Tatting Away XI : TIAS 2015

Jane Eborall’s TIAS 

(Tat It And See) 2015

(click on title for direct link to site & pattern)

I have posted progress pictures of Days 1 - 6 here , & Days 7 - 8 here  . Now for the rest, along with a compiled bird’s-eye view of all 13 days .

I used to think that Lock Chain was a very nice decorative element in tatting. Now I realize that it is also a Straight chain ! 

Unlike normal double stitch chains which tend to curve, a LCh does not curve at all. Hence it is a design element for a straight line. 

The only drawback, at times, can be that if working with 2 colours, both colours will show up on the chain even if you want the straight chain in one colour only.

 

 

 A few lines to go with the penultimate day , with due apologies to Shakespeare .....

An Ode to Scissors Snippers or Schaar Ne'er from a craft far .   Trimmers or Shears   Sharp as spears. Clippers?! I groan But errors are shorn.    Scissors by whatever name   Cutting smartly is it's bane. Hands can horrifyingly slip And make a very wrong snip.   Unloved, disliked, taking the flak   C'mon tatters, cut it some slack ! How into a project we first tread If scissors do not cut the thread?!   Without it, a project may stall   Helping away when troubles befall.

Now that Jane has posted pics of  her own tatted scissors here , I cannot help wondering why most of us did not get the cutting edge as straight as Jane’s ? Should the Lock Chain have been looser ? Should we have added 1 ds more to our tatting ? Or was it the very small end rings that played mischief ?!

Any answers ? Any tips ?

Many thanks to Jane Eborall for All her tremendous work & effort in sharing patterns, techniques, & processes. And this start-of-the-year fun game.

Motif #6 / II for 25 Motif Challenge