Post-Posting Pulchritude

Here is the result of the first non-posted thing I have tatted since the beginning of tatting times.

Jon's pattern 'Sweet Rose,'  from her Snowflake book.  

The thread is Tatskool's Vanilla Sky

I am impressed with the way it feels, as I never would have believed my tension would have been so affected by throwing that shuttle through the tatting, as the ds is performed.  Live and learn...

Anon,

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#5 Motif Challenge

All that talk about posting the shuttle before you close the ring.... Pshaw!  Suddenly, I realize that the ring is MUCH neater and more symmetrical if I do not do this! 

Example:  Jon's pattern 'Sweet Rose,'  from her Snowflake book.  This is the second one I tatted.  The thread is Tatskool's Vanilla Sky, which I have been saving for a long while.  It is wonderful.  There is no doubt about it; Coats threads are lovely and firm compared to Omega!

This is actually more purple than blue in real life.  I think this will be nice when completer and it is not floppy.  This motif feels SOLID! 

I kept those beads for the right thread and just knew they would be perfect with Vanilla Sky.   They are all uneven and lopsided, but the colour is spot on.

#6 Motif Challenge

The first one, of course, was all wrong, but the rings are done as I always do them and they are not flat.

I have been assiduously doing this from the start.  For some reason, I tried it again without this manoeuver and saw how much better the ring lies.  Very flat.  I am stunned.  Now, it takes all my concentration NOT to put the shuttle through before closing as the information is firmly entrenched in my memory. I will un-tat it.

The thread here was a variegated Omega in size #30, I think.  Pretty, but so very soft.

At work I spotted this thread that is remarkably like the Perlovka and I tried it.  Just as nice!  Soft and a bit fuzzy, but I like it for a change of pace.  And the colours are pretty.  About a size #30.

 Off to finish the snowflake...

I forgot to add that this all came about because I read  Jon's comment (it might have been someone else's!) in the Forum at InTatters that stated it seemed odd to post the shuttle in case of a mistake... then it would be easier to correct.  That is indeed a rather negative reason for adopting this method, if you think about it!  Everyone's different, but for me - no more posting!

Anon,

Not Guilty!

This is tatted with (Czech) Perlovka #8, a perle cotton I received from  Ice Princess, in Germany.  The thread is soft, a wee bit fuzzy and a 3-ply twist so, in spite of the great colours, I was sure I wouldn't like it, but I find it to be lovely to tat with.  Soft, yes, but there is something very nice about the way it feels both while on the shuttle and also in the finished product.  Thanks, Ice Princess! You were right.

If you want to try this thread you can visit The Thread Exchange and get in touch with Ice Princess yourself!

Here is another - I love the colours...

 #4 Motif Challenge

These patterns were from this book, which I am in the process of rediscovering.

Next:  Crazy Mom sent me wonderful, tiny Miyuki Rocaille #15 beads, and suggested I use #80 thread with them.  I have very little #80 and not good colours for the beads, so I tried them with some T.T.E. #50 Omega thread and this worked very well.  I used this book:

I found a pattern that I thought I would love, but I am learning that my taste does not run to the very intricate and very fiddly!

Not my cuppa !

 

I tatted enough to feel that I had given it a valiant attempt, but decided to be complete with this particular experiment that finished only about an eighth of the pattern . I am enjoying a new attitude of being honest about my preferences, even though it may be only to myself!

 

Crazy Mom also sent me a package of "threaders".  Using these things was the only way I could get those beads onto the motif , as my little hooks at size .05 were way too large!

I used one of these gum things, but pulled it all the way open first, so it was one long piece of plastic, and then threaded it through an individual picot and threaded it back on itself, pulling it through the picot  to make an opening into which I pulled the motif thread, using a crochet hook.  How's that for obfuscating dialogue!

Never did it that way before, because I did  not have teeny, tiny beads!

Now I do!  I will save those luscious beads for a worthy motif and use the threaders, and will probably tat with #40 or #50 thread, which works just fine!

Thanks to my tatting buddy, S.M.,  I was able to figure out a pattern that had absolutely flummoxed me.

With the puzzle solved, I proceeded to tat the motif and quickly ascertained that I did not like or enjoy it at all, so again, I said farewell, and jettisoned the project with absolutely NO GUILT!  This is indeed progress.  Would that I had learned how to do this DECADES ago!

Now to a crocheted piece for The Boss's Brother.

Cute and boyish, right?

This is a prototype for The Boss's new fall hat - her mom's request.  

Brown with a big, pink,  lacy flower on the side.

I think my DDL imagines a crocheted flower, but my creative path runs more to this sort of tatted beauty...

What do you think?  
How am I going to attach those three pink motifs?

At work, we have some three ply cotton - perle, in shades of pink.  I think it might be very like the Perlovka, so I am excited to see what different pinks I can find, and I might try it as it is also #8 - but an unknown brand....

 Last, but not least:

 This purchase, an absolute must-have, is entirely Elizabeth's fault!
It arrived this week from LaCossette.

Sweet!

Don't forget about Tat Days with Fringe Element Tatters, 

in September, in Cambridge, Ontario. Check it out!

 One last question...  Where are we with

?

Anon,

Cheers For The Tartan Cluny!

 Thread:  Watermelon from the Good Doctor (Von Threadmore)

Yessirree, 

that would be me, tooting my own horn,

which is far better than being hoisted on my own shuttle  petard!

(Thanks BJ - haven't heard that one in aeons!)

Though I have a long way to go to perfect this technique, I am now very comfortable with the weaving and am really - yes, I do mean it this time - ready to take a hiatus from tally tatting.  I do not want to get overly bored with the designs, so I will leave them for a bit.  Just for a little bit...   C'est  au revoir, mais pas adieu!
Anon,