It is surprisingly difficult to find snowflakes with hearts in them. This lovely snowflake is Darling Josephine from the book "Tatted Flurries" by Sharon Briggs. My tension wasn't quite right for the pattern as written, so I lengthened the horizontal bar between the hearts with an extra Josephine knot and set of stitches. I have mixed feelings about Josephine knots (the little disks/bobs) - they are cute, but every so often I have one which refuses to
close neatly and it's very aggravating! Next time I might use picots instead. ;)
I received this book for Christmas (yay!) and haven't made very many things from it yet, but the snowflakes look very interesting. Patterns are diagrammed, and all the snowflakes in the book are pictured on the front and back covers so you have a good idea what you're getting. It can be purchased directly from Sharon on her
website (which also has some free patterns).
Gorgeous. Next time you could add pearls, instead of JK's, for an elegant look.
ReplyDeleteTrue, pearls would also work. And I nearly described the Josephine knots as "pearls" in my original post, so we're on the same wavelength. :)
ReplyDeleteI had trouble last night trying to comment on your blog, but it's worked this morning, I see west pine creations got there first as I was going to say pearls would look good instead of JKs, you could use beads as well any colour would give some sparkle.
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Your tatting is great & the hearts are so well made !!!! Gorgeous work :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous!!! :) You did a fabulous job!!! :) Oh, you could do Josephine Chains in place of Josephine Rings as Joelle does in her Flowering Quatrain Bookmark. She says she likes the JC better. Just a thought. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting - I hadn't heard of those. I'll check out her pattern - I was admiring your workup of it, but I think I forgot to comment. :)
DeleteLovely. You did a good job of the Josephine knots. They do look like beads, so you could use beads instead, but it's nice to have an all-tatted item!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tatting and exceptional photograph! I didn't realize this is one of Sharon's designs. I love the hearts, and the Josephine knots really set it off. I have to admit in my 25 years of tatting, I haven't done any Josephine knots! I should give them a try!
ReplyDeleteNicely done! Josephine knots will add twist to your thread making it hard to close the rings.
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