Sometimes
one stumbles upon an old, neglected blog and their blog list takes you to
contemporary blogs. Always fun scrolling through them!
Over
a year back I came across Natalie Rogers’ Tat Your Own Adventure and thought it
was a brilliant and fun designing idea! I saved it to try out privately but
guess what, she has started a new round on facebook! Of course, I am
participating, and this is my first motif -
I’ve never played poker, but I do believe I’ve been dealt a Superb hand! (Should I take it up professionally? ;-p).
And the ‘7’ is
the last card can be turned around to make it a ‘2’ if desired. So my options
have multiplied.
Worked
in Lizbeth size 80, it measures 4½ cms high and 1 cm across.
The
stem is a Josephine chain (15-15), followed by 2 chains of 11 folded over, followed
by another JCh. I left a paperclip on core thread after the first JCh. After
completing the leaf, I made a join on this inward picot before continuing the
remaining stem.
This
is a great way to overcome designer’s block or for budding designers to take a
semi-structured fun journey.
Onemadtatter came up with another creative option translating chemical notations into
tatting stitches! Read how she saw tatting notations in valence electron
configurations and actually tatted a Krypton motif!
Aren’t
we richer for the options shared by creative tatters and designers?!
My
adventure will continue – this is only the first leg and I am already having
fun!
Come travel with us !!!
Come travel with us !!!
Thanks, Natalie J
That is so pretty!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI like it very much
ReplyDeleteGreat inspiration!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. And yes (just remembered)I tried long ago for fun, to use Chinese lucky numbers for a tatting pattern. Now I'll have to think where and what it was💐
ReplyDeleteThat is really lovely! And you can also layer your rings to have a more "crowded" bunch (like you did in that yellow garland)! That is straight flush! 🃏
ReplyDeleteWonderful design! There are so many ideas, and I just don't have time to try them all!
ReplyDeleteDuring this shelter in place time I have been challenging myself to spend time each day putting music into thread with tatting. Your adventure inspires me!
ReplyDeleteThank you all so very much - Sue, Madhur, Jane :-))))
ReplyDeleteCarollyn, Chinese lucky numbers sounds interesting! Hope you find and share.
Nin, my brain is boggling over all the possibilities, all the paths! I made a straight edging trial as well ;-P
Okay, 'straight flush' - yes, my parents definitely played some form of poker during friendly Diwali get-togethers.
Diane, wish I had time to tat for more ice drops!
Mel, I am always amazed at how you translate music into lace, how your brain functions!
Very pretty, I am working on mine, as a i started later you, like you I have never played poker
ReplyDeleteI continued and completed this piece the next day, Margaret, and even started a 2nd design. But life got in the way and I haven't checked facebook either for almost a week now. Hope I spot your's.
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