no truncation

Remember when I asked whether to truncate the WIP fronds or not? (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/palm-or-plant-help.html) Firstly thank you so much for enthusiastically responding and coming to my help 💖

 Palm tree was the huge majority vote! There were a few who said both but one single tatter who chose only snake plant. 

Finally, here is the trunk - 

This is also an extracted motif. However, in order to get the shape and texture I visualised, I constructed it differently from that of the original Endrucks' pattern #25. Instead of making a long foundation chain with picots to which the next tier of the chain(s) will join, I tatted each block starting from the top and moving down.

Worked in one pass. And although I had loaded 2 shuttles, I ended up working with a single shuttle, using direct tatting in every alternate tier. 

To get a gradual taper, the outermost chain in a few center blocks are worked as a Lock Chain. Lock chain is narrower than a regular double stitch chain. The last 2 blocks at the bottom have 7 chains. The penultimate one has 1 lock chain on the right side but 2 lock chains on the left side in order to bring the threads in position for the last block which has regular chains. 

3 strands of Anchor embroidery thread.

Related Posts -
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/game-of-extraction.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/idea-in-progress.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/palm-or-plant-help.html

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