leaf me roundup 3

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I got caught up in other tasks and this post got delayed. Nevertheless, I am sure it is worth the wait! After sharing part 1 and part 2, let's get right down to admiring what part 3 showcases for our hungry eyes! To remind - this is the Leaf Me Endrucks Sep2024 game based on E15 Leaf Doodles #1,#2,#3.

21. Marja Jalo

In true fall colours, Marja shared her thoughts here - https://solmujenlumoissa.blogspot.com/2024/09/kapypitsiruskaa.html

She visualised this as a key ring - https://solmujenlumoissa.blogspot.com/2024/09/ruskakoru-kapypitsilehdista.html

But this parure really takes the cake! This gorgeous necklace uses 21 beaded E15 leaves and she also combined it with a pair of earrings. 

She was gracious enough to put together this collage especially for our group. The way she used beads can be seen more clearly and she explains it further in her blog post - https://solmujenlumoissa.blogspot.com/2024/09/ruskakoru-kapypitsilehdista.html

22. Michelle Forclaz 

 

We didn't receive many models using 2 solid and contrasting colours and this makes a nice change.

The pink model has beads embedded in the chains!

"Four leaves on a walk" is how Michelle describes the above cluster.

And more leaves, this time on a tree that is shedding them!

 

Now these variations of the E15 leaf 2nd version are quite eye-catching! They would look good as tree ornaments and tatted icicles, I think.

23. Muskaan

This time I used metallic thread.

The lovely models and enthusiastic participation inspired me to pick up my shuttle and tat a 4th version based on my E15 Leaf Doodle #2!
It is a Laurel Leaf or a Birdie on a paperclip!  https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/09/leafy-birdie.html 

And this is my E15 Grape Leaf where I assembled the three versions of E15 Leaf Doodle and then joined them using an outlining chain - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-3-in-1-leaf.html

24. Ninetta Caruso

Just look at the tiny size of these leaves!

And then she went on a tatting spree and assembled the foliage into a miniature Garden Croton for her miniature lace shop! https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-lace-shop-of-my-dreams.html  

"This is only one of the 3 leaves proposed for the game, it is E15 Leaf Doodle #1. Thread is Lizbeth size 80, colour 136. It is 6cm high, from the "floor" to the highest tip." 

Ninetta continued to tat these leaves through the summer of 2025 and this time she gathered them into an E15 3D Anthurium. https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2025/09/botanical-trend.html

We will be sharing the pattern and assemblage soon.

25. Norah O'Riordan 

"These are doodles 1 & 2 from #15. I’ve done needle tatting for a few years but have just graduated to shuttles. These small motifs are great practice pieces. Thanks for making the pattern available." 

It is so gratifying to not simply tat a motif but to also use it for learning and practice.

26. Paola Arnezf

"The flower (eastern ray) is made from the beautiful leaf. Made 2 sets of 6 petal One set with 6 rings on each side of the petal and the other set with 5 rings on each side. Then I assembled the flower by placing the smaller set inside and with a thread forming the flower. Pistols are rings of different colors. Greetings from Bolivia."

Not only is the flower superb, the entire display is fabulous!

So we now have 3 poinsettia versions from the same E15 leaf doodle pattern - Katie's in the previous post, Paola's above, and my prototype here https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-power-of-15.html

So aren't you amazed by the creative energy radiating through all these models made by enthusiastic hands?! Only 6 names in this list but can you even begin to count the number of leaves displayed?

And we are not done yet!!! Several more to show ....

Please use the hashtag #Endrucks1920Project, and cite the name of the designer and pattern when you post your version on any social media platform. And the hashtag for this game is #LeafMeEndrucks.

Many many thanks to all our participants for their spectacular versions & creations !

... to be continued (part 4)

leaf me roundup 2

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Continuing from the previous part 1 roundup of Leaf Me Endrucks Sep2024 here -https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2025/10/leaf-me-roundup-1.html , we have some more spectacular presentations! While I have included direct quotes from our members, I deliberately edited out their enthusiastic praise, etc., otherwise Ninetta and I would turn beet red, LOL 

13. Katie Verna     

"Mine are patterns Number 2 and 3. Many thanks to you pattern developers! Well, I thought those leaves might even become petals of a flower. Here's my version. All the tatty best, everyone! Such a fun game."

14. Krystyna Mura

"Pattern: E15 Leaf Doodle #2 by Muskaan M (with some tiny tweaks )
Aren't they sweet little Christmas tree trimmings?"

"Once again I used the awesome pattern E15 Leaf Doodle #2. After some tiny modifications I've got a pair of heart-shaped, asymmetrical earrings."

"Another picture of my little Christmas ornaments, this time amid spruce viridity
Pattern: E15 Leaf Doodle #2 (with some tiny tweaks)."

15. Lea Ann Binder

"My first try at the leaf doodle. Still trying to figure out the twisted picots."

And look at the cute thank you note she made using her twisted picot trials!!!

"This is what I am making with my first leaf doodle. I am thinking of putting a pin back on it so I can pin it on the necklace or wear it as a pin on a jacket or vest."

16. Lella Loops

"I'm late... my autumn mood is on now
My entry from pattern E15 - Leaf Doodle #1  needle tatted."

17. Manju Talekar

This was her first leaf where she promised to add more as you can see scrolling down!

"My submission a greeting card for Diwali, leafy doodle#1 adapted for Lord Ganesh."

The pattern was shared here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2025/08/festival-tatting.html 

".... doodle #2, adapted to make a star fish inspired from Crinoids, can be made more feathery by tweaking a little more."

