January in July

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 Yes, it's July, but the delay in blogging is from my end. It completely slipped my mind to share this lovely January Snowflake creation by Sally Biggers with you here. Never too late ... or should I say a bit early, LOL.

We've had a few tatters who have combined or rearranged parts from two of Endrucks' patterns to create a hybrid design. This model is one such - a combo of E34 and E43. Sally set out with the specific dual aims of  combining two motifs/patterns and creating a six-sided snowflake. 

E34, from which the center is adapted, is actually an 8-repeat pattern. It was reworked and shared by Marina Mad Jar tatting - https://drive.google.com/file/d/11iVy2KdXkEJKW_4Hc_E4G4P29RuD1b9O/view

For the radiating arms, she chose E43 which was reworked and shared by Maria Grazia and Ninetta Caruso - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRu7OggaSna0eXDRA2P18dRu6uE4-1J7/view

The original patterns are from Eleonore Endrucks' 1920 book, ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’ which has been trsnslated and reworked in the Endrucks 1920 Project.

It was while tatting this E43 (my 3D flower adaptation) for the pattern of the month game, that my memory neurons finally connected and nudged me into blogging.

Sally has clearly succeeded! Her use of different threads, including metallic, gives a beautiful finish. She explains her process in more detail in the pdf and graciously shares her pattern... 

E34+E43 January Snowflake by Sally Biggers - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4_Yo56bSduuO14473kMhcQ9wE-gVbEz/view

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While this is definitely on my to-tat list, Ninetta beat me to it! Following is her version which she tatted in April.

A vibrant play with two colours! It would serve well as a coaster, too. Or how about joining/tiling them for a larger piece.

Hope you enjoy this pattern and let us know about it. UPDATE: I just found Sally's blog and you can read about this snowflake here - https://myartbarn.blogspot.com/2024/02/havent-created-post-here-in-quite-while.html

For more such patterns and other details - EP Links - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view

A very special thanks to Sally, and to all who made this journey possible

Related Posts -

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/10/when-time-flies.html
https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-personal-touch.html   

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/07/what-heart-wants.html

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/07/so-many.html

bracelet query

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Early this month I was approached by a lady, Beata S, to help with a bracelet pattern. She showed me a pic and I immediately thought of a single shuttle pattern. However, the rings were so clearly overlapping, that it created some confusion and I veered towards interlaced split rings. That I was seeing the image on a small screen didn't help either. I can't show that pic for obvious reasons,

I asked my PIC Ninetta for confirmation and she quickly came back with a couple of WIP pics and it was such a relief. 

This bracelet is almost as basic as they come, quick to tat up, and a great way to embellish or use as a lanyard, jewellery piece, etc. It has dimension, texture, and strength. 

The following pics are a very quick stepwise pictorial using thick thread and large pearl beads. The size of ring will depend on the size of the bead - let the ring be just a tad larger.

1. String beads onto to shuttle thread and tat a ring.

Slip the bead towards the ring just tatted.

    Each ring is 12 ds ; 4mm pearl beads ; size 3 thread.

 

2. Leaving just enough bare thread to span the distance between previous ring and bead, tat the next ring.

3. Pass a crochet hook through the top of the previous ring and pull up the new ring through it,  centering the bead in the previous ring.

4. Continue these steps for the desired length.

Many variations are possible, obviously, including more than one bead in the center, seed beads around the ring, etc. 

Check out Ninetta's numerous Russian-inspired versions here - https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2019/08/russian-inspired-bracelets.html

5. This is how it looks from the back. Notice the bare thread between rings. It can be avoided by using seed beads to cover the bare thread, thus making the braid reversible with kind of a dual look.

I really wish I could have made a better version - intended but not executed. Perhaps in future. At present I am working in fits and starts.

As soon as I was satisfied, I typed out instructions to Beata, and told her I would send the pics in a bit. I had barely uploaded the pics when I received her beautiful version! She was not only quick, but so neat! 

It is always satisfying to answer a query and be of help. And we learn in the process, too. I have often had to delve deeper into a technique to answer a question, thus improving my own understanding. 

UPDATE: (19th April 2024) Beata Saifer just sent me this new image of her bracelet and graciously permitted me to share it here ---

Thank you, Beata! It's been nice corresponding and chatting with you!

