Tale
of 2 Bookmarks or Bookmark of 2 Tails ?!
( all coloured bold fonts are direct links to site/blog/post)
Jane’s Bookmark
Designer : Jane McLellan
Now here’s a pattern that I
have adored & has been on my to-tat list for like ages !
Yesterday dawned with a
refreshing monsoon shower & as we lazed on the balcony, I finally got
around to tatting this. I also got the opportunity to tat with this new colourway –
it was lying in my stash for many months now. The pics don’t do justice to the colourway …
This pattern can be
downloaded from Jane McLellan’s site , & also from Jane Eborall’s Pattern pages (it
was first published here).
The finished bookmark
measures just under 7” in length ; 1” wide.
My Notes :
- FS/BS tatting all through.
- I made alternate Split Rings with the other shuttle, in order to consume the same length of thread from both shuttles, as well as keep the colourway even. This called for backside tatting of every alternate SR. Here’s how I tackle it :
FS/BS tatting in a Split Ring
Abbreviations
: FS/BS – frontside/backside tatting ; SR – split ring
; fhs – first half stitch ; shs – second half stitch ; ufhs – unflipped fhs ;
ushs – unflipped shs ; RODS – reverse order double stitch ; RORS – reverse
order reverse stitch
About Reverse stitch, here
SR tatted
from Frontside :
This is
the normal way .
1st
half of SR is made with normal Double Stitch (fhs, shs) ;
2nd
half of SR with Reverse Stitch (unflipped hitches in reverse order) ie. (ushs,
ufhs)
SR tatted
from Backside :
1st half of SR is made with RODS (reverse order
double stitch) ie. (shs,fhs) ;
2nd half of SR is made with RORS (reverse order
reverse stitch) ie. (ufhs, ushs). In other words, the 2nd half of SR
is tatted with unflipped hitches, but the order is that of a ds.
- In order to add a tassel, I made one extra small
ring at the end. It was a SSSR
(single shuttle split ring) with the thread ends hidden within. Nothing to
tie & sew, since the threads that emerged from the SSSR were mingled
with the tassel threads.
I enjoyed Jane's Bookmark so much ! It is so easy & quick to tat up :-)
Could I resist doing another ? No (sheepish grin)
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Double
Charm Bookmark
pattern : Jane's Bookmark Cross by Grace Tan
This time I tried Grace Tan’s stitchcount Along with Annie’s Granny’s triangular ‘faux pas’ (she’s
made a Square, too) in size 20
thread (Anchor MC 4054-0020 maroon)
Looks like a tail with 2 charms …. I will be using these as
charms (especially the short straight sections) for future bookmarks, as well !
Thank you, Jane, for
such a fun & versatile pattern :-)
Check out Jane’s other clever, creative patterns at
her site here!
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Robin’s Frauberger
Bookmark
I had finished tatting the
tails & charms to Robin’s Frauberger Bookmark soon after posting the bookmark , but was going to show them along
with a post on Cluny Tatting. Turns out that post is going to be fairly long (as usual !), with lots of pics.
So, Why Does a bookmark need TWO
Tails ?!
Here are the choices :
- Playful fun
- Whimsical quirk ?
- Aesthetical proportions ?
- Practical functionality ?
All of the above or None of
the above ?
For the Spiral bookmark,
it seemed like a fun, quirky idea to use up the 2 small shuttle shaped motifs
as charms.
And then there was the
practical aspect – when using a bookmark in a reference book, one can bookmark
Three places at the same time !
For instance, Nicholl’s book
(in the photo) has the text on one
page & the images/Plates on some distant other. It can be quite a chore to frequently
flip from one page to that other. The 2 tails, with charms helps me keep track,
without disrupting my reading ! And each time I stop/pick up the book again,
the places are already marked.
For the Double Charm
Bookmark above, it was again bit of a fanciful flight !
For the Frauberger
Bookmark, it was proportionality. The body is broad (2”) & a single
tail in the same size 40 thread seemed disproportionate. A 2nd tail
filled up that ‘space’. And I really needed to practice making tallies/clunies.
Despite that, each tally has it’s own Tale to tell ;-P!
UPDATE : This is how it looked with a single tail & charm. It just Had to have 2 tails !
And this bookmark goes into
my knitting book … how many times have I needed multiple bookmarks/page holders
when trying to choose patterns ?! Two tails ? Hey, more than 2 tails would be
even better ;-D This is also a note to
self to make more 2-tailed bookmarks for my other pattern books !
Tail
& Charm for Frauberger Bookmark :
- Tally/cluny
leaf alternating with a Split Ring (8/8) in size 40 thread.
- I
didn’t keep count of weaves in the
- Charms
follow the same pattern as the bookmark. The only addition/tweak I made,
was to add a very small anchoring picot at base of chain & trefoil on
either side. This prevents the trefoil from possible flopping.
Books in Photo :
The Country Diary Book of
Knitting by Annette Mitchell
The Stories of English by David Crystal
Tatting Technique &
History by Elgiva Nicholls
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While checking the motif number, I noticed that my 2nd
round of the 25 Motif Challenge comes to an end ! How time flies when one is
having fun ! Most of my inclusions involved getting out of my comfort zone by
learning something new, applying it, tweaking something, or creating my own pattern. Time to start the
3rd round ? :-D
My sincere thanks to
All designers mentioned in the post
We
have all gained due to your sharing
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