Merry Christmas Snowflake
Sharon Briggs
Some patterns have an inherent harmony. I believe this snowflake
is one such – elegance personified.
Clearly, there’s a flower within (remember the flower within
series of snowflakes?). But this time I went with pristine white.
Tatted in one pass, in size 40, it measures a tad over 2
inches.
Tatted up so quickly, too - all in one sitting while supervising the AC servicemen ! Errr, I did
have pre-loaded shuttles – so that’s a huge time-saver right there :-)
Entire snowflake is worked clockwise.
If we start the daisy with shuttle 1, and climb out with split
rings, then because we are moving clockwise, shuttle 2 becomes the main
shuttle for all subsequent tatting (rounds 2 & 3).
With fs/bs tatting, the rings in both outer rounds will
be worked backside (RODS) and these are cross-hatched clearly in the diagram !
UPDATE : The explanation of symbols used in her patterns can be found here. Thanks Sharon :-)
Techniques
: 2 shuttles, CTM, fs/bs tatting, daisy, split ring, mock picot, lock
join.
I thoroughly enjoyed working this pattern and the actual result is
better than what the lens or scanner captured !
This, and many more of Sharon's patterns can be found here .
Besides patterns, and the inspiring display on her 25 Motif Challenge blog, I have learned a great deal from the design lessons she posted !
Many many thanks, Sharon :-)
And here’s what I did with the heart I tatted in previous post – made another SOUP
ribbon bookmark charm! (tatting SOUP : Sewing On/Using Pieces of tatting)
Nina Libin's Heart for Kay acting as a ribbon bookmark charm ! All is harmony, all is peace ...
wishing you many stress-free harmonious hours of
tatting :-)
Your snowflake looks fabulous!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful snowflake! I enjoy snowflakes in color, but white is always perfect!
ReplyDeletePiękna śnieżynka.
ReplyDeleteThe snowflake is very elegant. Bookmark is a great way to use the heart - Confucius would be impressed!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much everybody !
ReplyDeleteJane, your remark cracked me up - couldn't stop grinning :-D
Hugs
Very elegant snowflake, thanks for the link to the pattern
ReplyDeleteLovely bookmark heart
Thanks, Margaret :-)
DeleteThat snowflake is worth a try, love the look and the one swoop direction. Your reading looks like words to contemplate 😄
ReplyDeleteWell, Carollyn, all I'm 'contemplating' at present is tatting and tatting patterns ;-P I do hope you tat this snowflake, though.
DeleteI was aiming for a bigger snowflake when I designed that one and adding anything more to it would have ruined it. Some designs are like that where less is more.
ReplyDeleteThe explanation of the symbols used in my patterns is explained here:
http://sharonstattedlace.blogspot.com/search/label/Legend
That includes most of them except the one that's a shuttle shape with lines across it which is used for cluny leaves.
So true, Sharon, it is perfect as it is !
DeleteThank you so much for sharing the legend link. I checked it out and was pleasantly surprised at a couple of symbols that I mistook for something else ! I will update the post with the link.
Thank you & hugs :-)