Tuesday 20 May 2014

Some Tatting At Last!

Where does the time go??  I know I'm not the only one who thinks that.  I've been wanting to tat something new for ages and I just wasn't getting around to it, being busy with all sorts of other things.

So today, I actually decided I was going to take the time to tat something.  Inspired by Liyarra's latest piece, I turned to my Jan Stawasz books and decided to try this one:


This is a motif (from his second book) that is repeated to make a larger piece with smaller connecting motifs in between.  I tatted this in DMC Babylo size 20, a thread I normally like but I'm finding it a bit too fuzzy-fluffy on this occasion; it's making a mess of my picots!  

I started again in Lizbeth size 20 to see if I like it better.  Hopefully it won't be too long before I can show you the second version.

Best wishes,
Frivole

7 comments:

  1. It looks very nice to me!! :)

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  2. Very nice, but I can see with his patterns, you really want the picots to show up well, they seem to be truly part of his designs.

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  3. With his patterns the picots are important, the colour of the thread is lovely pity it's a bit fuzzy.
    Looking forward to seeing your second one.
    Margaret

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  4. Très jolis motif et couleur même si les picots ne veulent pas trop rester en place. J'ai toujours un peu plus de mal à "frivoler" avec le fil DMC que Lisbeth.

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