sing little birdie

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 The Ring of Tatters (Spring 2024, #88) newsletter I received couple of months back (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/05/reading-is-cool.html) has such lovely patterns and I hope to tat them all. I started with a little bird motif in order to submit it for the PICOT Bingo, striking off the Tat Fauna box (https://www.patreon.com/posts/picot-bingo-95729145?).

Just like it's pattern, the motif has a simple name - Bird. Made only of scrolls - rings and chains, it takes on the shape of a bird and can be tatted with a ball and shuttle. It is designed by Hannah Crowle. Worked in Anchor pearl cotton size 8, it comes to almost the exact size as the printed model.

There was a time when I kind of looked down upon simple ring/chain designs. They felt too easy and I was striving to learn so much more! And yet, getting the motif to lay fat, yet be visually identifiable and elegant, is a huge achievement and I am still not at that stage. Which is why I truly appreciate all kinds of designs.

I haven't changed anything and it was a joy to tat! Although an bead eye would look good, right? I remembered too late that I had some nice soft variegated embroidery threads (skeins) which would've looked nice instead of this solid colour. All my other variegates in tatting threads just didn't seem to cut the mark. 

This bird can be suspended or be perched on a tree and thus be eligible for the Small Decorations game I am participating in, I have already started something else for that. Stay tuned .....

Many thanks to Hannah for her cute little birdie 

tadaaaaa

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The versatile E43 3D flower had been finished and waiting on my bedside cabinet for at least a week now. Yet it was only the night before last that I finally took pics and also shot a short video. I will share the detailed pattern (the tweaks) in a future post. Here I want to celebrate its beauty, though it still looks so much better in real.

The video to get a true feel of the flower from all angles - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gVlbyRb57Q5JKbBBTFt4-k9Iyl2kbwzi/view

After completing the three petals as shown here (https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/07/so-many.html) I chose metallic thread and random beads to tat Josephine chain stamens. Many of the threads were short leftover lengths. Metallic thread combined with the spiral chain inherently make the tatted stamens stiff and stand up straight.

The stamens were inserted through the center of the flower, without any need to hide ends.

Calyx for the flower is also partially derived from the E43 motif. After the sepals, I continued with a 4-ring rosette to give the structure a conical 3D shape which could fit under the flower.

I used Catherine Wheel Join on the long sepals.

Here's how the calyx looks from behind. The entire flower does not need stiffening. However I did add a bit of diluted glue to the sepals solely because they were inserting themselves through the petals and it was difficult to take a pic.

All tails from the above insertions and an extra length of doubled up size 10 thread was used to make the stem. Here again I used a spiral chain, encapsulating all the tails and snipping them off at different points.

This is how the flower looks from another angle. 

Hubby loves it and one morning he actually thought a butterfly was perched on my cabinet!

If only I could get better shots. Thankfully the video shows it better.

Of the many I have designed, to date this is my largest tatted 3D flower, and worked in perle size 8!

Again from the top. Single petal (with Victorian sets) was shared here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/07/what-heart-wants.html 

And one more. The petals can be tatted in one pass.

As stated before, this is derived and adapted from the E43 pattern from Eleonore Endrucks' 1920 book, Die Schiffchen-Spitzen, reworked by Maria Grazia and Ninetta Caruso - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRu7OggaSna0eXDRA2P18dRu6uE4-1J7/view  and next month I will share my modifications/additions.

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This flower is also my submission for the PICOT BINGO hosted by Natalie Rogers. It's been a while since I entered anything here, and I take this opportunity to cover 4 boxes in one strike -

💥Tat a Flora, 💥Josephine Chain, 💥Catherine Wheel Join, 💥Victorian Sets.

I left out Add Beads for another time.
This game can be played till the end of the year and details of the game are here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/picot-bingo-95729145?

