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When the class material for March 14 was posted, I grabbed hold of the opportunity to try my
first CKPs. No, this is not Vulcan for ‘Live Long and Prosper’, although I do
wish the same for all you wonderful readers :-)
Welcome
aboard …
Patricia
Lyn Cobb
* click for pattern; pdf from class material link
Threads : When trying
out something new, I prefer size 20 thread.
Anchor
Mercer . Art 4504. Copper/Burnt Sienna – 0896 ; Dark Yellow – 0289
Metallic
wire/thread in copper & silver.
Measurements
:
Inner
Circle : ¾” ; Outer Circle : < 1½” ; 1¾” with CKP
Techniques
I used :
One can climb out from inner circle with a SR or a double core SSSR, but this time I followed the simple route of cut & tie.
I love the use
of CKP – a lacy way to cover negative space, and join 3 elements together !
When not adjusted/opened,
the outer CKPs produce a single-picot angled effect which can be used creatively in an ensuing round !
TIP : While making the CKPs, in order
to hold each loop in place, I had cut out little card stock picot gauges that I
left inserted till joining was required (forgot to take pics).
Since the
CKPs needed to be blocked, in order to keep them open, I inserted spacer pins.
These weighed down the medallion & made a Lovely carousel. Photograph does not do justice to the fun transformation.
TIP : One can add beads to the CKPs or
chains of beads all around to weigh down the medallion; add findings above
& Voila, one has a jhumka earring ! Or use as decorative tree ornament.
The outer CKPs
definitely called for blocking before I could proceed further. And this time, a rolling pin would not work, since each loop had to be opened & pinned
individually !
I didn’t
have a bangle of required diameter & was too lazy to look for a substitute.
Instead I tied 2 metallic wire threads, joined them to one CKP loop &
tatted an S-chain of 10 stitches, 1ds in next CKP loop, 1picot, 1ds in next
loop of same CKP. Continue.
To finish off, I continued with an S-chain with picots between spaced-out stitches. This can hopefully be used as a tree ornament.
TIP : The stitch count was arrived at
by marking the distance between CKPs on a paper & drawing a straight line
between them since I wanted a hexagon.
After 3 sides were tatted, I panicked, thinking that the hexagon sides were too tight.
So 2 sides on the left have 12 stitches in the S-chain, hence the curvature.
What I don’t
like is that the weaving overlap of outer CKP loops is not clearly visible.
Maybe another stitch would help separate the loops ?
Before
using the S chain with picots, I did a quick trial with the metallic wires. The
first part (on left) has closely snugged stitches, while the latter half has
stitches pulled apart by the distance of each picot.
This gives
a mock Pearl Tatting effect, using only 2 threads.
I really
enjoyed tatting this little medallion - worked in just one sitting - & converting it into a hexagon. Love
the Celtic Knotted Picots – both for their effect and their multi-utility. They
are a bit fiddly, though, & I may be wary of using them with size 40
thread. But who knows what lies beyond the horizon, in the vast galaxy !
