stabbing at tidbits

A few small pieces, mistakes and all ….

Started with Lavi’s new Wheat Circle earrings. I miscalculated and made only 9 rings. 

Although I liked the small circle I wasn't happy with the teardrop suspension.

With my new bead-stabbing, I was enthusiastic to have another go. 

This time will all 12 rings and the teardrop pierced with a jump ring, 

then suspended on a double chain of beads. 

I also increased the number of seed beads on the bare thread. 

Much better but wish I’d stuck with the earlier shade of green thread.

Both worked in Anchor size 20

In between the two, I worked this long overdue Sunflower in Maltese Tatting by Jane McLellan. I need occasional refreshers for some of these techniques and this is such a pleasant project. But I had beads left – hmmm! Not that it shows much.

While blocking I deliberately went with angular petals and noticed one was way smaller 

– hey, that’s to give it a ‘natural’ look ;-P

Yellow is Anchor size 20 and black is size 40.

Lastly, as I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to see how Usha’s Charming Frills looked with beads. Had another stab at it. 

Oh and another reason was that in the last fringe row, I had made 2 CWJs in one picot (since it was not clearly specified at the time – the pdf has been updated now). I thought that was the reason my pendant was broader, with the stitches all neatly lined up.

As it turns out, the last row is a chain with alternate CWJ and double stitch, with long picots between each obviously.

The black beads in the center are in a diamond formation. For this I reduced one long picot 

(only 7 instead of 8 and following with multiples of 7 in subsequent rows).

Too late I noticed the threads were tied off at the wrong point (gap seen on left side)! 
I had worked the first pendant from the prototype while the pattern was still being polished for presentation. So I’m happy to have made it again as per the final.

Worked in Anchor size 20.

many thanks to Lavi, Jane, & Usha for sharing their lovely patterns

happily tatting always – beads and mistakes and all  ;-P