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.