tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54009478904689581882024-03-12T23:56:12.127-07:00Lace, bees, and meSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-39686812167580643962020-12-25T16:42:00.001-08:002020-12-25T16:45:50.043-08:00Gary Houtz' 1-Ring Point Motif<div style="text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsFCetZDvZ_rMo-VeCLaSzWFQiyzD-tOF0nI_H6MxjYPaKgARNrZuMaY-LoxX6l60Dh-uqNBr64PPlbgrYoo6yob5JOWOme0CTyZGjunmm-_1xiE95WPqx2sPWIgFW0S6xPTs92Xy7q0/s1600/Gary+Houtz_1-Ring+Point+Motif.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gary Houtz_1-Ring Point Motif" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsFCetZDvZ_rMo-VeCLaSzWFQiyzD-tOF0nI_H6MxjYPaKgARNrZuMaY-LoxX6l60Dh-uqNBr64PPlbgrYoo6yob5JOWOme0CTyZGjunmm-_1xiE95WPqx2sPWIgFW0S6xPTs92Xy7q0/s320/Gary+Houtz_1-Ring+Point+Motif.jpg" title="Gary Houtz_1-Ring Point Motif" width="294" /></a><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">This simple yet elegant snowflake is titled 1-Ring Point Motif and is from "Tatting the Self-closing Mock Ring for GR-8 Design" by the Shuttle Brothers Gary and Randy Houtz (the book credits this particular design to Gary). It was one of the last things I worked and planned to post before I stopped tatting and blogging, and so it languished for a few years waiting to have the ends finished off. It looks happy to finally be the lovely snowflake it was always meant to be.<br /><br />I believe Gary and Randy are the ones who invented the SCMR technique; they have certainly designed many incredibly creative patterns utilizing it. I love how the group of three little rings is repeated from the center to the arms of the snowflake - if multiple motifs are connected at the tips to make a mat, the connecting points also form the same group of little rings, a lovely repeating pattern. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sadly, Gary passed away <span style="font-family: inherit;">in </span>December<span style="font-family: inherit;"> 2020 from Covid. He will be greatly missed. </span></span> <br /></span></p><span style="background: rgb(189, 8, 28) url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") no-repeat scroll 3px 50% / 14px 14px; border-radius: 2px; border: medium none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: none; font: bold 11px/20px "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif; left: 18px; opacity: 1; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-indent: 20px; top: 26px; width: auto; z-index: 8675311;">Save</span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-92213634037445613132020-07-26T17:22:00.003-07:002020-07-26T17:22:58.869-07:00Ha Mi-Kyeong's Rozallin<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPfUJUzV5ycLHOljaNXcVagxXRXhIBkXmLwRCizJ0siM_NafytBFs6xyQ48J8Hqi8qK5ZIcwY5Pd-VdNSDkmtB37xb_eqnGyY6j9U0LwoqY1GVkhEG6Bq7_b8Ps3kQO19ZfdXbzwdMjM/s1600/Ha+Mi-Kyeong_Rozallin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ha Mi-Kyeong_Rozallin" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPfUJUzV5ycLHOljaNXcVagxXRXhIBkXmLwRCizJ0siM_NafytBFs6xyQ48J8Hqi8qK5ZIcwY5Pd-VdNSDkmtB37xb_eqnGyY6j9U0LwoqY1GVkhEG6Bq7_b8Ps3kQO19ZfdXbzwdMjM/s320/Ha+Mi-Kyeong_Rozallin.jpg" title="Ha Mi-Kyeong_Rozallin" width="280" /></a>This is Rozallin from "Tatting Lace with Your Life" by Ha Mi-Kyeong (ISBN 978-89-98432-45-4). I love the mirrored curves in this motif, and I think the two colors work well together. I did have a little trouble working it - I drew my large rings a bit too tight so it was difficult to get it to lie flat, and results in things overlapping a bit more than I'd like. Because I was also working in two colors, it was a little tricky to simultaneously reverse the direction of the chains and switch colors and leave a mock picot, and so I decided to simplify on the last round by replacing the josephene knots with simple picots. I think the first two rounds would also make a lovely snowflake and might try it when I find my white thread. <br />
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Book cover shown below using an amazon affiliate link, but be warned that the description on Amazon is very wrong and they don't currently offer it for sale. I just want you to be able to see the cover. I really enjoy this book - it's patterns for small motifs and doilies, and the work is colorful and absolutely impeccable. The
text is Korean, but the patterns are diagrammed with excellent
photographs including close-ups of tricky bits. Some of the patterns
feature overlapping elements almost like Celtic tatting.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't done any tatting in quite a long time for a variety of unfortunate reasons, but I was
organizing some papers and discovered a concept sketch and felt inspired to play
a little. This is several variations on a theme, going from one side to
the other using a "ring with crown of smaller rings" motif.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The little green rings are all the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference is the larger ring in the
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1) ring and chain (traditional tatting). My thoughts:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first sample uses sliding joins and short chains to
make a smooth green chain over the pink ring. I like this effect and with
smaller joining picots they would be flush against each other for an onion
ring/nested ring look.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The second uses lock joins and longer chains to make a zig
zag, with nice negative space triangles between the pink and green.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2) split ring. My thoughts:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The smaller crown rings look very clean without extra joins
or chain. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">2 colors in the split ring could be a plus or minus
depending on your goal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a bit annoying to throw those little rings off the
second half of a split ring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wouldn't
enjoy a project with a lot of this.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Large ring is more symmetric due to split ring (tatted rings
are naturally slightly teardrop shaped)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3) single shuttle split ring (SSRS). My thoughts:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Running the bare green thread between the join picots looks
a little "messy".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The ring one color and the crown rings a different color is
