Monday 22 July 2013

One Shuttle Edging

I've said this before... but I do find a one-shuttle edging to be relaxing.  No need to ever wind back onto the shuttle, you can just tat away and gently ease more thread from your shuttle as you go.
Aaaah!  Bliss.

This is not to say that I don't also enjoy more challenging patterns (you know I like those too!) but it makes a nice, pleasant change to tat a one-shuttle edging.  And they work up faster too as you're not wasting any time winding and unwinding.

I've done something I hate though:  I printed this off the internet and I forgot to put the information of where I go it from.  The title is "Pizzo a punte con una navetta sola".  If someone has seen this and could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it.

That was quick, Crazy Mom Tats already found me the link to the pattern, here it is:  Pizzo a Punte

And here is where I got to so far:


Saying that about relaxing though...  I managed to make quite a few mistakes in this and had to cut and re-start on four occasions!  I don't know what it is... something about the way the rings are connected on different picots and I kept forgetting to tat the bottom rings in pairs...  Never mind, I think I've finally got it registered and I'm away.




Looking at the photo on the pattern, I did keep my bare threads a bit shorter and definitely shorter than the 2cm that is called for in the directions (I even wonder if that's a typo because 2cm would be way too long).

I'll be slowing down in the workshop now as the children finished school on Friday.  We're having some very hot weather in the UK at the moment and they say it's going to last for a while yet... oh, for a swimming pool... now that would be nice...

Best wishes,
Frivole


15 comments:

  1. Very pretty photograph, Frivole!

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  2. Found it
    http://digilander.libero.it/chiacchierino/news05/unanavetta.html

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    1. You are a gem! Thank you so much Crazy Mom, I'll add the link now. :-)

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    2. My pleasure! Finding stuff is sorta my specialty!

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  3. Very nice edging, and there is a comfortable feeling with one shuttle. I love to do baby bonnets with mostly one shuttle and seems to go well with tiny thread.

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  4. Oh, quite pretty! Could be an "airplane pattern"! What color is it? It's very delicate?

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    1. Hi Michelle,

      Yes, I do love that gentle shade of blue - it's an Altin Basak and the colour is 307, a slightly-leaning-towards-lilac pale blue. I decide I really like to tat with Altin Basak and have just ordered some more.

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  5. Love this edging, just what I have been looking for, one thing it's in Italian so I will have to translate it somehow. But worth the effort for a pretty edging
    Well done on finding it.
    Margaret

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    1. Google translate works passably well, I have found...I find myself translating from Russian often over here and it does the job...it's certainly not perfect, but good enough :)

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    2. Margaret, it's not difficult really. I didn't translate it but just looked at the picture and the numbers in the written part and worked it out. I'm sure you could too.

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    3. Yes, you're right Kristen, I use it regularly too. It's rarely poetic but usually good enough to get the gist of what was written!

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  6. Very pretty! I love the shade of blue you chose, and I agree... one shuttle tatting is very relaxing!

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  7. Very nice! I agree with Diane, the color is very nice. I like to take two-shuttle (or needle) patterns and try to turn them into one-shuttle (or needle) patterns just to be lazy. Sometimes it works...sometimes not so much! :)

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