Tatted Icicles: "Drop Icicle 1"

Saturday, had Tatting instruction and started an original pattern

Drop Ice 1

by Carolyn R (member of Lafayette Lacemakers).

It was/is a very nice pattern.    Excellent diagrams.   

Not much to show for the tatted project, but will continue and finish it.

I also have "Drop Icicle 2" kit to tat.

The drop icicle is tatted with Size 20 Lizbeth (white fiber) and beautiful beads.   

I think they are 2mm Bicone beads.    

Carolyn had the shuttles wound with the beads!!  Yay.  So we had more time for tatting instruction, going over the pattern, tips for the beads, adding beads to fiber, etc ... and started the piece.

For the next couple of meetings (May & June) the programs will be on Ice Drops. 

Tatted [Rings/Chains/Beads & some with split rings/beads]

and also patterns for Bobbin Lace Ice Drops. 

In addition, Bobbin Lace ornaments w/beads (I think 3 patterns).   

I saw all the designs/patterns - totally GOBSMACKED.   

We will be busy lacemakers this Spring.

Cannot wait until next meeting of the Lafayette Lacemakers.

And if you are in the neighborhood, stop in.

 

Picot me Endrucks - April 2024

Are you on Facebook?

Do you follow the Endruck's 1920 project?

Do you enjoy tatting butterflys?

I'm so excited to see this challenge - I can use all the new picots I've learned ..... and, I really enjoy tatting hearts and butterflys.   Check it out.

Here is a link to Facebook Group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1235560633606162/

Tatting Picot Challenge ....

From the Facebook Group (and I quote):

"Game of the Month ---- PICOT ME ENDRUCKS April 2024

Life is Bliss butterfly (E32) Antonia Lai has simple lines with hardly any decorative picots. https://drive.google.com/.../1F_2y-JQn.../view

·  We are asking you to decorate it with ornamental picots!

·  You can use the same type of picot throughout the motif, or use a combination of picots to create even more interesting effects.

·  You can place your picots anywhere you wish.

· There are sooooo many beautiful picots to choose from, that you don’t even need beads for embellishment!

·  This is also an opportunity to get to know and learn a new technique.

If you wish to find tutorials and videos, here are a few steps you can take –

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/.../tatting... -- In this page, check out the topmost section (All-Encompassing) for individual sites/blogs. [@Karen Cabrera has a nice list of her videos for easy reference.]"

Happy International Tatting Day!!

I used -- Lizbeth Size 20

Color 186.

Pattern:  Motif 52

c. 1999 Patti Duff

 Should look better tomorrow.

 

lace bits ....

 

PTG TAT DAYS 2024
"ABCs of Tatting" - All about Being Creative
Ridgecrest Conference Center
Ridgecrest, NC
August 22 - 25, 2024

Link here for Classes and Descriptions.

Link here for teachers.

Link here for 2024 schedule

Lace Samples

 

Before I begin tatting a piece -- I pick up a shuttle and tat a small piece

 ... a small flower, butterfly, etc.   These small lace samples are turned in to Lafayette Lacemakers.  They are attached to cards and used during public lace demonstrations.   

Do you warm up your hands with a small tatted piece -- then

move along to your project?

 So easy - memorized!

More in Link HERE.

 

Swirl Join + Spiral Flower Center tatting

Do you block your tatting?

  

Blocking the Swirl Join piece.  Lizbeth Size 20, Color 186.

Now that it is pinned - I see that I should have used smaller picots in 5 rings 

and the longer picot in the 6th ring.   It does add a lot of interest to the piece.

 AND the Spiral flower Center.  Maybe I did okay with it - maybe not.   It is very unique.    Lizbeth Fiber, size 20.    Colors 684,696,691.   Not quite the spiral in the center - I'll give it another 'go' next time I have a large center to fill.

These pieces were from the 3rd session --

Workshop with Kelli Slack via virtual education, Lace Museum.

c. Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs ~ www.kellislackdesigns.com

 

Session Three: Chains, Rings, and Joins

My card is filled in.   Finished the Third Session.

Scheduled were the folded join, reverse join (which I could never get to happen until yesterday), catherine wheel join aka Dora Young join.  Which filled up the rest of my card.