a neat effect - it looks closer to version 1 without making chains</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Naturally front side/back side tatting, helpful if you prefer to tat
that way.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is there a standard diagram notation for SSSRs?</span></li>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-82285331668078111842017-03-12T17:06:00.000-07:002017-03-12T17:06:32.777-07:00under the sea<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I needed a break from white and snowflakes and tatted some sea creatures.</div>
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The gold fish is based on Ninetta (Antonina Caruso)'s adorable Kissing
Minnows edging - pattern is <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninettacaruso/7334267564/in/dateposted/" target="_blank">here</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I really like how the eye is made - a Josephine
knot above the fish's head which is then twisted around the core while you make
the next stitch so that it lies inside the fish. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very clever.</div>
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The purple fish are based on Phyllis
Schmidt's "Fish - Paperclip" pattern, which makes a cute quick paperclip bookmark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I skipped the bead eye, removed the paperclip, and added some fins
on the bottom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can't find her blog,
but google was able to find the pattern <a href="http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2017/patterns/janfish.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<i>[Side rant: The writeup for this pattern
was distributed as a PDF and did not list the source location. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Please, authors, please always include your
site inside your PDF patterns!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
having that information makes it very hard to find your site again and for
people to link back to you to give you credit later!]</i></div>
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Then I made up a couple seahorses and a starfish to go with. My first try on the seahorse did not go well - turns out I didn't actually know how the distinctive parts of a seahorse, the curly
tail and pointy nose and funny fin on the back, went together exactly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked up some photos online and the second
and third ones look much more recognizable, though I think there's still room for improvement for a perfect little seahorse.</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-30870522906274861062017-03-05T19:36:00.000-08:002017-03-05T19:36:52.693-08:00Adelheid Dangela's Gent motifThis is 'Gent' from Adelheid Dangela's book Occhi-Patchwork and More. I really like the shape.<br />
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I've mentioned before that I find it irritating when a center rosette ends with a split ring to climb out to the next round, resulting in one of the rings pointing the opposite way from the others (I worked the one above in two rounds instead of climbing out). And I wondered what would happen visually if ALL of the rings of the rosette were flipped the other way. I tried experimenting on this motif. <br />
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Upper left: The original, no split ring (larger image at top of post).<br />
Upper right: Original, climbing out with a split ring (the split ring is at the top - at 12'o clock).<br />
Lower right: First experiment. Since the center rings are all 5-5-5-5, I tried 5-3-4-3-5; the space in the center of the rosette is too large, but the rings are pleasingly round.<br />
Lower left: Second experiment. I used 7-3-2-3-7, to make the center rosette smaller and the free end larger. Much closer, visually, to the original even though the rings are still slightly larger. I'm pleased with how it came out and may try this on other snowflakes. However, with a zoomed out view to see all four of them, I'm realizing that perhaps I am being needlessly picky and it doesn't matter so much that one of the rings is slightly different when climbing out. After all, working the rosette separately results in a small irregularity where I tie the ends (perhaps I should be working on my finishing instead. ;)<br />
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As someone who collects snowflake patters, I liked Adelgeid's first book, Occhi-Patchwork, more than Occhi-Patchwork and More, as it had more large hexagon "snowflake" motifs. This pattern is the only large hexagon from this book; the others are smaller hexagons, triangles, diamonds, etc. to be joined together into larger mats (some of which are quite impressive). Her books are nicely put together, with diagram patterns and colorful illustrations of the motifs in larger mats.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-14187369899723822182017-02-12T18:36:00.001-08:002017-10-01T21:40:44.681-07:00Leen's Tatted Angel by Eileen StaffordUpdate: Yorkie Sue has identified the designer! Her name is Eileen Stafford, and the pattern is also available on Georgia Sitez's site at <a href="http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2010/leentatsangel">http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2010/leentatsangel</a>. Thank you Yorkie Sue!!<br />
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Leen published this lovely angel on the now-defunct geocities in 2000<strike>, but did not give her full name - if you know it, or a current website for her, please let me know so I can update this post (and my printout of the pattern)</strike>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWWprgMwuDeId1Pm34_bj_avf5NpLLny4deDQmTZqT32jtQOVZdprfld18FIQgnNWUGLAMHc0YMvB1LnCbw_UT0QncMrJxraNObPIKgE4myLAxSCiVJPKp_D-WIfq8LUXSASnyKgSsAM/s1600/Leen_Tatted+Angel.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Leen's Tatted Angel" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWWprgMwuDeId1Pm34_bj_avf5NpLLny4deDQmTZqT32jtQOVZdprfld18FIQgnNWUGLAMHc0YMvB1LnCbw_UT0QncMrJxraNObPIKgE4myLAxSCiVJPKp_D-WIfq8LUXSASnyKgSsAM/s320/Leen_Tatted+Angel.jpg" title="Leen's Tatted Angel" width="320" /></a><br />
It's a simple but graceful angel, and lends itself to variation (she shows several in the pattern writeup). It can easily be worked continuously by ending with the bodice instead of starting there, and using a short split chain and split ring to climb down into the skirt.<br />
