tatted
butterflies, square and oval doily
In
my previous post I uploaded a school photo day (of all the Coloured Cluny
butterflies).
But guess what, one of them was too knotty or too shy to face the camera! Found
it only when it peeped out from under the looms!
So here’s a special group
photo in celebration, this time with an old teacher standing guard.
Can you
spot which one was missing? (answer at end of post)
A
group of butterflies is called a “flutter”, so ...
Question 1 : What
should a collective or group of tatters be called ????
This large butterfly is the Butterfly
Medallion No. 169 from a 1916 Corticelli booklet.
I found the pattern here. I followed the rewritten pattern, but some counts are missing.
I’d
intended to work it in size 40 white for it’s delicate lacy effect. But with so
many cuts and ties, what's the harm in colouring it up to highlight the floral wings?!
These are the individual pieces, to be joined later with a pretty trim
around each of the ‘florets’. I had to add stitches to floret chains to accomodate the decorative picots.
Re-tatted the body and made twisted (floating) picots this time.
I
continued but have already unravelled & re-tatted a number of times.
With so much back and forth, I am no longer enjoying it.
So did it get mutilated or transformed?
To solve that
mystery, stop by tomorrow – you may be in for a surprise!
fusing together the dot picot string and variable treble
stitches.
I had the pleasure of test tatting it - her swirl join variation. Worked in Anchor size 20.
She uses this method of tds variation with
the instructions similar to these.
A variable tds creates a nice little peak or scallop on the outer edge of the stitch!
Scrappy
Doily
after 5 rounds
In
Anchor Size 20, it is now 4” x 3¼” – I got my oval !!!
All those suggestions have helped. Too many tatters, unlike too many cooks, did Not spoil ;-P
Placed on the grid to confirm.
Click here for earlier musings & notes.
The truant butterfly !
Question 2 : Should this Coloured Cluny
One
of the names has 2 votes out of 3 (not saying which!), but what’s your choice?
Eager to read your answers ....
flutter by with tatting , always
