Monday, March 7, 2011

A New Join and A Blip-less One Too


I cannot remember where I saw this type of join.  I recall that the instructions said to practice it , if it was a new technique, and I can see the pattern - but I cannot remember the place I saw it!  I THINK it was in the Japanese book by - NO, I remember!  

It is in a pattern by Kiniko Chitose - a collar pattern - in the Ring of Tatters book.

She instructs that to perform this join,  
"...bring the working thread through the picot to which you wish to join, make a picot, then work from the pattern.  The two joining picots are interlinked and look as though they are touching, tip to tip."
Effective!
Then on to Jane's Blip-less join:


This took me a few minutes to figure out, but once I did, I realized that it really works. 
 Excellent, Jane!  Thanks!

GOOD NEWS!  YAY!

16 comments:

  1. Can`t wait to see the hankie with your beautiful edging added. I bet you can`t wait to stop tatting with white!!

    Kelly

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  2. Fascinating post about new joining techniques. Now I want to learn them too.

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  3. Could you please take another pic of the intertwined join with a different background? I can't really see it in this photo.

    I tried Jane's blipless join but still got a blip. Maybe I just need to practice it more. I can usually manage to adjust the tension on my join so that the blip is minimized, though.

    Keep trucking on the edging, you're almost there!

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  4. Hey Fox! I like your joins, especially Jane's Blip-less join. I try to act like the blips don't bother me, but they REALLY do sometimes! Way to go on the edging, taking it one repeat at a time...
    :) Ann

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  5. I haven't tried the blipless join yet. I have so much stuff gathered around my chair that I can barely move. Tatting, bobbinlace, crochet and even a foray into beading. Actually most of the bobbinlace stuff is in another room but I have to bring it out tonight to wind bobbins. Anytime I try something new, I have to clear the playing field, so to speak, so that I have plenty of room for instructions and parts. Parts being tools like thread, shuttles, needles and pins, scissors, kleenex, my drink, pen or pencil, paper, the tv remote, chocolate. It's a wonder I get anything done!

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  6. I have to try Jane's blip-less tip! The new join looks very nice,

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  7. Miranda - Sorry, no can do! I threw out the little trial piece.

    However, I have added the instructions that I used in the copy above, giving credit to Kiniko Chitose. That's what I used. Just follow it exactly and you will be fine. I did not have a good picture either!
    Fox : )

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  8. GASP! you threw out the trial piece?!
    I always thought that was a no-no...so, that's what I've heard.

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  9. The interlocing picots join sounds so simple! - I'll have to look up the pattern in the book.
    You're going to find that you really really miss your edging when it's done - I always like to have a soothing mindless project to work on, at the moment I am chained to the dining room table with my magnifying glass, trying to decipher every single stitch of the gorgeous pattern I am determined to finish. VERY intensive - (only because it's a diagram) - and I can only work on it in very small doses.

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  10. Maureen, I'd love to see what you are working on! Sounds interesting.

    John, Right. Rules... Spelled how?

    ♥Fox : )

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  11. i tried the join...mine look kinda bulky. Maybe i am doing it wrong. :) I love learning new things. thanks Fox!

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  12. Fox, always enjoy your blog. And in your last post, I couldn't help but notice that you have changed the hook on your Pop-a-bobbin... was it difficult to do? Did you just pull on it with pliers? I have a couple and don't particularly like the hook and wouldn't mind changing it but was afraid of damaging the shuttle.
    Thanks.

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  13. Interesting post, I think I would like to see a more close up picture of the joins.
    Margaret

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  14. Frivole - It happened quite by accident as the original fell out, and I had a cheap pony-type shuttle that I pulled the hook out of and replaced the one in the Pop-A -Bobbin, as I never really liked the hook it came with anyway.

    This hooks works beautifully, but when I tried to do this trick on another P-A-B, a sad disaster happened! Don't ask!

    You have to be very careful if you replace the original. The trick is to not bang in the new one with too much zeal....ahem..... : O

    Margaret, This is as good as this photo gets! Maybe I will tat one in a darker thread as you are the second person who wants a better pic... Okay, I'll do that soon!

    ♥Fox : )

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  15. Fox, thank you for that. I had a go last night and gently twisted the hook with a pair of pliers and it came off. I have now replaced it with an Aero hook and I'm really happy with it.

    Oh no! Don't tell me you damaged your other Popabobbin? (name's a bit long to type isn't it?). That would be a shame.

    Best wishes,
    Frivole

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  16. Frivole, So glad it worked out for you! Yes, I DID damage the first one, hammering in the hook - split one side of the wood! Too much gusto! Ohh, I was UPSET!

    But, when it works, this is a terrific way of making those shuttles perfect for those who prefer a different hook.
    Fox : )

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