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Thankfully, the pattern can still be accessed via the internet archive/wayback machine <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010421180228/http://www.geocities.com/leen_tats/Angel.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-37201026120331450152017-01-28T19:56:00.000-08:002017-01-28T19:56:25.533-08:00Anne Bruvold's SSSR AngelI've been thinking about angels recently in a break from snowflakes, and really enjoyed this adorable angel pattern by Anne Bruvold, a clever use of both single shuttle split rings (SSSR) and self closing mock rings (SCMR) which tats up quickly.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinerDMe0yzWCzzWSb_AgWCUOUPqs7Vewb1ScvDQBDOV9HuV7jg0nghVawpL38Tjc7BJEaNEVcFNg1dFiLWeuIvSb9VozSOSweFVqzLBGIEIp4tJvuJG4C_bT1YdDAp-hpNKXHJVcFiyvE/s1600/Anne+Bruvold_SSSR+Angel.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Anne Bruvold_SSSR Angel" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinerDMe0yzWCzzWSb_AgWCUOUPqs7Vewb1ScvDQBDOV9HuV7jg0nghVawpL38Tjc7BJEaNEVcFNg1dFiLWeuIvSb9VozSOSweFVqzLBGIEIp4tJvuJG4C_bT1YdDAp-hpNKXHJVcFiyvE/s320/Anne+Bruvold_SSSR+Angel.jpg" title="Anne Bruvold_SSSR Angel" width="320" /></a><br />
I added a few stitches to
the body and removed a few picots from the head, but the major change was that because I find it awkward to hide the ends when finishing with a SCMR, I made these
backwards using a single shuttle - unwinding a short length of thread
let me work the body first using the short tail as the "shuttle" for the
SCMR, then I worked the skirt in split rings until I'd used up the short
tail and switched to SSSRs to finish, leaving only one end to hide in
the last true ring. This also avoided having to work in a second thread and
make this an excellent pattern to empty some shuttles.<br />
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Anne has generously shared the pattern (as well as many others) on her English pattern page <a href="http://nuperelle.net/EngPatterns.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. I recommend bookmarking the page as her pattern PDFs do not link back to it, which is unfortunate. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-36731647880330061412017-01-22T13:19:00.000-08:002017-01-22T13:58:45.406-08:00Samantha Melnychuk's Kaleidoscope SnowflakeFrom A Veritable Tatted Blizzard by Samantha Melnychuk, the inward facing chains of this snowflake make an unusual straight-sided hexagon. I love the shape and the unusual structure, but with my tension (or possibly my blocking - her chains curve more) the double rings and the straight sides are a little crowded - I could modify it by increasing the number of stitches so the rings sit higher, or I could reduce to a single ring... <br />
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But a third option is to change the tip entirely to get it up out of the way. I tried to mimic the style and reflect the shapes already in the snowflake; I am pleased with how it came out.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFes8CNxdHWsb8am_Zo8pJ2QcbD-R866BJDBtc5lwqIOtVsfg7ukkSLmRUeYrf0q-0lAuakbzPx1SbPLNomo15nSQkPSB-7cOSkxhT6Q6y66MsIw7wVpFG8_0uRKeMwp6C3eiGeMOUWE/s1600/Samantha+Melnychuk_Kaleidoscope+Snowflake_Variation.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Samantha Melnychuk_Kaleidoscope Snowflake_variation by Sarah Nielson" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFes8CNxdHWsb8am_Zo8pJ2QcbD-R866BJDBtc5lwqIOtVsfg7ukkSLmRUeYrf0q-0lAuakbzPx1SbPLNomo15nSQkPSB-7cOSkxhT6Q6y66MsIw7wVpFG8_0uRKeMwp6C3eiGeMOUWE/s320/Samantha+Melnychuk_Kaleidoscope+Snowflake_Variation.jpg" title="Samantha Melnychuk_Kaleidoscope Snowflake_variation by Sarah Nielson" width="320" /></a><br />
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While Samantha is no longer tatting and her books are out of print, I learned that she found a box with a few unsold copies of her books, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested, please contact her directly at smelnychuk at gmail dot com. Her three books are:<br />
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<li>A Veritable Tatted Blizzard</li>
<li>The Psychedelic Shuttle</li>
<li>Teeny Tatted Snowflakes</li>
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(If you contact her and learn any of these books are sold out, please comment below so I can update the post!)Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-12536114121321598072017-01-09T21:43:00.002-08:002017-01-09T21:43:30.306-08:00Teiko Fujito's motif 105 (star-tipped snowflake)This snowflake is motif #105 from Tatted Fashion by Teiko Fujito. I love the graceful lines and echoed shapes, with a small snowflake at the tip of each arm of the full snowflake (technically the original pattern had a star of five rings at each tip - I added a sixth one to change the star to a snowflake). The pattern was illustrated as a handkerchief corner embellishment, proving that beautiful snowflakes hide in the most unusual places. I can pin it a little tighter when starching, which straightens out the long connecting picots.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QAX4bgSeW7jO7SKhAJg9xk3ttkCpO2eOUr339JaQUDm33-Q-1xAp8EC5n8wQMvvU8R2rp6pNfF9E46th4PsHNa7OFRh0ed1dFG5UTVJVgaNHw7j6X-TwbwHiKrzMpuhyphenhyphenqXnE0qBvpLA/s1600/Teiko+Fujito_motif+105+star+tipped+snowflake.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Teiko Fujito_motif 105 (star-tipped snowflake)" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QAX4bgSeW7jO7SKhAJg9xk3ttkCpO2eOUr339JaQUDm33-Q-1xAp8EC5n8wQMvvU8R2rp6pNfF9E46th4PsHNa7OFRh0ed1dFG5UTVJVgaNHw7j6X-TwbwHiKrzMpuhyphenhyphenqXnE0qBvpLA/s320/Teiko+Fujito_motif+105+star+tipped+snowflake.jpg" title="Teiko Fujito_motif 105 (star-tipped snowflake)" width="320" /></a><br />