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And also submitting for the monthly SMALL DECORATIONS game hosted by splocik, the details of which can be found here - https://splocik2.blogspot.com/2024/01/mae-dekoracje-galeria-grudniowa.html. Do take a look at the June entries from several talented participants in a range of crafts here - https://splocik2.blogspot.com/2024/07/male-dekoracja-galeria-czerwcowa.html

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https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2024/07/so-many.html

multifascination

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 This time I have not delayed, not by much essentially. A couple of months back I came across an Instagram post on tatting and their profile said they were a German group of 15-20 members with a common passion for occhi! I messaged them about our Endrucks 1920 Project and so began a lovely friendship with Elisabeth Dobler (she manages the account and is the founder of the group 'Occhi Freunde Oberschwaben'), a very talented tatter who enjoys pushing the boundaries and exploring new techniques.

Inspired by my E25 palm leaves, she belted out a range of effects from one basic model! We decided to call these Multifaceted Leaves. She graciously accepted to share the pattern and we worked together to create a presentation that is hopefully clear and easy to follow. She also made a presentation in German. Here are the links to both -

E24 Multifaceted Leaves by Elisabeth Dobler - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ywaZcQP8b1M86jo4yLIwpH5fZ5kQ0_tX/view

E24 Facettenreiche Blätter by Elisabeth Dobler - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uFBNdM9aFOPUDCJyWC_dy1R_nyC4KRw/view

 

Multifaceted Leaf #1 (basic) 

This is the basic pattern which can be embellished as desired. She has worked the leaves in a clever and interesting fashion, entailing encapsulation. 

While the detailed pattern for this basic leaf is given, for the others an explanation of the effect/process is provided. Instead of repeating the description here, I request you download the pdf and understand the intricacies.

Multifaceted Leaf #2 - 

She has used metallic thread to embellish the leaves.

Multifaceted Leaf #3

Multifaceted Leaf #4

Maltese Rings adorn this leaf.

Multifaceted Leaf #5

Here the leaf starts at the mekik oyasi ring with cut picots and progresses back and forth to ensure it is worked in one pass. The crosshatch filling is so impressive.

Multifaceted Leaf #6

All six leaves together. 

Would these make a bushy mustache or even eyebrows, LOL? 

Simply add a stemmed flower in the center for a nice composition.

This is but a small slice of the enticing array of possible effects one can play with, using the basic model!

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Patterns 24 and 25 from Eleonore Endrucks' 1920 book, Die Schiffchen-Spitzen, are very similar; E25 has a bit extra on the E24 as base. E24 was reworked by Ninetta Caruso for the Endrucks 1920 Project and you can find her work here ---

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZpHou6AOWM3LZJVbEMNB_gurWqtjazRx/view - pdf  ; 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/50533105711/  - diagram only ;

https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/10/eleonore-thats-difficult.html - notes.

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Elisabeth Dobler has published two books with tatting patterns - Tatted Necklace with Roses, and Tatted Faces! Oh the faces book is really interesting and fun! 

Just like with Sally (in my previous post), it is always a pleasure to correspond with someone who is receptive, prompt, and willing to learn and share mutually! Seeing her interest in new techniques and effects, I told her about Ninetta's flickr account and blog and her new Captured Picot. Elisabeth got right down to it, diligently learning the captured picot, teaching it to her group and also applying them creatively! Wish I had taken her permission to share the pics here ... perhaps in future. But you can check out her Insta posts with all her wonderful displays here - https://www.instagram.com/occhi_freunde_oberschwaben/

These Multifaceted Leaves and many other leaves (seen in Elisabeth's Insta feed) will be displayed in the Austrian Lace Association's Congress 2024 - Participation Leaves in Linz from 11th to 13th October. Wish I and our group could've participated - hopefully next year.

Many many thanks to Elisabeth and looking forward to more creations.

Related Posts - Palm Leaves from E25

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/idea-in-progress.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/09/palm-or-plant-help.html

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/10/no-truncation.html
https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2022/10/sunny-palms.html