankfully it doe not seem to have made difference.

My slight tweak which isn't too obvious since I did it too late - In the 2nd motif I shortened chains and rings in the arms by 1ds to make the horizontal arm of E shorter than the end ones.

I was forced to play thread chicken for several of the final elements but managed to have just enough tails left to be able to sew them in. Reposition methods help a great deal as did not cutting for 2nd row - simply made a slip stitch.

Measurement: 4cm wide, approx 6cm high.

And when it is rotated we get some interesting possibilities! I see a chandelier, a bowl, but also an elephant, LOL.

Letter E from E41 by Ninetta Caruso. Now I had always intended to tat this with bugle beads, but this time I went for speed. And I was so inspired by Ninetta's version of Julie's E (for ILD) that I copied her colourway ;-D

Measurement: 4cm wide, > 6½ cm high

.... When rotated 

Letter E from E17 by Manju Talekar. I could've done a better job with sharper angles and straighter lines. 

Measurement: 5cm wide, >7cm high.

So that's it for now. 

For plenty more derivative patterns, tutorials, and the original reworked patterns from Endrucks' 1920 book, Die Schiffchen-Spitzen save this EP LINKS url - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view

Hopefully my PIC Ninetta and I can return to our FB group activities in full earnest next year.

Many many thanks to all designers and participants!

multiple celebrations

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Yesterday I wrote about two celebrations of which one is actually a week away. Turns out we have a full house today. International Yoga Day, Father's Day, World Music Day, and our very own International Lace Day all came together on this June Solstice! 

These are my tatted motifs for the day - two from our Endrucks Project and the other a better version of my recent unhappy trial.

My name badge from the ILD FB page. 

Letter E from E41 derived by Manju Talekar.

This letter was tatted a few days back when I was doing the presentation for this pattern to ensure that the correct shuttle and instructions were presented.

And if I rotate the E by 90 degrees, we get M!!! A wee bit of tweaking for it to look better is all that's needed.

Letter E cursive from E32 derived by Paola Bevilacqua.

This one I tatted today! However instead of captured picots I used beads. I wanted something festive.

TIP: Although it called for 2 shuttles, I used a shuttle and ball with beads pre-strung on both! Using SCMR (mock rings) and reverse join as well as any relevant reposition method, I managed to avoid the 2nd shuttle!

Earrings with Interlaced Onion Rings designed by Lauretta Tondelli.

This time her onion rings comprised of true rings and not chains as in the unhappy trial post. I like this Much better!!! Of course since the 2nd and 3rd rings were large, I left a core thread loop (2 in case of the 3rd ring) midways so that the ring could be closed in 2 (or 3) phases. Pretty happy with the result, though I do see the need for improvement.

Also, I had to un-tat and re-tat with 2 less double stitch in each segment of the inner chain to get the proportions right.

The two Es together. Both pattern links are in my previous post. I wonder if I can tat all 6 versions during our celebratory week?

All motifs tatted in Anchor or Red Rose size 20.

So, how did you celebrate the day? 

double celebration

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 Tomorrow is International Lace Day (ILD) and on 28th June is Eleonore Endrucks' birth anniversary. This time we decided to combine the two events into a week-long celebration if you would like to join us. We have a huge collection of Endrucks' original/reworked 44 patterns from Die Schiffchen-Spitzen, 1920, and the derivatives which are housed in 16 categorised directories. For our celebration, we released six Letter E patterns - initial of Endrucks' name. 

The six Es - 

Letter E from E1 by Vani Kattoju 2024 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W5Dvx4LTiFUtwaMI9XkwC8ecUW1FYuPc/view

Letter E from E17 by Manju Talekar 2024 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aPpcIJiYFNTnzRQ9R5n8s54X1PT4paLl/view

Letter E Cursive from E32 by Paola Bevilacqua 2024 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFhDbOo3UGjw1eMywcz3R4pY76i9CAxP/view

Letter E from E41 by Julie Santos Villegas 2024 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bKKeKLztN35vqCxVGKjSSxfhmTEEJBo2/view

Letter E from E41 by Manju Talekar 2024 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-zQQ0ZQs1NLDmp5xPUAJzTIV3zy1JvTY/view

Letter E from E41 by Ninetta Caruso 2025 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGsQVjONbkvFY7lVUN5MmzezPpmvUnoy/view

 Most can be tatted up very quickly and if you rotate it slightly we get the letter M! It is amazing that one pattern E41 has generated Three versions of letter E!

Feel free to choose any of the above and give it your own spin - decorate as you wish - or derive your own E from the Endrucks collection!

For lots more patterns and inspiration check out the EP LINKS doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view

If you are on Facebook, here are the links to check out -https://www.facebook.com/groups/InternationalLaceDay/permalink/24271776935747699/ - ILD  group   https://www.facebook.com/groups/1235560633606162/permalink/2416136588881888/ and   https://www.facebook.com/groups/1235560633606162/permalink/2420591988436348 - EP group

💗💖💗 Happy tatting and sincere thanks to all the designers mentioned above and to the organisers of the ILD 💗💖💗