Book cover shown below using an amazon affiliate link. Teiko's work is meticulously executed and gloriously colorful, and I find myself flipping through the pages just to look at the lovely pictures.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tatted-Fashion-Teiko-Fujito/dp/1891656406/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&qid=1482558880&sr=8-1&keywords=tatted+fashion&linkCode=li2&tag=lacbeeandme-20&linkId=094cde32a555e465f0043d63c6a5fcc3" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1891656406&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=lacbeeandme-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=lacbeeandme-20&l=li2&o=1&a=1891656406" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-27241659515520384302016-12-23T19:52:00.002-08:002016-12-23T19:52:38.490-08:00Lenore English's January ReflectionsThis lovely snowflake was designed by Lenore English as part of a (sadly unfinished) "year of snowflakes" series. I enjoy the multiple nested shapes, and the clever way she formed the clover/trefoil at the tips of the inner star - one ring is made in the round with the star, and the two on either side are made in the following round, and join at the base of the center ring - a useful technique for beginners who often have a gap at the base of their rings. Note: mine ALWAYS needs to be blocked firmly to lie flat, and looks better when starched and pined firmly to stretch the inner star into pointy elegance.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63sKk-QxXIvMa_qGjOeiaNV6ytq5pYvIQiaXmuN1c6ppRGrO8Q7Gtftp6uJlRu1sw2PZXZVEAZ-V4UBDrPmk7ONkZE1vWipzA7ViLUKKJxgL45MFJeNQbSVQWbikUI5fZJJJT2sUcLZQ/s1600/Lenore+English_January+Reflections.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Lenore English_January Reflections" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63sKk-QxXIvMa_qGjOeiaNV6ytq5pYvIQiaXmuN1c6ppRGrO8Q7Gtftp6uJlRu1sw2PZXZVEAZ-V4UBDrPmk7ONkZE1vWipzA7ViLUKKJxgL45MFJeNQbSVQWbikUI5fZJJJT2sUcLZQ/s320/Lenore+English_January+Reflections.jpg" title="Lenore English_January Reflections" width="320" /></a><br />
I don't know if Lenore has a current website - this pattern was posted on Geocities and is available via the wayback machine <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081003091116/http://www.geocities.com/tatt3r/flyrjan.html" target="_blank">here</a>. If anyone knows of a current site for Lenore, please let me know!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-12117264575412112552016-11-13T16:39:00.000-08:002016-11-13T16:39:26.150-08:00Jennifer Williams' snowflake Julia<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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This snowflake is the main reason I wanted Jennifer Williams' book "Tatted Snowflakes" (it's the blue one on the lower right of the cover). I love the free-floating rings in the center and the twisted texture of the node stitch chains that form the internal star.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAQxetE4Y3drE5WqLV4Qu3vin_Po7w2_-5egx-QPo1tIvG_SGsBfvw9EZoMVzbpiJyCHzmy3R7p4thyFSjDTccI2356aXOZlgIZW9OD_1ybj7Lf9FGV54HYErZR6x1dIJm_bEPTgopPE/s1600/Jennifer+Williams_Tatted+Snowflakes_Julia.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Jennifer Williams_Julia" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAQxetE4Y3drE5WqLV4Qu3vin_Po7w2_-5egx-QPo1tIvG_SGsBfvw9EZoMVzbpiJyCHzmy3R7p4thyFSjDTccI2356aXOZlgIZW9OD_1ybj7Lf9FGV54HYErZR6x1dIJm_bEPTgopPE/s320/Jennifer+Williams_Tatted+Snowflakes_Julia.jpg" title="Jennifer Williams_Julia" width="320" /></a><br />
Amazon Affiliate link to show book cover:<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=lacbeeandme-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B010Q34VPA&asins=B010Q34VPA&linkId=ca844ef14f807ef943681fda3c45fe86&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-22440594210309060122016-10-30T16:21:00.004-07:002016-11-06T09:42:33.131-08:00Joelle Paulson's Le Flocon Frivole (both versions)Joelle Paulson (frivole) has generously shared two variations of this lovely snowflake on her blog.<br />
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The first version is worked in two rounds, and you can climb between using split rings IF you start with a blind chain. If you forget you are starting with a blind chain, you either end up with the center as a cute little motif or two sets of ends to hide...oops. I love the angled arches formed over the inner rings, and the unusual tip shape. As is my habit, I did remove some picots from the tips.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNc9qMcItCYIlYwdrnOPiyLIEr5kgy16qjDCtTcDt3DC1BOLxJDK8gAfBXEwsBlXA_bCZqBiAwP8sVdUWgQu76sCPGl-_WFUeznI5kbPIAJnOvyAHfV7CfFTOsfl0q1iKjlJXGf15c-2I/s1600/Joelle+Paulson_Le+Flocon+Frivole.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Joelle Paulson_Le Flocon Frivole" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNc9qMcItCYIlYwdrnOPiyLIEr5kgy16qjDCtTcDt3DC1BOLxJDK8gAfBXEwsBlXA_bCZqBiAwP8sVdUWgQu76sCPGl-_WFUeznI5kbPIAJnOvyAHfV7CfFTOsfl0q1iKjlJXGf15c-2I/s320/Joelle+Paulson_Le+Flocon+Frivole.jpg" title="Joelle Paulson_Le Flocon Frivole" width="320" /></a><br />
The second version is worked in one round. I find it interesting that to me these look like completely different snowflakes, because I focus a lot on the center, whereas Joelle considers them two variations because the outer layer is the same.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHs9TNADk3SsTQ1l3ZzkB0ThcfpRxI8E0F-8vlE_v_KixyIDc-P5lYP0XjQOeiBYExbGYu9FUpvOuRKEb5HKxRtOuakDlizOUhSLELq8LLIfuEKG4RLnL9Hdw98T1iLV4zpA_3hOKzEXM/s1600/Joelle+Paulson_Le+Flocon+Frivole+single+pass.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Joelle Paulson_Le Flocon Frivole single pass version" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHs9TNADk3SsTQ1l3ZzkB0ThcfpRxI8E0F-8vlE_v_KixyIDc-P5lYP0XjQOeiBYExbGYu9FUpvOuRKEb5HKxRtOuakDlizOUhSLELq8LLIfuEKG4RLnL9Hdw98T1iLV4zpA_3hOKzEXM/s320/Joelle+Paulson_Le+Flocon+Frivole+single+pass.jpg" title="Joelle Paulson_Le Flocon Frivole single pass version" width="320" /></a><br />
Both patterns, as well as many other excellent free and for-sale patterns, can be found on her pattern page <a href="http://leblogdefrivole.blogspot.it/p/patterns.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-18553092269002356692016-10-30T16:21:00.002-07:002017-01-19T21:04:01.322-08:00DMC Festive Tatting's Motif #17DMC's Festive Tatting was one of the first tatting books I bought after I learned to tat, and this snowflake has been one of my favorite patterns ever since. The original has some picots in the inner rosette, but I have removed them to make the pattern more airy. I probably went a little overboard with the length of the decorative picots on this one, but I like the contrast between the graceful lines and the frothy edges.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypG-wJJmb3XMa73zXkq6MBagTqG9XO7Ohlr2V-oQj1I3G4QNcWU4p8crXw6HYZdGnwErOEpJGC14FP48nhiL1cCAKKwOTyv0LFtFIvjWcCKHU-l8Ftmgr82O2GMUHWZt427pwy0JfCoc/s1600/DMC_Festive+Tatting_Motif17.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="DMC_Festive Tatting_Motif17" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypG-wJJmb3XMa73zXkq6MBagTqG9XO7Ohlr2V-oQj1I3G4QNcWU4p8crXw6HYZdGnwErOEpJGC14FP48nhiL1cCAKKwOTyv0LFtFIvjWcCKHU-l8Ftmgr82O2GMUHWZt427pwy0JfCoc/s320/DMC_Festive+Tatting_Motif17.jpg" title="DMC_Festive Tatting_Motif17" width="320" /></a><br />