And, I must say, the card has been helpful.   I have little bits of tatting here-n-there and cannot recall what they were, or when they were done, or why I saved them.   Sewing the class tatting bits to a card is quite useful ; )

In addition to the awesome instructions, and the 'how-to' duing the session, Kelli talked about shuttle post before closing rings -- or maybe she said "post shuttle before closing ring" - which I have not been consistent about, opening a closed ring (when & how), putting shuttle thru the work, folding work, swirl join - picot center, spiral flower center, & general fiber chat. 

 I gave the swirl join / (center) picot a try.   I made up a tatting pattern of rings and chains and the final picot went thru all of the center picots of the ring.  Quite interesting to attempt.

I have not tried the spiral flower center - did get a piece of rings and chains tatted and will give that a try.   

 Size 20 - easy rings and chains.  The center will be a brown fiber (I think).   Should be fun to try.

Workshop with Kelli Slack via virtual education, Lace Museum.

It is so nice to have the sessions recorded and available a couple weeks after the class.

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs ~ www.kellislackdesigns.com c.2022

Link Here.

 

Oh My Stars!!!

I feel like a little kid in a candy store.   One of my

good friends, gifted me a bag of fibers --

Oh my Stars.   Tatting fiber, vintage crochet fiber,

perle coton (5 & 3), embroidery floss,

Cebelia, several cardboard rolls of crochet cottons (probably 10s & 20s),

Cord/Rope - sewing thread, and mystery fibers/yarns.

Some with labels, most without.

I'm re winding some of the coton perle, most are one strand.

Couple have long strands - knot, long strand.

I used some vintage crochet fiber

for the recent needle lace projects (leaf).

I'm thinking the vintage should be ok for needle lace.

 

Chains, Rings + Joins: Part of the Third Session ....

Part of the 3rd session:  Up + Down Join, Loop Up shuttle up/shuttle down, Loop Down shuttle up/shuttle down (yes - quite the combination), Double Up join + Double Down join, Alligator Join.  Still to come - Reverse join, Folded Join, Catherine Join.   

Workshop with Kelli Slack via virtual education, Lace Museum.

It is so nice to have the sessions recorded and available a couple weeks after the class.

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs ~ www.kellislackdesigns.com c.2022

Link Here.

 

Chains, Rings + Joins: Second Session

Second Session:   Josephine ring (knot), Dimpled ring, 

onion ring (2 different ways), hiding tatted ends - adding fiber - encapsulation, Floating rings, Self-closing mock ring (SCMR), adding bead to SCMR, Split rings.

I really enjoy the classes/sessions with Kelli.  She has wonderful instruction booklets, seems so organized and knowledgeable of the topics she is teaching.

While much practice needed on my end - she has a nice way of demonstrating

the 'how to' and explains the 'why' - with original patterns to try.

She has another session (virtual education) in June

tatting a sunflower with a very unique 

center -- Yeah, of course I've already signed up!!!

Workshop with Kelli Slack via virtual education, Lace Museum.

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs ~ www.kellislackdesigns.com c.2022

Link Here.

 My supervisors.   I'm always interested in when they come into the room (while I'm on / in zoom session).   They seem to prefer listening to people on the zoom videos.   This session, they were pretty quiet.

 Callie gets really chatty when she brings toys into the room.   

 

Chains, Rings + Joins. First Session

My samples card is filling in.

Added Coil chain, Pointed chain, Split chain.

[so much practice needed] - on to session two video.

Workshop with Kelli Slack via virtual education, Lace Museum.

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs ~ www.kellislackdesigns.com c.2022

Link Here.

 

Shamrocks and Bunnies to tat ....

 

This is one of Gina's (a.k.a. The Tatting Goddess) Tatting Patterns.

She posted about the shamrocks, HERE.

Many of her patterns are now located on Jane Eborall's web page.

New Link(s) to:

 Gina's Patterns. Link HERE.

Another favourite of mine:

Irish for A Day, pattern by Sharren

blogging at Sharren's Random Stitches

I used Lizbeth, Scottish Thisle,

Size 20, Color number 175.

Pattern:   http://tattingwithsharren.blogspot.com/2011/03/of-plans-and-internet-connections.html

LINK

c. Gina Brummett 2003

It looks like Gina's 

Bunnies in a Row pattern is 

also on Jane Eborall's pattern page.

OR - her blog page:

https://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/search?q=bunny

Bunnies In A Row, LINK HERE.