I
count my blessings to have such talented and generous friends in my global/digital
neighbourhood. Here are a few ‘gifts’ I gratefully received recently….
In the
order they were worked....
Jenni Clark (Liyarra) posted her beautiful pink version on facebook & I liked it
for a snood. She shared the pattern with me. It is from an old blog
‘tattingroundrobin’. Does anybody have a link?
More rounds to go.
Not
happy with my chains - some overlap. Not a problem as it will not show up
when worn. I used 2 colours to showcase the flower shape, the
green showing up as foliage.
Does
the center look familiar? Yes, it's what started the whole False CTM exploration. And to think I started this as a slow side project to disengage my
mind and focus on downsizing my UFOs ;-P
Spool Pin Doily
Who
else but Anita Barry can come up with a butterfly to place under the spool
pin?! How cute to have a butterfly sitting pretty on the sewing machine,
keeping an eye on our sewing (or current lack of it, in my case)?! She is
making these to sell at fairs, etc. yet shared the pattern with me!
Again
playing with colour placement and had to include some lavender! It is worked
continuously using 2 shuttles.
Now
this is an example where we can continue into next rounds using the same core thread (in this case the mustard) but adding new colours for each round since
they are chains with thrown rings : false ctm! If only I had remembered ;-P
This
time I simply twisted the long antennae picots when it was wet. One picot is missing on one of the purple chains - can you identify it?
Walla-Walla Sweet Onion Motif
Kathleen J. Minniti is not only talented but also explains so well! I understood Aurora ’s onion ring
technique when Kathleen used it for my dancing peacocks doily! But she uses
only a half stitch instead of a full ds to capture the inner ring. I do like
this method!
She
PM-ed this pattern a couple of months back, with 3 versions for the center
leaf. The left motif has a dot picot tip, and right one has a bullion
knot (which got pulled out when I closed the ring).
A
clever feature of this motif is the captured picots! Multiple alligator joins
across the same picot. The left one has smaller picots than the right one. I like it, but need more practice.
Both these patterns (butterfly & onions) can be worked in one pass using 2 shuttles.
We mostly get pink/red onions here, but I've eaten similar onions in Australia.
We mostly get pink/red onions here, but I've eaten similar onions in Australia.
Bobble stacked rings
And
finally below is my trial of Rhoda Auld’s bobble technique posted by Ninetta Caruso which she shared with everybody ;-D
Here again, one captures the previous thread in the current ring. It reminded me of how Ninetta curled her small rings.
Here again, one captures the previous thread in the current ring. It reminded me of how Ninetta curled her small rings.
I wanted to see if a circle could be formed with the stacked rings and then to see how it works with different ring
sizes. I want to use this in one of my snowflake centers. Many textured effects are
possible with this technique!
Captured
together...the butterfly & onion motifs are worked with Anchor Pearl cotton size 8, and the bobble trial is in Anchor size 20. Elizabeth's doily measures 4½" so far in Anchor size 40.
You
generous ladies have captured my awe and gratitude J
Tatters are a wonderful community!
ReplyDeleteUndoubtedly, Jane 💗😃💜
Delete🥰 dear neighborg, your tatting is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind, Ninetta :-)))
DeleteGreat tatted pieces!! :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder if you ever do anything other than tat..... ;)
What else is there to do, Sue ? ;-P Unfortunately there are days I just don't pick up my shuttles - yesterday was one of them....but the next snowflake is due on Sunday so I'll keep off the net and get to it ;-D
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