Turns out this ALSO is my 25th snowflake post. I challenged myself (via the <a href="http://25motifchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">25 motif challenge blog</a>) to make 25 weekly tatting posts. Other than my unplanned multi-month summer hiatius, I did manage to post weekly. I've also had a lot of fun, so I think I'll sign up for another 25 challenge and just keep going. <br />
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The book is sadly out of print (and DMC was not very helpful when I emailed them to ask if they were planning to reprint it) but at least at the moment it's not unreasonably priced on Amazon:<br />
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UPDATE: I just discovered this pattern can be downloaded for free at www.dmc-usa.com/~/media/Media/Inspiration/Tatting/Festive%20Tatting%20Ornament%20No17.ashx. I can't find an index so no idea if there are others available, but this one is. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-9451719189936500882016-10-23T16:53:00.001-07:002016-10-23T16:53:33.598-07:00Miranda Rensberger's StarflowerShared by Miranda Rensberger (aka tatting fool) on her blog, I find the center of this snowflake quite captivating, with a graceful symmetry that really does resemble a flower. It's worked in three rounds, the center round being the six split rings in the center. I tried working it in two rounds (combining the first and second rounds by converting the first round into regular rings) and it does make a difference - working it as written using split rings results in more even joins between the inner chains and center rings.<br />
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The pattern PDF shows one which was blocked firmly using pins, and the graceful curves become striking angles; both variations look lovely. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjrYXLGzlhAYFOlwo32I6191u-5ad6YvxoQwXkKa5KwPfwPkfZwNSq14PDtJ_MHAf-IluMP7BMgiUn3_MNwE6SAN1ppvWJ_ZhGHDrE20p99fl9aLZmpLlbJ2ZA7B6rO_QrrrWo5U9Vr8/s1600/Miranda+Rensberger_Starflower.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Miranda Rensberger_Starflower" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjrYXLGzlhAYFOlwo32I6191u-5ad6YvxoQwXkKa5KwPfwPkfZwNSq14PDtJ_MHAf-IluMP7BMgiUn3_MNwE6SAN1ppvWJ_ZhGHDrE20p99fl9aLZmpLlbJ2ZA7B6rO_QrrrWo5U9Vr8/s320/Miranda+Rensberger_Starflower.jpg" title="Miranda Rensberger_Starflower" width="312" /></a><br />
Find this and other patterns (some free, some for sale) on her <a href="http://tattingfool.blogspot.com/p/my-tatting-patterns.html" target="_blank">pattern page</a>. <br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-26701488404344983952016-10-16T10:42:00.001-07:002016-10-16T10:55:25.367-07:00Emma Crew's Flutterflake (sans flutters)This lovely flake was originally shared by Emma Crew back in 2001 on the now-defunct geocities, but is fortuitously still available via the wayback machine. (If anyone knows of a current website for Emma, please let me know!)<br />
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In the original pattern, each petal contains a butterfly (the "flutters") tatted separately in size 80 thread. I skipped the flutters partly because I really like the way it looks without them; the petals have an unusual onion-dome look to them. The other reason is that it's almost impossible to match whites across dye lots, much less two different sizes and two different brands, and I wanted an all-white snowflake.<br />
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I didn't do a great job blocking this one, but also I found it a little tricky to get the junction where the chains reverse direction to lie neatly - I tend to pull too tightly on the first stitch and pull them out of alignment, as you'll notice if you look closely. People with gentler tension will find it goes more smoothly; if you include the flutters the join happens at the transition so it is less obvious even if your tension is too tight. It's possible to skip the transition and have a simple curve for the chains, but I think it's not quite as attractive.<br />
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Pattern available <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091027135126/http://geocities.com/emmacrew/tatting/snowflakes/flutterflake.html" target="_blank">here</a> thanks to the internet archive/wayback machine.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-41172868556526095022016-09-05T11:12:00.000-07:002016-09-05T11:12:07.301-07:00Shuttle Brothers tatting class & summer break from tattingI have been reminded that I really don't tat during the summer, thus the unplanned hiatus. Partly I'm less inclined to tat with white thread when it's hot and my hands are sticky (air conditioning is not common here) but I've also been doing other things (more below). The weather is turning, so I'll hopefully be back to snowflakes soon.<br />
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There was one bit of tatting in June: I had the opportunity to take a three-day tatting class on rings with The Shuttle Brothers, Gary and Randy Houtz (<a href="http://www.gr-8shuttles.com/">http://www.gr-8shuttles.com/</a>).
Just rings - but rings using TWO threads, and techniques other than the
self-closing mock ring. It was a ton of fun and involved a great deal
of thinking, so I don't have a lot of tatting to show for it, just a
handful of rings:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh05kNk446Mc5f_8lUzpmIc_VOOJo6rBAHaWRDQaYl8gbrcn2HO-p9H68-uaRhrn07pMPgfjoRCrZZSk4X0XCKvl9UOuHzzIhAi4MLb6shFkvzqMAb2-3JURZVw1Fj6cJ5dZtob_Uo558/s1600/rings+class3.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh05kNk446Mc5f_8lUzpmIc_VOOJo6rBAHaWRDQaYl8gbrcn2HO-p9H68-uaRhrn07pMPgfjoRCrZZSk4X0XCKvl9UOuHzzIhAi4MLb6shFkvzqMAb2-3JURZVw1Fj6cJ5dZtob_Uo558/s320/rings+class3.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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Yes, each of those is
technically a single ring, usually with a very short chain going in and
out (on a few I skipped the chain so you can see four tails). Some
rings include stacked or nested rings using different techniques. A lot
of the ideas are most useful when tatting with two colors, which I
don't typically use, but some result in interesting textures or options
which can be incorporated in one color work. If you have a chance to
take a class from them, I highly recommend it.<br />
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Other things? <br />
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I took a week long trip to visit my new baby niece. She's adorable. I am, of course, completely unbiased on this topic.<br />
