Showing posts with label swirl join. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swirl join. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2024

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!


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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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

 

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