UPDATE (May 2024): Corina Meyfeldt used a different method (Collar Rings) to achieve the same result. https://cmhandmade.blogspot.com/2014/07/hello-jaden.html

UPDATE (July 2024): Mad Jar Tatting had uploaded a video demonstrating how to tat this braid. While the outcome is the same, she tats a line of alternating rings and beads to desired length. Then she starts weaving the rings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIrGNrkWHJE - Ring with Beads in size 20

Related Posts
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/05/russian-bracelet-and-brooch.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/07/bunch-of-pattern-updates.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/09/duh-moments.html

aug roundup 3

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 I'm sure you must have enjoyed the hearty spread in my 2 previous posts. This is the final serving for our 'pretty me aug 2022' FB event. While all our participants are on Facebook, some joined us through blogs and Instagram, too. They encompass a diverse set of tools, experience, and skills, besides imagination. 

11. Marina MadJar Tatting - shared her key chain pendant adaptation pattern. 

12. Margaret Davies - Margaret really went to town with her hearts - trials, patterns, and all! I've lost count of the number of trials she posted, including a discarded attempt at a butterfly within the heart.

Besides sharing her enlarged heart and bookmark patterns, she tatted this earring and pendant set, adding a tiny ring at the tip to hold findings. The pendant differs from Lella Loops' pendant in the previous post, in the number of joins between motifs.

13. Meenakshi (muskaan) Jain - While preparing presentations for the original pattern and for the spin-offs, I had plenty of opportunity to tat more hearts, starting with my Indian Flag earring version;

Ninetta's coaster which I am using daily;

Margaret's enlarged heart - in the 2nd one I increased the chain length;

and finally Margaret's bookmark. Would look lovely as a bracelet embellished with beads.

14. Mela Cabo followed my example and worked a pair of mirrored earrings in metallics.  

15. Ninetta Caruso had tatted her coaster in size 80 (4cms) and inserted it in this key chain

16. Paola Bevilacqua had worked her earrings as soon as the notated pattern was shared in the blog in June.

17. Ruth Palsson (stitchingbushwalker) has been tatting for only about a year and kept working on the heart motifs till she was finally satisfied with her joins, her bead/crystal sizes, etc. 

In the trio below, Ruth added a metallic machine embroidery thread to add that bit of sparkle. She will be using the heart(s) for a lucky door prize.

18. Sharada Rajan worked in size 80 for a pair of earrings before the event;

and encapsulated a 3rd heart within the key chain.

19. Stephanie Mc (Tattimic) shared her butterfly pattern.

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And there can be no better words to express our sentiments, than what my partner in this crime, Ninetta Caruso, has to say -

I'm very happy to see all the prettyfied hearts shared for the August #prettymeEndrucks event. Thank you very much, Muskaan and everyone of you! It was amazing how many of you felt involved and actively participated. 😘 This was only our first event -  there's an Italian expression that sounds like: "a good day can be seen from the morning". Hence, this cascade of creativity is exactly what we had hoped for our group!

We are preparing many more events, besides the current #extractmeEndrucks game. It seems this book is like magic, an incredible and endless source of inspiration; when you think you're done, there will always be another rabbit to be pulled out of Endrucks' hat!

Dear tatters, keep creating and happy Endrucks' tatting!

 Till our next roundup for the current game, then!

💖 Many many many thanks for playing! Keep inspiring us 💖 

Round up part 1 (pattern pdfs) - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/aug-roundup-1.html

Round up part 2 - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/aug-roundup-2.html

when time flies

Pin It now! Reworked patterns from Frau Eleonore Endrucks-Leichtenstern’s ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’, 1920, for Endrucks 1920 Project

When time flies the best of intentions cannot stop it! Marina was an early bird, selecting 2 patterns in Nov 2020 and starting immediately. She even went to the trouble of watching videos to improve her block tatting after her first trial. And within days she sent me a beautiful snowflake pattern from her shop so that we got an idea of how she presents her patterns! No problem … the hidden beauty of this community project is that we have an eclectic mix of presentation styles, with something to learn from each.

Time had seemingly flown so fast that it was July 2021 in a blink and time to hurry! But the more you are in a hurry, the faster time goes by, especially if your pc doesn't cooperate!

