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Pin It now! Well we already know that so many variations, applications, and derivations have arisen from one single edging from the German book ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’,1920, by Frau Eleonore Endrucks-Leichtenstern. The edging #1 was first taken apart to create a heart which was then put together to create a shamrock (and so many butterflies as shown in previous post! 

But who knew a butterfly still lurked in the folds of the shamrock leaf?! 

However, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me first share a proper pattern pdf of the Happy Hands Shamrock by Diana Howe - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_D5xY68NyfsKMB4LDr0GUv-WYC0VCba6/view which was first posted here- https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/03/lucky-hands.html

As I worked the leaf I found myself following a slightly different path to tat the heart from those described and drawn by Diana or in the Happy Hands Heart pattern. The reason was that I followed the threads when climbing into the 1st heart; the threads formed a nice false picot.

However, this simply reinforces the fact that there are multiple paths and options and the tatter can decide.

In Anchor size 20 shamrock approximately measures 5.5 cms across and 4.5 cms high. (without stem)

And after completing the 2nd heart motif, look what emerged! A butterfly with a built-in head.

Folded the 'wings' a bit and loved the shape of the butterfly enough to tat another with a proper head....

Added beads for eyes, too. Everything, except a slightly tweaked count for the head, remains the same.

And the final tails make the antennae so no ends to hide. The head pattern diagram in included in the pdf. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_D5xY68NyfsKMB4LDr0GUv-WYC0VCba6/view

The Happy Hands Butterfly in different stages of flight and motion :-D

In Anchor size 20, it is 6cms wide and 4.5cms tall.

Future Ideas : 

• Add a 4th heart to the shamrock and we have a four-leaf clover. 
• Hubby thought the inverted shamrock looked more like a capsicum or apple. Hmmmm, something to think about for the future!
• How about decorative picots, and gems, etc. to embellish the butterfly?

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And great news! My complimentary copy of the IOLI Bulletin Summer 2022 (42-4) issue finally landed on my doorstep after 2 whole months of flight. This carries the 1st of a 3-series article on Endrucks 1920 Project.

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Find all original and adapted patterns, and a whole lot more, in our Endrucks 1920 Project document (EP doc) here - 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view

Many many thanks, Diana! It's been a pleasure corresponding with you ...

from one to many

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...in evolutionary steps

Reworked patterns from Frau Eleonore Endrucks-Leichtenstern’s ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’, 1920, for Endrucks 1920 Project.

Pattern #1 from this antique book has progressed in evolutionary steps … I found myself picking it up every alternate year starting with 2015! There are written and typed notes, hand sketches and Inkscape diagrams, tweaked pathways and orientations, umpteen photographs and WIP/UFO adaptations – all witness to the slow and sporadic progress (the folders in my compy total over 135MB in size! Most of it is now fossilized).... Till this final stage resulting in stepwise pictorial and pdf.

Pattern #1 edging with modified pathway 

download Happy Hands pdf (straight and circular edgings and sunflower with modified pathway for symmetry) : 

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRlJ7bnx-c27PYtgXymx_ps-KL2pen_m/view

I called this Happy Hands edging because that’s what came through – 2 happy hands raised above the head – is it a yahoo, a prayer, or a pirouette? With our tatting tension, the original edging tends to curve. The connecting chain is doubled to straighten it out.

 

Happy Hands Coaster was tatted in 2015 (the center was added this year) and I used double and triple picots to fill in spaces and add some frills. Disappointed with my picots. I used Endrucks' original pathway where all long chains face the same way.

Happy Hands Sunflower is what evolved from that coaster and makes me happy- 

 https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/03/happy-sunflowers.html

Happy Hands Heart is a single motif extracted and adapted into a heart shape. 

Pattern - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/02/happy-hands-heart.html

    Needle tatting tips were shared by Pam Hemenway - 

    https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/04/needling-heart.html

    Happy Hands Shamrock is 3 hearts tatted continuously by Diana Howe! 

    Pattern - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/03/lucky-hands.html

Evolution is a slow process, but this heart branched out into several offshoots in rapid succession.

His Kid (Sue B) used it as a mermaid fluke - http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2021/03/inspired-by-muskaan.html and joined 2 for a lovely butterfly - http://hiskid66.blogspot.com/2021/03/inspired-by-muskaan-2.html

And if we add a 2^nd colour and beads into the mix, the possibilities of visual effects increase manifold.