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I also coordinated a freezer jam making activity for my church group. 49 people signed up to participate and make their jam - I get the supplies in bulk and keep everything running. After several weeks of preparation on my part, we converted 21.5 gallons of strawberries (they come from the processing plant washed, capped, sliced, and in buckets, but no preservatives or sugar added) into 430 cups of jam during six fast-paced hours.<br />
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Here's a shot of most of the supplies as I was setting up:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyILuvn0Nrn0kB5UHyk9tQ_9FahS6wgcwVeTlVMh97A8RAizGDHV-g2E401Bclz869QJElxMQ9G5VnYXsQwzdzSE3cJSKo1QPm6FDaacumelYtp5h304KvfMt2UlVISssBAEi-Bo5z9Xo/s1600/IMG_2105.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyILuvn0Nrn0kB5UHyk9tQ_9FahS6wgcwVeTlVMh97A8RAizGDHV-g2E401Bclz869QJElxMQ9G5VnYXsQwzdzSE3cJSKo1QPm6FDaacumelYtp5h304KvfMt2UlVISssBAEi-Bo5z9Xo/s320/IMG_2105.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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During the summer I help to coordinate a local produce bulk-buy group, and as a result I can get my hands on some really nice ripe fruit. I eat a lot of it, but also made some cooked jam: <br />
<ul>
<li>apricot (I love it in yogurt)</li>
<li>peach</li>
<li>peach-apricot (experimental, not sure how much I like it)</li>
<li>peach-raspberry (experimenting with different ratios before I added the vanilla in the next recipe)</li>
<li>peach melba (peach-raspberry+vanilla bean; about 4 cups peaches, 1 cup raspberries, and a vanilla bean cut in half with the little black seeds scraped out and mixed in. Toss the vanilla bean pod in while it's cooking, but fish it out before you can the jam. So good.) </li>
<li>dark chocolate raspberry truffle (yes, it's chocolate jam - amazing on croissants. <a href="http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/surejell-chocolate-raspberry-spread-62809.aspx" target="_blank">Recipe here</a>.)</li>
<li>plum (from the oval purple Italian plums - from a neighbor's tree)</li>
<li>plum star anise (due to time constraints I left the star anise and plums melding for two days in the fridge instead of a couple hours, and it was a little too much licorice flavor for me. Taste testers who like licorice raved about it though. Recipe from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762449683/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lacbeeandme-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0762449683&linkId=77214ff1c8b21464bbc285484d8a8718" target="_blank">Preserving by the Pint</a>.)</li>
<li>pear vanilla bean (recipe from the <a href="http://foodinjars.com/2011/02/pear-vanilla-jam/" target="_blank">Food In Jars</a> blog, but I peel the pears and modify to use dry pectin, which is cheaper. My local natural foods coop store has vanilla beans for about $2 each in the bulk section.)</li>
<li>pear cranberry cinnamon (it tastes like autumn - from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0778801314/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lacbeeandme-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0778801314&linkId=dda7aaafeeff59097b879abd6cca6714" target="_blank">Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving</a>, again I modify to use dry pectin instead.)</li>
</ul>
Did a jam tasting for some friends and discovered they look very nice on a plate together. In person the translucence is quite striking.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8uPulh8OSYt5K_YKhgHmTKPav8iYmxrpDPOUSPoTxYRypYGPasX9_-1Ei3FS71wEGFlHolUk2FJZiaoDAd63iANndo4hEruhpk43SJ2cDf_QWh9pa9_3F34OJmMgu-t1yrJGgBnchYU/s1600/plate+of+jams.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8uPulh8OSYt5K_YKhgHmTKPav8iYmxrpDPOUSPoTxYRypYGPasX9_-1Ei3FS71wEGFlHolUk2FJZiaoDAd63iANndo4hEruhpk43SJ2cDf_QWh9pa9_3F34OJmMgu-t1yrJGgBnchYU/s320/plate+of+jams.jpg" width="259" /></a><br />
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Once they come into season I'll also make some <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/meyer-lemon-marmalade-102746" target="_blank">Meyer lemon marmalade</a>, but otherwise I think I'm done with jam for the year. I use it for gifts and sell some - I'd never be able to eat all that myself!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-12984021875352168572016-05-30T22:11:00.000-07:002016-05-30T22:11:06.329-07:00Tina Frauberger's motif #52Another motif from Tina Frauberger's book "Schiffenspitze" published in Dusseldorf in 1921. This is a sibling to <a href="http://laceandbees.blogspot.com/2016/04/tina-fraubergers-motif-filigree.html" target="_blank">motif 53 which I posted in April</a>; they have the same center but a different round two. I find the shape surprisingly compelling, even with slightly askew blocking.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlHri-m6zk9-472z8tgRyqA1CXLRo6NcMWJp0gQDs636F8JsrDv-3IYA_IUTEyZrrL3_-pW5qLv6Z19exolXmWJSPqJj4wkIt3490eeo_HM9JmwX7FZj_anwQM8I8YrgDKZk7GYRWTnM/s1600/Tina+Frauberger_motif52.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Tina Frauberger_motif52" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlHri-m6zk9-472z8tgRyqA1CXLRo6NcMWJp0gQDs636F8JsrDv-3IYA_IUTEyZrrL3_-pW5qLv6Z19exolXmWJSPqJj4wkIt3490eeo_HM9JmwX7FZj_anwQM8I8YrgDKZk7GYRWTnM/s320/Tina+Frauberger_motif52.jpg" title="Tina Frauberger_motif52" width="320" /></a><br />
Now that it is in the public domain, Georgia Seitz has posted a PDF of Tina's book at <a href="http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/tinafrauberger/fraubergerschiffchenspitze1921.pdf">http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/tinafrauberger/fraubergerschiffchenspitze1921.pdf</a>. This is motif #52 on book page 54, and there is a lovely doily showing the same motifs combined on page 55. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-84884814228567964562016-05-25T21:27:00.000-07:002016-10-06T21:02:58.909-07:00Birgit Phelps' Small StarSmall Star by Birgit Phelps as a very belated Sunday snowflake. I somehow tweaked my back and there has not been a lot of tatting over the last week or two. Feeling better now, and fortunately this cute little snowflake tats up quickly.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ow9-jEFjkQqV7_3Z9cexEp4SshSVpWA3EaQj3oV6em1LEYdWkV8KMNiaBovcvWiToQOdcCXJPSfQRgCpT39p5Dp714povX2PTD-4fMs43py_4UM-CmgOj-8heWEtYgKu6kjXHQekNWg/s1600/Birgit+Phelps_Small+Star.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Birgit Phelps_Small Star" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ow9-jEFjkQqV7_3Z9cexEp4SshSVpWA3EaQj3oV6em1LEYdWkV8KMNiaBovcvWiToQOdcCXJPSfQRgCpT39p5Dp714povX2PTD-4fMs43py_4UM-CmgOj-8heWEtYgKu6kjXHQekNWg/s320/Birgit+Phelps_Small+Star.jpg" title="Birgit Phelps_Small Star" width="297" /></a><br />