“My pc was crashing like crazy and losing data, so I had to restart drawing several times.”

Such behind-the-scene roadblocks rarely get highlighted by a crafter, but we all go through such hurdles to produce the best we can. And that she did!

Following is Endrucks’ pattern #6 where she turned the original edging into a lovely Square Motif with a simple skipping of chains. 

 

Pattern #6 pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgjOW8CBDfPEpIKPD9n_naXaf8QbPXef/view  

As with all patterns in this book, the edging uses block tatting and thrown/floating rings besides the regular chains and rings.

Look closely and you will notice the square motif is tatted in 2 colours - white and ecru.

If we skip the thrown/floating rings on either side of the block rings, we should be able to get yet another square turned the other way (as evidenced in pattern #22).

Pattern #34 pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/11iVy2KdXkEJKW_4Hc_E4G4P29RuD1b9O/view 

Despite being a bit “intimidated” by pattern #34 initially, she turned out a beautiful doily worked in one pass using Endrucks’ method of climbing out (I hadn’t noticed this earlier)! Resourceful tatters can use split chains and split rings to climb out. Her clear diagrams show each row with count and direction, and she has included needle tatting hints.

My ever-vigilant partner, Ninetta, noticed that her year of birth suggested she was relatively young and was curious about her tatting background. Marina graciously sent in this short write-up of her tatting journey –

"... I am from Belgrade, Serbia a small country in Europe. I found tatting through internet, by chance, while looking for next crochet project. There were some interesting earrings that I could tell were not crochet, so I did an image search, and was stunned by the beauty of this new thing I have found... That was late 2015. Here in Serbia, there is only a few people that know what tatting is, I know of 5 or 6 tatters from around here, and I only talked to one of them on the phone. Everything I know, I picked up from you tube, by rewinding videos many many times and reading blogs, like yours and few other tatters. There is no tatting thread that can be purchased here, only crochet or embroidery, so I use that or some blends I make from sewing and decorative thread. Same goes for shuttles. I used to cut plastic into flat shuttle shape, until regular shuttles I ordered online arrived. I think I love tatting so much because it is so challenging, once you think you have it figured out, new thing pops up, and there you go again... And one more thing, I have never seen tatting, that somebody else made, in person, only on photos and videos... That's it for now. Thank you and Ninetta for all the work you are doing for this lovely craft 💗"

It is truly amazing the wonderful designs she has created in this short span of time! I’ve been saying Marina, but you might recognise her as Mad Jar Tatting (sometimes Mad Zar, depending on the translator). All our contributors are on Facebook and you can visit her page here - https://www.facebook.com/mad.jar.tatting/  

Her etsy shop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadJarTatting) is a treasure to scroll through! Some of my favourites are her Sea Star and Dragon Egg patterns! Imagine a Dagger as a bookmark! I sorely wish I’d had the time to offer to test tat her Manohary Doily when she called for volunteers. (manohari is Hindi for enticing). Her designs span simple to advanced, 2D to 3D, jewellery to lace. Her 3D Pine Cones and Sunflower are enticing, as is her latest 3D tatted shuttle.

I had the happy chance to try out her stacked rings earrings in 2019 – a technique that immediately roped me in! Applying techniques is something this talented designer does really well and is a sure way to tempt me!

Though time flew again from July to Oct before I got this opportunity to publicly thank Marina, I know she understands the behind-the-scene issues and will forgive me for my lapse. Ninetta joins in to profusely thank Marina for her valuable contribution and perseverance against all odds.

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Endrucks 1920 Project is a community project, we welcome every one of you to join in! Please let us know where we can find your renditions and derivative tatting!
We created the hashtag #Endrucks1920Project, so please use it for your pics to show up in a search.
We all enjoy sharing and the project is awaiting every one of you!
All info and links (original and modern) are in the Endrucks 1920 Project Document, here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view
Remember there are many more modernised patterns, derived and extracted patterns/ideas, already listed in the project document, with more still to come! So, do visit and scroll through.
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With love and gratitude,
muskaan and Ninetta

Related posts –
Endrucks’ #22 square derivatives - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2015/11/pattern-eleonores-angels.html
Endrucks’ method of continuous tatting - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2021/07/continuous-paths.html
Stacked Rings Earrings - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/11/sidetracked.html