 
The stepwise pictorial which shows a few colour options can be accessed here  - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/03/balancing-act.html 

Happy Hands Beaded Necklace or choker wannabe (tatted in 2019). Increase the length of the 'hands' - graduated motifs - and we have a beautiful broader version. Or tat a single motif for earrings or brooch! I have handwritten notes and a single motif prototype for the beaded necklace, but the final version will take a while.

My fascination with this book is not that the patterns are beautiful – far from it. Her contemporaries published elegant patterns. Frau Endrucks’ elegance lies in her clever construction and the many possibilities that each pattern provides as you will see when you scroll through the modernised versions.  

I am reminded of this oft-quoted couplet by Majrooh Sultanpuri -
        maiñ akelā hī chalā thā jānib-e-manzil magar
        log saath aate ga.e aur kārvāñ bantā gayā
Literal translation - I started towards my destination all alone but
                                Others kept joining me and we became a caravan (group).

It was my solo mission to convert every pattern from the 1920 book into modern style. Then Ninetta joined me and gradually we evolved into a community, each tatting 1 or more patterns. Now one year later we have gone one step further and created a Facebook Group – Endrucks 1920 Project. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1235560633606162) dedicated solely to this book (original/modern) and pattern offshoots and showcasing all past and future models!  

For the present, despite being a publicly visible group, the membership is strictly limited to tatters who have already tatted an Endrucks’ pattern in any form. Send us (Ninetta and I are admin) a pic of your work and we will gladly send an invitation.

Our objective is to be a focused group rather than a general tatting group. But a lot of interactive discussion, etc.is in the works!

All links are listed in our Endrucks 1920 Project document here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view

Reiko Akamatsu tatted the modern version in the above collage. This is actually her 3rd cover tat, one in 2020 and then a prototype for our Project presentation  (https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2021/08/love-for-lace-music-and-nature-driven.html). She is holding a solo exhibition in Hyogo, Japan of her tatted lace and quilting, with focus on Mike Lyon's Lagniappe and our very own Endrucks 1920 Project! She even shared a virtual tour of the exhibition in out FB group! She has tatted so many models from the book and contributed a lot to our group. UPDATE: Nov 21, 2021 Reiko has uploaded the virtual tour in her feed ... check out this link -  https://www.facebook.com/100001649732912/videos/222462399961645/

.....aur kārvāñ bantā gayā

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A tatting charm awaits us .... such a beautiful adaptation of the already adapted-from-vintage-edging heart pattern! Yes, you guessed right - the Happy Hands Heart from Endrucks' #1 pattern is now a Shamrock leaf, courtesy Diana Howe. And she shares her working with us!

Happy Hands Shamrock - adaptation by Diana Howe

UPDATE Sep 2022 - pattern pdf :

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_D5xY68NyfsKMB4LDr0GUv-WYC0VCba6/view

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pattern for Happy Hands Heart - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/02/happy-hands-heart.html 

In her own words -

I’ve modified your Handy Hand Heart to create shamrock. The center ring (R1) makes a handy spot to add a lapel pin to mount it on a collar. Enjoy!

She shares 2 sequences sketched neatly - clockwise and counterclockwise!

 

Must leave a small space between CH1 and Ring A – the width of a thread – to allow an alligator join (passing one shuttle over, one shuttle under heart) to cross from chain D to E.

Tail/stem: after last ch 3, join to start.

I really like a balanced double stitch to create a stem.

This one is tatted in size 40.

Notice that she has used normal chains throughout instead of the roll tatting segments in the heart pattern.

TIP : Instead of ending the stem in a knot, one can hide ends in the chain as shared here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/12/open-treasures.html 

Above is her earlier leaf in size 20 where she used the S-chain (1double st,1 reverse st) for stem.

I really like the simplicity of her arrangement to create a perfect leaf! We are indeed lucky to have this pattern.
All tutorials can be found by clicking on the tabs above.

I requested her to write something about her tatting journey for us to get to know her better and she graciously agreed -
Diana Howe of Lake Stevens, WA, has been tatting since 1980 when she purchased a Better Homes & Garden tatting kit in Ames, Iowa in preparation for a road trip (move) west. Been creating ever since! So, while trying to design a shamrock with heart shaped leaves that start from the base, Muskaan posts the perfect heart, Handy Hand Heart. Here is her adaptation. Enjoy!

Many many thanks, Diana, for sharing your lovely adaptation and for your kind words :-) 

Please note that I have made a couple of edits to the edging pattern I shared in previous post, adding a few points I'd forgotten at the time of posting.