tatted maple leaf
My very first balls of Lizbeth threads arrived after a 3 week wait !!!
The first to tumble in was Falling Leaves in size 40. Well, a fall leaf just
Had to be tatted. Here is the lovely ….
Tammy
Rodgers
It was a pleasure to tat. But I did get confused about
direction. I had started with ball & shuttle as mentioned in pattern. But I decided to tat the center trefoil in clockwise direction, and that resulted in the overall leaf being worked in counterclockwise direction, as seen in pic below !
Here's my working and notes....
1. Shoe lace trick or
Two Shuttles ?
If working with single shuttle & ball, you need to do an
overhand tie or SLT (shoe lace trick) for Ring D & also the last ring.
Rings D & U act like thrown rings, because of the change in chain direction to & from the ring, hence the need for a SLT or a second shuttle.
I try to avoid SLTs . Instead cut ample thread from ball & wound it CTM to Shuttle 2 at this stage.
Please note
that the SLT instruction is missing from an otherwise Excellent diagram.
There is also a bit of confusion about when not to reverse considering our more modern-day working. I would've explained just a bit differently, for tatters like me - I racked my brain trying to accomplish what was written. But it wouldn't work without a SLT or 2 shuttles.
This pattern was taught in the Beginner Class, but I haven't read the logs. This might have come up in the discussion.
There is also a bit of confusion about when not to reverse considering our more modern-day working. I would've explained just a bit differently, for tatters like me - I racked my brain trying to accomplish what was written. But it wouldn't work without a SLT or 2 shuttles.
This pattern was taught in the Beginner Class, but I haven't read the logs. This might have come up in the discussion.
TIP : Brainwave ! Just struck me that I could've continued with ball & shuttle by working these 2 rings as Reverse Rings !!! Now that's a neat functional use for reverse rings. (more about RR in my next post. More synonyms & resources - scroll down to RINGS - Thrown/floating rings).
ps : I tried it and it does work !
ps : I tried it and it does work !
2. Frontside/Backside
Tatting :
If you prefer to tat rings frontside & chains backside
(reverse order double stitch – RODS)), then make the first 3 rings RODS &
adjacent chain frontside. From rings D through U, all can now be tatted
frontside & chains RODS.
I forgot my own TWoT
directions & ended up tatting All outer rings backside !
3. Stem
For a thicker stem I used padded double stitches or pds (2,2) for a decent length.
Should've blocked the leaf, coz I made a mistake in the first chain itself ! Only 15 stitches instead of 20 :-(
many thanks to Tammy and Georgia's Online Tatting Class
for making this pattern available to us !
I have lots of fall leaf patterns in my collection to use
this colorway. The thread works well. Took the plunge because Handy Hands is
now listed in Amazon world & I can pay in Indian currency. But what a high
price (with shipping & import duty) !!! For a total of 3 Lizbeth balls (not much choice in colours so far), I could’ve
bought 43, yes forty three Anchor balls!!!
