Ripped out a LOT. Giving another try. (EDITED post)
I was not happy with the large circle or knotted flowers. Thought there was too much - squished too many stitches in too small of a circle.
Ripped a lot out and gave another 'go'. Knotted flowers changed to woven petals. Larger 'grid' to practice the motif of woven/knotted areas.
(3 flower cluster DMC #12, Col 794 blue, 223 Rose, 676 Gold); outside ring 676 Gold, 316 Rose, 503 green; 2 Leaf made with DMC 928 & DMC 503; lg circle 316 rose, 676 grid/knots)
Practice on the flowers - they all need rings of knots near the outside circle.
single circles / floral: Anchor 12, Col. 0968 and 0969.
The circle was challenging - Now that I have the hang of it. I laced a new piece of fabric on a frame to try the circle pattern again. Will try larger circle with grid / outside ring. Maybe it will look better now that I understand the patterns.
Patterns from:
Continuing Nanduti 1
Instructor: Dawn Loving.
The Nanduti sessions are
used to look like this!
some changes & practice .....
More lace samples.
I use a couple basic patterns -- (lower part of the photo - I just draw them out & see how they look). And basic patterns from this book, from the Palmetto Tatters group. Jennifer Wiliams has a nice patern, Ring of Tatters site -- on https://www.ringoftatters.org.uk/patterns/simple_butterfly.html.
I was creating some tatted butterflys during a recent Demonstration. I was attaching them to my pincushion while tatting. (right side of the photo). A good way to use of fiber bits on shuttles & once empty, can load them for the next motif/project.
