Large Heart / Teneriffe & lace samples / tatting

 DMC Coton Perle 8 #107.

Karen Bovard-Sayre

Teneriffe Lace Needlework Kit

Hearts

(2 looms:  large & small)

NeedleLaceArts.com

 Time to empty shuttles.   Lace Samples for the Lafayette Lacemakers.

 Butterflies:  HWT - Hand Wound Thread

E25 Extract Me Pumpkin

E25 Extract Me Pumpkin

by Julie Myers c.Sep 2022

I used Lizbeth Size 20, Color 684 (green) and

Double Wound Lizbeth Size 80, Color 100 / Size 40, Color 136

HWT - Hand Wound Thread

August Monthly Challenge

Endrucks 1920 Project

 

Butterfly

When I visit Carollyn's Tatting Blog, I usually find some fun tatting to try.  Was looking for smallish pattern to empty some shuttles of fibers.   This pattern was on her blog, link HERE.  Butterfly was interesting to tat!  

Double wound tatting.  I used up fibers left on shuttles.    I ran short on the last chain!!!   Variation of the pattern (link above) found on Carollyn's Tatting blog.  (HWT - Hand Wound Thread)

   For this butterfly, pattern link above, I wound 2 shuttles with Anchor Mercer Crochet fiber.  And wound enough fiber to actually follow the pattern and complete.     I used Anchor [from the Tatting Corner] for the first time.   Wanted to give it a try as the color is so pretty!   

I found it very nice to tat with.   

Butterfly

Probably my favorite thing to tat .... simple butterfly.   Especially fun to use up bits of fiber left on the shuttles! 

Top left, blue thread ( upholstery thread sample from Diana aka Lace Lovin' Librarian) + blue delica beads. 
Top right - double wound two size 20 Lizbeth fibers  &  beads { shuttle emptying }.   
Lower left, double wound size 20 Lizbeth & blue upholstery thread sample. 
Lower right, Spooky Size 10, Yarnplayer's HDT & beads. 

What fun!   A small key chain w/tatting inserted.   Part of a gift from Diane.   She is generous, shared part of her stash!    If you check her blog, you'll see her tatted keys.   Now that she gifted a key, I'll need to give it a try ; )

I use my own pattern (in the side bar of this blog),  Carol's butterfly.   

If you are new to tatting, a step by step can be found here:  https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/p/carols-butterfly.html

Or, I tat simple floral doodles.   Tat up quickly and nice way to empty shuttles! 

Tollway Tatters (June 8, 2019)

Gift for Cathy B of With Needle and Thread Blog --- embellished OUI yogurt jar.   Used Lizbeth Size 20.  Colors 683 + 621.  The pattern was from the Online Tatting Class.

 Cloverleaf Scalloped Edging from Workbasket Feb. 1959

Tatting Class Homework Blog.  

Direct Links to pattern:    https://www.georgiaseitz.com/2019/patterns/20190603wb1959febinsertion.html

or

https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art306253.asp

 Photos above and below --- tatting by Marlene (aka The Mad Tatter).   The doily above was tatted with perle coton.   Below, double wound technique - butterfly. 

The next gathering of the Tollway Tatters:

Saturday, July 20, 2019.

The Mad Tatter

Marilee on the left, Marlene on the right.

In Oct 2012, Marlene, Cathy B + I met at the House of Stitches. She has a wonderful blog post about their visit to Hoosierville --- link HERE.   ok, back to tatting ..... at the time, Marlene brought some of her tatting with her -- and I was fascinated by the HWT (Hand Wound Technique).  We swapped - I showed her split ring and she showed me HWT.     Once home, I gave it a try --- use 2 fibers and tat them together.   

IMO - it is a thick tatted motif!   It creates an interesting colorway with a solid and a multi-color fiber tatted together.   Marlene had a butterfly with her -- a new to me idea!    (Pattern #21 Mini Tats)

(Below) Finer threads - two colors tatted together - final piece isn't 'thick'.  (#23 Mini Tats)

Cathy B gifted me one of the small tartlets and larger pincushions she made, using tatting by Marlene.   The little tartlet is usually in my tatting bag with pins to keep my tatting in place (Tatters, you know when you get up, and your small doodle vanishes?   Well, a little pincushion is perfect to have in your bag.   Once the little doodle is done, attach to your pincushion!).   I usually have a frogger there, too.  (used to rip out unwanted knots - or to untangle a mistake)

 I put them to immediate use.   The pincushion is great next to the sewing machine.   I use it all the time.   Cathy has a post on her blog about the tartlets --- Link HERE.   She also made some with butterfly tatting on the top --- link HERE.

