Been a long time since I posted. Blogging took a backseat,
but not tatting.
I think this little verse says it all ……
TATIFICATION !
With tatting in my hand
With tatting in my hand
Life will
never be bland .
With threads well-stored
Who can ever be bored ?!
With patterns galore
I still collect more more more.
With threads well-stored
Who can ever be bored ?!
With patterns galore
I still collect more more more.
With shuttles
by my side
Thru’
troubles I will glide .
Tat-chatting & tatters
What else matters ?!
Tutorials at a click
Make my shuttles tick.
Oooh yeah, my ecosystem has been tatified !
Tat-chatting & tatters
What else matters ?!
Tutorials at a click
Make my shuttles tick.
With tatting in my hand
How can Life ever be bland ?!Oooh yeah, my ecosystem has been tatified !
muskaan, Sept 2015
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Astral
Fireworks !!!
Renulek’s Snow Doily
is a 9-row/round doily that has snowflake & star medallions/motifs to
justify the Snow doily theme ! Part of the reason I chose to make this doily,
even though I Really like her Honey
Napkin, is because it combines many patterns that I have wanted to make –
the side-ring ‘clovers’, the long ‘wheel spokes’, & the snowflake! So
instead of tatting them separately, it’s nice to have them all in one project.
It is going to be part of a thank-you gift set along with
the Craftree Mystery Doily. This,
besides the fact that at the time of starting this doily, I had a limited size
40 colour stash, has determined my choice of colours. But the placement of
colours was determined by my conceptualization that led to the term ‘Astral
Fireworks’ . Why ? I will explain in the concluding part , when I complete the
doily … a little mystery never hurt anyone ;-)
Thread : Anchor
Mercer Crochet Cotton size 40.
Cream : 4054-0386
Chrome Yellow : 0302
Brown : 4054-0355
Techniques used in Rounds
1-4 :
♥ FS/BS (RODS) tatting, ♥ 2 shuttles, ♥ Slope
& Roll join, ♥ Long Picot, ♥ Graduated/decorative picots, ♥ Shoe Lace trick (SLT).
Notes / Jottings
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Round
1-4 can be done with one shuttle & ball. But I used 2 shuttles. Now
that I know how to easily & quickly load bobbins (thanks to Frivolé & Kathy), I no longer shy
away from it ;-P
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Arrangement
of colours in Rnds 2 & 3 was inspired by Elfiona’s doily (post #125) . The tiny rings looked like
little stars !
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I
used Slope & Roll join for Rnds 2 & 3 to hide the colour blip. In size 40, it works fine !
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Graduated Picots for the rings in Rnds 2 & 3 are in keeping with the Mystery
Doily. (not perfect without use of gauge, but “enjoyment even at the cost of
precision” is tatting my excuse,… errrr… motto :-) ).
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Rnd
4 required a Long picot in 1st of the 4 ring sets; and SLT
(shoe lace trick) to switch colours.
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Except
for an initial hiccup when starting Rnd 4 (orientation-wise), it went very
smoothly. At end of this round, the doily measures just under 8” (19.5 cms).
TIP : It might be a good idea to start
Rnd 4 with an outer ring. This will help when closing out the round in the end.
v
I
wanted to make the individual motifs of Rnd 5 first & join as I tatted Rnd 4, thus working two rounds together as I did in the Wiosna here.
However, the all-cream snowflake looked out of place. So I have held back till
I get a better feel for what colour combination & placement to use for the
snowflakes, starlets & clovers that make up Rnd 5. Now that Rnd 4 is
complete, I have been trying out a few combos & think I know what I want …
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click on each caption for direct link to pattern
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| Rounds 1 & 2 |
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| Round 3 |
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| Round 4 |
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| Round 5 part 1 |
I have rejected this monotone snowflake. Working on something better (finalized last night !)
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In Conversation ...
It is very difficult to photograph this … no background except the binder cover seems to do some justice to the colours (yet leaves out the lovely sheen in the threads). And the next rounds will no longer fit within the blue confines … hmm…
My blog-trotting has taken a backseat as well. What with loads to do on the side, chatting on Craftree, & most importantly a moody server, I can't leave comments on posts as I used to. But I do try to follow along as much as possible. I hope the situation normalizes. Till then,
It is very difficult to photograph this … no background except the binder cover seems to do some justice to the colours (yet leaves out the lovely sheen in the threads). And the next rounds will no longer fit within the blue confines … hmm…
My blog-trotting has taken a backseat as well. What with loads to do on the side, chatting on Craftree, & most importantly a moody server, I can't leave comments on posts as I used to. But I do try to follow along as much as possible. I hope the situation normalizes. Till then,
happy tatting :-)))
Related Posts : Spring Doily Part II
It's a lovely doily that I enjoyed tatting too. Love your colour choices!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane :-) Your doily is one of the very few that showed up on Google ! So I looked it up in your blog & enjoyed reading your experience .