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Birgit has kindly shared the pattern <a href="http://webspace.webring.com/people/qb/birgit_ph/smallstar.html" target="_blank">here</a> - for other patterns, see her pattern index is <a href="http://webspace.webring.com/people/qb/birgit_ph/" target="_blank">here</a>, and/or her blog <a href="http://birgitstatting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-13815772249228480332016-05-15T20:46:00.000-07:002016-05-15T20:46:09.951-07:00Burda’s motif #66 (altered into a snowflake)<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The original 8-pointed pattern is from the special tatting edition (</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">#E969) of </span>Burda magazine, where the motif is labeled “969/66”; I believe the 969 is from the edition number, making this motif #66. It might have a name as
well but I cannot read German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
packing I took a photo of the cover and pattern, so my
phone is serving as a small pattern library while I move. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">;) <span style="font-family: "wingdings";"></span>I made some serious alterations from the original pattern - the
original had eight points and the center was a 4-ring rosette; I changed to six
points with a single center ring (stitches in counts of 3), increased the
horizontal bar on the outside round by 1 stitch so that it would fit with the
reduced number of points, and did the outer rings as Josephines instead of
regular rings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For someone who complains
so much about Josephine knots, I certainly seem to add them to patterns a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p>Then I made another one, with normal rings instead of Josephines. I also added picots - apparently those picots I am constantly removing have to come out somewhere. Central picots were a little too long, so the central star is not as nice.</o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_B-MWgNOyqftD1X89PGwKxl0FwvfWOHLt-O9qe_wxYer8yn3GVigG-u8RFIdL_WMpWi-KKQmQ5lSmM7hOL_IJqKQ7fodxToNvOP7yhyphenhyphenqNOP_oP4gAICjFBtcvFnU389q58NZaLqIDho/s1600/Burda_66_with+6+points+and+picots.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_B-MWgNOyqftD1X89PGwKxl0FwvfWOHLt-O9qe_wxYer8yn3GVigG-u8RFIdL_WMpWi-KKQmQ5lSmM7hOL_IJqKQ7fodxToNvOP7yhyphenhyphenqNOP_oP4gAICjFBtcvFnU389q58NZaLqIDho/s320/Burda_66_with+6+points+and+picots.jpg" width="284" /></a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p>Both of these really will need to be pinned out to block perfectly symmetrically; the chain lock joins on long picots tend to curve a little.</o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p>No link; can't find it online to show a picture of the cover.</o:p></span></div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-58864234366700410452016-05-08T08:00:00.000-07:002016-05-08T08:00:14.236-07:00Robin Perfetti's Late Winter SnowflakeLate Winter Snowflake, one of Robin Perfetti (tattingbythebay)'s many beautiful designs. I love how the small interior rings nestle into the chains, like eggs held in a nest. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii49ipovWaiPHso6U8KNRYUfrLEGEk1yPgTEUiSBrQ7Fh7x1zvo1I11pQU_uaV_c4Vs82InBpgZbGweIBBsPhDCqCDtiz-FdJG4nVUWcfx-pfAN2VgXhQ_Dc590nCZIVoZS0136ulZzNw/s1600/Robin+Perfetti_Late+Winter+Snowflake.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Robin Perfetti_Late Winter Snowflake" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii49ipovWaiPHso6U8KNRYUfrLEGEk1yPgTEUiSBrQ7Fh7x1zvo1I11pQU_uaV_c4Vs82InBpgZbGweIBBsPhDCqCDtiz-FdJG4nVUWcfx-pfAN2VgXhQ_Dc590nCZIVoZS0136ulZzNw/s320/Robin+Perfetti_Late+Winter+Snowflake.jpg" title="Robin Perfetti_Late Winter Snowflake" width="283" /></a><br />
Robin has generously shared this pattern on her free patterns page <a href="http://tattingbythebay.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html" target="_blank">here</a> (she also sells patterns, so check out the etsy link from her page for other designs). I greatly admire the clarity of her diagrammed patterns and am reading her tutorial on using Inkscape to create diagrams, so with luck I might eventually be able to share some. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-9066332812079354342016-05-01T11:09:00.002-07:002016-05-01T11:09:47.520-07:00Judith Connor's Marguerite motifThis snowflake is a single motif from the "Marguerite" doily pattern in Judith Connor's book "Tatting Adventures with beads, shuttle and needle". I love the look of the block tatted tips. You can see from the book cover (below) that she uses smaller picots in the center rosette for a slightly different look, just like Myra Piper's snowflake #4 I posted in January. Also, because I use longer decorative picots, I joined the block to the round below it. The joins will straighten up when I starch and pin it.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCP6m2RdfpkdECYc-W7pH03EruRKRAQ0z1_N4UP_4jQS_9CvfSdN4wp3-sxtXZLwvTH4sfk7fmJJlY-tGc4gidHmro5eeNzMcctcJ9bI_VXLL_qbMlXj__Cfy_omKVgKwI8F6uO5X-Gdg/s1600/Judith+Connor_Marguerite+doily+motif_from+Tatting+Adventures+with+beads%252C+shuttle+and+needle.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCP6m2RdfpkdECYc-W7pH03EruRKRAQ0z1_N4UP_4jQS_9CvfSdN4wp3-sxtXZLwvTH4sfk7fmJJlY-tGc4gidHmro5eeNzMcctcJ9bI_VXLL_qbMlXj__Cfy_omKVgKwI8F6uO5X-Gdg/s320/Judith+Connor_Marguerite+doily+motif_from+Tatting+Adventures+with+beads%252C+shuttle+and+needle.jpg" title="motif from the "Marguerite" doily pattern in Judith Connor's book "Tatting Adventures with beads, shuttle and needle"" width="315" /></a><br />
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When I looked the book up on Amazon I discovered it's now out of print. Hopefully it will be reprinted soon as the used copies are quite pricey and it's a nice little book - her descriptions of different techniques are good, and while there are not a lot of patterns, there seems to be one of pretty much everything - a snowflake, a round motif, a heart (included in my Feb 14 post), a couple edgings, doilies, celtic tatting, covered egg ornament, etc.<br />