"...as in doodle #2, tweaked to make it into a star by connecting the leaves with a small center motif. Thread is Lizbeth metallic size 20 color 311."

The pattern PDF for this E15 Leafy Star has also been shared but more about that in another post.

"Reversal of Muskaan’s leaf doodle #2, and additional outer chain with Josephine rings." 

This pattern is underway ...

18. Margaret Davies

"My first leaf, pink you ask, I have something in mind if it works, ..."

"I expect you all remember my pink leaf (leaf doodle #2). Well I added more leaves and joined them making a flower,.... This was taken while I was away and the light was different. Which is making the thread look different but I can reassure you it’s the same thread"

"...Then I added a middle from the Endrucks pattern E24 we worked on before, that made a flower. I wish I had done this is red then it would have been a poinsettia. Poinsettias have brackets which is really leaves that look like flowers."

19. Maria Burgo

"Finally done. The leaves are too beautiful. (Nov2024)" 

20. Mariangela Di Benedetto

"Do you like them? My leaves"

I'm sure the answer is a resounding yes! 

And this is true of all the models we've seen so far, right?! Such beautiful creations, tweaked to perfection, and generating more ideas, applications, and patterns!

Please use the hashtag #Endrucks1920Project, and cite the name of the designer and pattern when you post your version on any social media platform. And the hashtag for this game is #LeafMeEndrucks.

Many thanks to all our participants for sending in such enthusiastically prepared models!

.... to be continued (part 3)

celebration tatting

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We celebrate the brother-sister bond of Rakshabandhan on the 9th of August this year. So I had this strong urge to collect motifs into rakhis, as I have done a few times over the years. 

I had a collection of these rose and floral motifs from past test-tatting and tutorial exercises, and I had intended to arrange and attach them into a necklace or collar to celebrate International Lace Day (June 22nd, 2025). 

Both motifs are adaptations of the central rounds of Eleonore Endrucks' pattern E42 in her 1920 book, ‘Die Schiffchen-Spitzen’, and reworked by Paola Emilia Rotuletti (2021). (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgPuAzM83cjVoWvzFaiAIp7UDbuueBB0/view)

The small motif on top is the E42 Roses by Daniela Galli (2025) which she kindly shared for the ILD 2025. Pattern PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HiDjl4A_CkRcRGqpjhEItWqgEI1bGMhE/view 

There is a small and a large rose, both of which can be worked with a ball and shuttle in one pass.

The large motif below is the E42 Flower Motif by Muskaan (2023). It is my 6-repeat adaptation for my E42 Antiks Snowflake (2023). Pattern PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5J5sjuAA7D0qGPOGnK9RJ83MKdNkWSZ/view

I had used the large motifs to demonstrate three ways of climbing out without the need for split chains. https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2023/11/game-antics.html

PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VFk4ZnBT9ObJxnEKgI6hUkk2wtd_gOD4/view

I love lock stitch aka lock chains and simply picked up the knitting cotton size 10 threads in contrasting colours. I worked with one ball and shuttle. The rakhi motifs are all worked in size 20 crochet cotton from various brands.

 

Just so I remember for future, here's how I brought the motifs together with a Swarovski faceted bead (4.5mm) in the center. Pre-string the bead onto a length of thread and slide it to the center; bring both ends through the layered motifs; adjust and wind one end on a shuttle. 

Now from the ball pull off a length similar to one half of the first thread, leave it aside and start tatting a lock chain from the center. When desired length is reached, remove shuttle and again wind it with the other end and repeat the lock chain with ball thread on the other side. The bead remains locked in.

And for the tips, I inserted a bead through both threads at one end, tied a knot niched with the bead and trimmed off the tails. Repeated it on the other side. This seemed the quickest way to finish off the rakhi/bracelet.

The above large motif is from the original E42 center - notice it has 8 repeats.

In fact each E42 rose is also slightly different with tiny tweaks. It's fun to play around.

All together again. Rakhi traditionally has a thin string for tying. However, for a bracelet, one can use broader braids, which are shorter in length with relevant findings instead of ties.

Of course if tatted specifically for a bracelet or rakhi, one can embellish the motifs with beads, picots, etc. Mine are SOUP rakhis hence plain.

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Now I had initially collected the motifs back in May with the intention of making a necklace or collar as stated at the beginning.

I played with arrangements using all the motifs at hand. The above could become a necklace with addition of beads and bling...while the one below could be a collar.

Besides these, I had several other arrangements, including asymmetrical ones but deleted the pics someway along the way.

After several possible arrangements, this is what I found the most appealing and settled on it. Tatted ring or curled ring connectors would be used to link adjacent motifs. However I couldn't get myself to accomplish even this simple task and the lace day passed by without any tatting. 

Who knows if the mood takes me I might even free the motifs from the rakhis and rearrange as a necklace. What is your verdict/preference? Leave as rakhis or make a necklace?

NOTE - These are free patterns but please name the designer and the pattern when you make and post And also use the hashtag #Endrucks1920Project.

Many many thanks to Daniela and Paola - always ready to help and share 💕

Related Posts
Antiks Snowflake pattern and more - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/search?q=Antiks
Patterns for Rakhi/Bracelets - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/p/patterns-designs.html - listed under Holidays, Festival and Jewellery - Hands.

Endrucks, Holidays and Jewellery directories also have some rakhi models -https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1TZBg-HIzseGEUoJ-rko7tNbtSgZY5A18Oy2Y9Hh0Y/view