I have a few other pieces of her tatting --- this heart with buttons is one of my favs.   I hang it on the knob of my shutters in the room w/sewing machine.   I have not tatted with buttons, one thing I've always thought to try and never have!!!!   Link here to (maybe the same) similar pattern.

The star on the top/white tatting is also from Marlene.   I had a Myra Piper book with a similar pattern.   I tatted it in blue as a gift for my MIL.   Having the tatted piece in hand was wonderful!!! made my tatting easier!!   A couple other tatted orns are in holiday storage.    

No. 47 Five-Point Star.  pg. 18

25 Motif challenge + miscellaneous

For the 25 Motif Challenge ...

Motif #22 from 

Minitats; 69 Petite Motifs

by Patti Duff

Lizbeth, Size 20, Color 163.

This blue colorway is so soft - wonder if they have a

soft blend of lavenders?

I hope to complete 1-25 this year (have tatted 1-23 so far);

I hope to continue the 25 Motif Challenge in 2013 with

motif #26-50, the patterns look amazing.

And on to Misc:

If you read my previous post,

I was winding two fibers on a shuttle and tatting -- the 

result is very interesting (and fun to do).

Jane Eborall  (in her comment) refers to it as  HWT - Hand Wound Thread.   

It has a name!   I will call it HWT, too!

I plan to grab a couple fibers, tat with them + see what happens.

My Tollway Tatting friends encouraged me to --- 

well, they said I HAD TO subscribe to the Handy Hands Newsletter.

So, I did as instructed + with the mailing I received was a

size 3 Tatting Fiber to try.   What lovely colors!

And, thx for twisting my arm a bit - I seriously thought it was all needle tatting.

I was so wrong.

I bought this broomstick lace bag

at a Farmer's Market in Celebration, FL.   I just HAVE TO figure out

how to make these.   My crochet attempts are just pitiful.

I bought a clover 'tool' and have yet to play with it!   

I purchase these cards at the local Hallmark.   Thy have stickers to attach inside

the circle - so, instead of purchasing the stickers ...  I attach some of my tatted butterflies.  

 There are pink cards, yellow cards, green cards, etc.   

 As they are becoming hard to locate - I may have to stock up!!!

This lovely fiber (butterfly) is one made by Yarnplayer.

I used up all I had + made a couple doodles with the left overs on the shuttles.

It is a lovely pastel.

Minitats ...

To continue with my 25 motifs 

in a year (challenge) .... 

Here is motif #20 from 

Minitats by Patti Duff

I used a beautiful fiber from

Yarnplayer.

The rings are separated by ONE ds on the chain -

this is a beautiful fiber to tat with and interesting motif.

A tatting friend, Marlene (w/o blog) showed me a 

tatted butterfly she made - with two fibers wound on the same shuttle.

The tatting was so interesting to look at!   Especially using a fiber

with multiple colors and a solid color.   So I gave it a try with size 20 (Lizbeth):

Motif #21

I made this with two different fibers wound on the same shuttle.

They are color 115 and color 621.   

It is pretty THICK - and the colors are interesting.  The fiber

looks like it has highlights!    

as for the yellow ....

Did you receive your Tatting Times (Nov 2012) issue?

Asking for 5-point stars in gold or yellow threads ...

for Finger Lakes Tatting Group starry-night quilt.   

This is a variation of motif #21

from Minitats ... to send in with my subscription renewal:

I pulled out 2 size 80 fibers and wound together on shuttles:

I like it!    Using size 80, the motifs are not as thick and

the color changes are very interesting to look at.

Each side looks a little different + fun to try.

Motif #23 from MiniTats

using Lizbeth size 80 --- colors 100 and 696.

Now, I need to go back to motif #22

(which I goofed up --- will try tatting again)