hidden option

With the plethora of techniques available and the keen eye of a tatter, any pattern can be simplified to suit personal skills! Here is one such example; the 2nd will be in my next post.

Natalia showed me her working of the Hidden Rose Snowflake in 2 rounds instead of the original continuous serpentine one-round working. But this, too is made in one pass.

Incidentally there is already a degree of simplification I introduced with a 2nd working by moving in clockwise direction! Now we have a 3rd degree! Options galore - now you don't have an excuse for Not tatting the snowflake ;-P (scroll down for all the links)

Natalia Shakhnova's adaptation - 

I Love her insight! She works the 6 inner rings first, as a circle of split rings and then continues on to make each arm! There will be lesser scope for mixing up shuttles and directions, and probably easier to work in 2 colours if desired.

In her own words - 

And here is the comparative photo she sent ... notice how compact her 2nd snowflake looks where she works it in her 2-round method?! Like a few other tatters, she has opted out of the lock chains, using only regular chains. The roses look a bit more compact and filled in, though the lock chain texture is missing.

See more adaptations here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/12/hidden-treasures.html and 2 patterns here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/12/open-treasures.html. Incidentally Anita will be teaching the heart motif at Palmetto Tat Days this year.

Original Pattern - counterclockwise - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/10/flowers-love-me.html  and clockwise - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2020/03/hidden-directions.html

All my snowflake patterns with updates - 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4OmXX_c5LjFebMN2UbSNiYqXYETLmoridK0X1YIQco/edit?usp=sharing

Many thanks, Natalia, for sharing your alternate working :-)

Bloggers, does your lead pic show in the blog feed as a thumbnail? I noticed some blogs continue to show the thumbnail in my feed, while others no longer show up. I tried a few different tweaks, but no luck. I got in touch with Jane McLellan & Ninetta, and we've all been sharing notes. So do You have any answers on how to get the thumbnail to show again?

Thanks