DeleteMy next round will have some advanced techniques to help me hide multiple tail ends
Oh, I do love that doily! I sometimes have issues with leaving comments as well. The problems always seem to right themselves, but it is aggravating.
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane :-)
DeleteThe entire day today was spent with an extremely slow or mostly absent server & I did not receive any mail either. Thankfully, the desktop one has come back okay for now, so am blog-hopping, trying to catch up :-)))
Wow this is beautiful, I really wish I could tatt and create stunning works of art like this. Thank you for the comment on my Pinterest challenge and you are more than welcome to join in any month you wish.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Suzanne x
You are too kind, Suzanne :-) You are amazing at card-making & now have ventured into crochet as well !
DeleteI enjoy the pinterest challenge you gals have set up - we end up pinning but not making & you have tried to overcome that. I was swamped this year & did not want to make commitments that I couldn't keep or that would stress me out, but will definitely join .
Thanks :-)
Gorgeous work- both the poetry and the tatting :) We are certainly never bored!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fiona :-D
DeleteCreative/busy hands are never bored !
My appolgises for not commenting on your blog, I do follow you but time seems to drift away, I love your poem it sums up tatting so well, one could never be bored with the vast array of patterns, gorgeous threads that now are produced.
ReplyDeleteYour mat is looking lovely, would you believe this is an unfinished project it sits and looks at me on the coffee table and I am ashamed to say it's been there too long. I will watch to see what you do next and how it is coming along.
Margaret
Thanks Margaret :-)) Please, no need for apologies :-)
DeleteI hope my next rounds will motivate you to take up your UFO again. Nevertheless, it looks 'complete' even after Round 4, I think.
Fantastic doily! Your poem sounds like a song in my ears and your passion for tatting is a joy to see!
ReplyDeleteLove your words, Lilas - so beautifully put ! Thanks :-D
DeleteI love the poem too!!! Thanks for sharing it Muskaan!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was just a 4-liner verse, Pigmini. But I couldn't post because of a slow server. And overnight, at around 3 in the morning, all other verses came to me ;-P Who needs sleep, eh ?!
DeleteThanks :-))
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ReplyDeleteOh Marja, that is so nice of you & I am really touched ! :-)
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I always enjoy your projects and posts :-)
((( Hugs )))
Nice blog,,,
ReplyDeleteThanks :-)
DeleteYour doily is looking fabulous!!! :)
ReplyDeleteLovely poem muskaan :). The doily is beautiful :).
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sue & Jenn :-)) So glad you like it ... I'm really enjoying Round 5, despite the fiddliness of the smaller motifs :-)
DeleteQuelle merveille <3
ReplyDeleteVous êtes très gentil , Emilie . Merci beaucoup :-)
DeleteThe doily is coming along very nicely. Actually, you've just reminded me that I attempted this doily when it was first posted to Renulek's blog, but set it aside during that really long round just before the snowflake motifs. I had only just learned to tat, and my tension has changed a lot since then. So I will just have to live vicariously and follow along with your progress :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Robin :-)
DeletePity you can't continue with your doily. Often happened to me too -- the first trials of a motif are generally larger, and once the pattern settles in, the tatting becomes tighter. Now I am a bit more careful - consciously trying to keep the tension even .
Hope my journey will keep you interested , if not inspired ;-P
I have totally miss this post and not sure why it is not coming up right on my list. This doily is beautiful and has interesting elements I did one like it called daisy doily it was fun and enjoyed it too.
ReplyDeleteI saw the pin of little girl on swing and I like it too. I think it needs to have a bead for the eye area but love the creativeness of it!
I knew if I kept this post 'open' long enough, you'd drop by with a lovely comment, Carollyn ;-P So now I can move on with a new post ;-D
DeleteI remember your Daisy doily - the one with black & turquoise, right ? It looked very pretty, even tho' you didn't like the colour combo there. I remembered the match when I was tatting round 5...
And yes, that tatted girl is very sweet ! There is so much tatted detail in the 'collage' - very inspiring & creative.