happy Endrucks 3

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 Continuing from part 2 (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/09/happy-endrucks-2.html), this is the final batch of pics. All tatted solely by Krystyna Mura, and derived from just one doily pattern #31 of Endrucks' ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’, 1920. And if you were amazed by the first two batches, be wowed by the following! 

Link to the pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lcQrl0f6PdLYApe4YVM2ZVorLsHToAm1/view and part 1 - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/09/happy-endrucks-1.html

YOUNG  EINSTEIN

I for one could never in my wildest dreams imagine this! Would somebody be inspired to tat the iconic older Einstein, too, LOL?!

 

STRONGMAN

And flipped over, we have this! Tatted optical illusion.

DOG  ROSE

One more version in pale lilac tints is in the pdf.

POPPY

Krystyna had derived a 3D poppy from pattern #12 as well. (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/04/show-stopper-or-show-topper.html)

PURPLE  DHALIA

There are more models in different colours in the pdf - Bright Pink and Sea Shell Dahlias.

RED  LILA  BUTTERFLY

PURPLE  STONE  BUTTERFLY

Both butterflies have one more version each with minor variations.

BUTTERFLY  BROOCH AND EARRINGS

GOLD  MOTH

BEETLE

SCARLET  DRAGONFLY

WISE  OLD  OWL

I especially like the horned ears ;-D

3D  MOUSE

Didn't expect this, did you?!

Ninetta and I cannot thank Krystyna enough for her wonderful and beyond-imagination work; way beyond what she volunteered for and what was expected!

Many many many thanks, Krystyna! You have gifted us a plethora of ideas and patterns. Frau Endrucks would definitely have been amused and amazed. 

Russian Bracelet and Brooch

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 aka The Importance of Polyester !

BRACELET PARACORD - 

This link was shared in a fb group and it was fun to come back to 3D tatting.

But I decided to do a short beaded version for earrings. 

One can start the split ring braid with a normal ring.

For the ring and chain scroll I chose to work with shuttle and ball continuous thread instead of 2 shuttles, with beads strung on ball thread.

I made 16 chains with 8 beads on each.

Really, for better results, for the intertwined elements to keep their shape, polyester thread is an essential.

This is how it looks from the back....

... and against a black background.

Simple Anchor size 40 thread and size 18/0 seed beads. Final measurement – 2¼” long, ¾” broad.  

I tried another pattern. This time the DOUBLE-SIDED BROOCH. This pattern is made of 5 individual rosettes or medallions. After all 5 are completed, they are interlaced/intertwined. I’ve done this type before, though not so dense.

I have no trouble tatting large rings. However, in order to get a stiff ring, I increased the stitch tension. You can see the mess I made (even broke the thread once while closing a ring, and then switched to mock rings).

I’ve decided to scrap this project. No use until I have the right thread. What has been your experience? Any tips?

It’s a pity I couldn’t get better results – the video demonstrations are very clear! I’ll jot it down as gaining some more experience :-D

giving and receiving

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…. thanks q

According to the Hindu calendar, Guru Poornima is celebrated every year on full moon of the 4th month - this time it fell on the 27th. As per scriptures, it is a day to offer respect and gratitude to one’s teachers. So this may be almost a 3,000 year old legacy! 

Thought I’d give my thanks to each tatter/blogger I’ve had the pleasure to meet online – I always learn a little something and add to my knowledge, be it from a beginner question, peer consultation, or expert advice.

Firstly, I’d like to thank the extremely talented Mari-jan. We got acquainted, and have been in touch, when they asked to publish my pattern in their publication, De Frivolite(k)ring . Recently she celebrated her 1^st blog anniversary and surprised me with this lovely handmade silk plum blossom and handwritten card. 

  

Update : Mari-jan has posted details about this technique here.

Next, as a thank-you gesture for helping her out with some tatting snags over time, Jean Gordon shared this joyful bookmark pattern! I got down to tatting it almost immediately, spurred by her tatted models.

This is the Butterfly Bookvine designed by Kimberley Donohue 

published in #16, KNOTS tatting newsletter, March 1997. 

Jean made a few tweaks and re-wrote it.

I really liked Jean’s colour scheme above! 

I chose the closest I could get from my Anchor size 40 stash. I want to make another with more colourful butterflies and vine using embroidery thread.
It measures 13×3cms without tail.

Butterflies are superb in that there was no need to hide ends at all since we end with a split ring! Instead of using 2 shuttles, I left a long tail in the beginning to use for the 2nd side of split ring and one antenna.

There are 2 versions of the butterfly in the pattern. I chose the more decorative one. 

For the vine, instead of SLT, I used the Reverse Join to switch threads, thus ending up tatting it with one shuttle and green ball thread. 

One has to keep track of the joins, though. I kept making mistakes linking to the butterfly and ended up retrotatting.

You know I like tails on my bookmarks. So a lock stitch chain it was. But for the tassel, I have to thank Stephanie Wilson. Last year, when she was test tatting one of my patterns, she shared her wonderful idea – collect all the scrap threads and make tassels! 

I finally remembered in time, and am so happy with the result, even though these were the only scraps left from recent projects in my tiny collection box. I added a green border on either side of the wrap-around -- ALL scrap!!!.

Here’s another of Jean’s tatting sample (still unblocked). She’s been tatting for just over a year and already learned interlaced rings (the 4-shuttle braid) & the floating twisted picot!

Blogging has brought me so many extraordinary friends!

Many many thanks to this tatting circle of friends qYq