Monday 27 March 2023

antics

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 This is again a motif I tatted back in Feb for the #pickmeEndrucks game before my enforced break. After a fortnight at the compy I had picked up my shuttles to tat this center from Endrucks' doily #42.  

E42. It is tatted in one pass using split chains to climb out. I hate how badly the split chains came out - lack of practice I guess. However I enjoyed my little tatting break - it felt so good to have shuttles in hand again.
Worked in Lizbeth size 20.
E42+E39. And my antics never stop. Just wondering how it would look at the center of a different edging (#39)

E42 + original. But my main foray was into this snowflake made by adapting the 8-repeat center into a 6-repeat snowflake. The outer round is my own pattern. This prototype is both a trial and an experimentation. Each repeat is worked a bit differently till I finally arrived at a decision.
I named it Antiks Snowflake playing with 3 words - antique pattern from Endrucks; inclusion of ANKARS motif; and of course my own antics in designing and processing this. 

The pattern is a bit on the advanced side with split chains to climb out and working the layered ANKARS motif with a thrown ring. However the layering was deliberate - I wanted a combination of old (1920) with new (early 1990s). Although strictly speaking, I did not climb out using Endrucks' shadow chains, LOL.

Even without the outermost round, the center makes a beautiful hexagonal motif that can be tiled. 

I had started this in late Feb itself. But continued towards the finish a few days back. Even sent the pattern to Anita for testing. But with a still foggy head, I made a huge error. Instead of 6 repeats, I wrote 8 (from reference to the original E42). Anyways, more about this at another time, with pics. 

So do you like the design?

14 comments:

  1. Very pretty snowflake. Well....technically some would call it a 'star,' since it doesn't have 6 points, or a multiple of 6 points. Still, it's lovely. ;)
    StephanieW

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    1. The 6th arm is missing coz I ran out of thread and since I was satisfied that it would lay flat, did not complete it 😁 Glad you like it, Steph ❤️

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  2. I rather like the idea of a motif where the points are all different. Hmmm. Good antics.

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    1. Now that's an idea I would love to seriously try, Jane ❤️ Unfortunately I went conservative with the final piece 😁

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  3. Both look great, but I love the snowflake!!! :)

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    1. Thanks, Sue. ❤️ Hope to complete tatting the flake (correctly this time 😁) soon.

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  4. Wonderful snowflake. I love that you went from 8 to 6 to get the snowflake. Such a eonderful imagination!

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  5. Love it and love the name you chose 🥰🌹👏👏👏

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  6. Love this design. Can't wait to see the actual pattern

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  7. A snowflake is wonderful. The center is rarely lighter than the branches, but it works surprisingly well in this pattern.

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    1. Interesting observation, Marja 🧡💜💙 Thanks for the perspective

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