How to
notate ?
I’d like a bit of help, please.
I checked and rechecked,
counted and recounted, compared with original tatted model, … and was very confident
that what I wrote and tatted was correct.
Then I Googled and found many
tatters have made and blogged about the same project over the years, but there
was no mention of anything amiss.
Now my confidence is undermined
and I need you to take a few seconds and choose the correct one, before I make
a complete fool of myself ;-P
One ring and chain are diagrammed above, along with
stitchcount.
When
there are many picots separated by the same number of stitches, we like to
shorten the notation by putting a single repeat within brackets followed by the
number of times the bracketed segment needs to be repeated.
Going
by this ‘shorthand’ method, which of the following notations is correct for
each element - A or B ; C or D ? (refer to diagram)
RING
A] R: 3 (– 3) x6, 7 – 7 RW
B] R: (3
–) x6, 7 – 7 RW
CHAIN
C] CH: 7 (– 3) x5, 7
D] CH: 7 (– 3) x4, – 7
With experienced tatters, our
brains autocorrect ; but for new/beginners incorrect notations can cause
unnecessary frustration. It is this latter scenario that makes me more vigilant
now.
Waiting for your response, tatters J
A or B for ring ? and
C or D for chain ?
Waiting for your response, tatters J
A or B for ring ? and
C or D for chain ?
Just to complete and justify the title, here are a few other ways we come across for the diagram above.
Without any brackets ...
R:
3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 7 – 7 . RW
CH:
7 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 7
Some include the total number of
picots in that element as end of line …
R:
3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 7 – 7 . RW (7p total)
CH:
7 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 7. (5p in all)
“sep” or “sep by” is shortened
from “separated by”. It gives us only the number of stitches between the end
picots in that segment ….
R:
3ds, 6p sep 3ds, 7ds, p, 7ds. RW
CH:
7ds, 5p sep 3ds, 7ds
These are a few that are most
often used when converting descriptive antique patterns to shorter modern
format.
