lets flourish

Pin It now! Symbolism of leaves can vary from culture to culture, yet there are some common themes such as  'fertility, hope, abundance, growth, peace, victory, death, and rebirth'.  To me, green especially sap green leaves signify spring season - freshness, hope, life. But it will mean waiting for a few months and I am eager to share the patterns. As we near the turn of the year, it seems as good a time to remember the positivity of greenery. 

Earlier this month I had shared pics of these three leaves derived from part of a motif of pattern #15 from Endrucks' ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitszen’,1920 (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-power-of-15.html). I finally have the patterns ready to share, too.

E15 Leaf Doodle #1 - 

Pattern pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NL5KHsLxOHkfILCTTKojfhHy6B9v9EG3/view

It curls a bit which I like, but can be flattened easily ....

with a rolling pin (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2016/03/rolling-out-mental-block.html)

E15 Leaf Doodle #2

Pattern pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8XWpjtcrvK8C_cfa8KyGvJiXNn_KPP7/view

I used both kinds of twisted picots here.

E15 Leaf Doodle #3

Pattern pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m8chbwS1oD6Xjq4Uwm2R291zdAUL1VJ1/view

A tiny leaf, but adorned with dot picot and lock chains. 

All three leaves are worked in one pass in size 10 thread and can be worked with ball and shuttle if we use a mock ring for the ring at the tip. They are quick to tat, too. Each of the pdfs consists of only 1 page.

Hope you like these and will enjoy a few moments to tat them up and create your own variations and flourishes!