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(Reminder: books are all amazon affiliate links.)Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-49804049378495958272016-04-24T16:21:00.000-07:002016-04-24T16:21:56.426-07:00Mary Konior's Spinning Wheel Glass MatOccasionally a "snowflake" which doesn't have six sides slips through...this one is Mary Konior's Spinning Wheel Glass Mat (aka a coaster) from her excellent and sadly out-of-print book "Tatting with Visual Patterns." I've seen a number of people posting photos of these lately (especially <a href="http://lacelovinlibrarian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Diane</a>) and finally tatted up my own.<br />
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I was a little surprised how small it was; the pictures I've seen look bigger. I used an unlabled vintage thread which I'm guessing was either size 20 or 30 and it was just over 3.5 inches/ 9 cm. It also took some coaxing to get it to lie flat with my tension; I was in a hurry blocking and it's still a little ruffly.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl2vDwylEc0O43ii8EcGRPQi1wljDJ-gsRMEdvreCiC_2lmTCAF8s2_vaSdPYz5teQcyLRmWuXEfZTEUOVNh8QqVqkFWVNZwPx09RjkHQo_NChf8ZUScBZhK7rwO3aT1iy4plYXfzWp4/s1600/Mary+Konior_Spinning+Wheel+Glass+Mat.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Mary Konior_Spinning Wheel Glass Mat" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl2vDwylEc0O43ii8EcGRPQi1wljDJ-gsRMEdvreCiC_2lmTCAF8s2_vaSdPYz5teQcyLRmWuXEfZTEUOVNh8QqVqkFWVNZwPx09RjkHQo_NChf8ZUScBZhK7rwO3aT1iy4plYXfzWp4/s320/Mary+Konior_Spinning+Wheel+Glass+Mat.jpg" title="Mary Konior_Spinning Wheel Glass Mat" width="313" /></a><br />
Then I tried another one with fewer picots so they didn't bump into each other (because I am Sarah, Remover of Picots!) and I think it emphasizes the shape better. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xnPmYg5xSMvTtqUCjTtgvZ2w5u_Vmio8j5aiuwrt5xy-D2wy_0IkhDYKd5nKBUsxN-JrmmEo7_PXpMDSshqrkdvZK8wc6iVu7owfbfki_6sOjIn1_z1_5UeozvKdUyeFxu8vSIcnx7c/s1600/Mary+Konior_Spinning+Wheel+Glass+Mat+variation.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Mary Konior_Spinning Wheel Glass Mat variation" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xnPmYg5xSMvTtqUCjTtgvZ2w5u_Vmio8j5aiuwrt5xy-D2wy_0IkhDYKd5nKBUsxN-JrmmEo7_PXpMDSshqrkdvZK8wc6iVu7owfbfki_6sOjIn1_z1_5UeozvKdUyeFxu8vSIcnx7c/s320/Mary+Konior_Spinning+Wheel+Glass+Mat+variation.jpg" title="Mary Konior_Spinning Wheel Glass Mat variation" width="307" /></a><br />
I may try a larger one as a small doily, per the excellent idea Batty Tatter shared (<a href="http://battytatter.blogspot.com/2016/03/ecru-glass-mat.html" target="_blank">here</a>) to enlarge the pattern by doubling the length of the arms.<br />
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I can only hope this book is reprinted, as it's a wonderful book of patterns but has become prohibitively expensive. <br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-73972495253977605452016-04-17T19:51:00.000-07:002016-05-10T13:00:38.717-07:00Tina Fraubergers' motif #53 (filigree snowflake)Some years ago I was able to glance over a copy of the July 1996 edition of Knots and Notes. I was struck by this pattern and jotted it down. My notes did not include the name of the motif, but it was originally from Tina Fraubergers' book "Schiffenspitze" published in Dusseldorf in 1921.<br />
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<strong>Edit:</strong> Mimi kindly notified me that Georgia Seitz has posted a scan of Tina's book at <a href="http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/tinafrauberger/fraubergerschiffchenspitze1921.pdf">http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/tinafrauberger/fraubergerschiffchenspitze1921.pdf</a>. This is motif #53 on book page 54.<br />
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I have since noticed that the stitch counts are identical to the Small Cross in Mary Konior's book "Tatting with Visual Patterns", though obviously there are slight differences in the arrangement of rings and chains to make it six pointed. I have to wonder - was one inspired by the other? Or is this another case of great designers arriving at a similar look and count independently, as seems to happen so often?<br />
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I like the look of this motif with longer joining picots instead of my normal microscopic ones (it seems to benefit from the open airy look - like filigree or wrought iron) and this time I tried twisting them before joining. Some picots are bumping into the chain above; I'll fix this with pinning when I starch it.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-35045224515313408342016-04-10T19:12:00.000-07:002016-04-10T19:12:03.468-07:00Rebecca Diamond's snowflake RemembranceI was playing a little with the pattern for "Remembrance" by Rebecca Diamond (aka TatMom), though I omitted the beads. To me it looks incredibly lifelike - like an actual snowflake.<br />
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I did think that a real snowflake wouldn't have arms longer than the tips so tried
adding a ring - and also changed the little ring stitch count to 5 so I
didn't have to remember to switch between 5 and 4. I think this would be an amazing center for a doily.<br />
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Not quite long enough, so tried adding a ring plus the same "mock ring" made from a chain joined to the picot on both ends. The longer tip is better, but I lost the lovely triangle by joining to the top picot; maybe I should have used a SCMR instead. Next time...<br />
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They all look nice. <br />
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Rebecca has generously shared her pattern <a href="http://tatmom.com/remembrance-snowflake" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<![endif]-->Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523172377122482964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400947890468958188.post-79883379886833964282016-04-03T08:47:00.000-07:002016-04-03T08:47:37.143-07:00Darlene Polachic's Jack Frost SnowflakeJack Frost Snowflake designed by Darlene Polachic, published in "Big Book of Tatting" by House of White Birches. I know snowflakes should have 6 points, but I'm a sucker for arches. The picots in the center were bumping into each other and annoying me, so I tied them together into a little star in the world's simplest application of needlelace.<br />
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Turns out this is yet another out of print tatting book. It has some nice patterns but is not something I'd recommend spending a lot of money for. Weirdly, the cover image below is not the same cover as the Amazon page itself or my copy of the book. Not sure what is going on there.<br />
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