Sunday, 18 November 2012

Specially for Debbie

I have been exchanging messages with Debbie at In Tatters and as I'd mentioned Jennifer Williams in my previous post, she asked if I might have a go at her Small SCMR Mat as she was finding the centre part a little problematic.  I had it printed so I thought why not make it next.  Here it is:


Tatted in Lizbeth "Charcoal", size 20

What's unusual about this motif is that she uses self-closing mock rings (SCMRs) in the centre.  I did wonder why as it would be easy to use two shuttles, reverse work and make a normal ring.  The advantage is that you can work this motif with just one shuttle and ball thread.  And really a SCMR is not difficult to make at all and it made me think that I might make more use of them in the future.  But now I'm curious and will have to make the centre part again using two shuttles instead to see how it affects the look.  Will be back soon to show you the second version.

Best wishes,

Posted by Frivole at 15:17
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10 comments:

  1. Ladytats18 November 2012 at 16:30

    That is very nice, and you did it so quick. It will be interesting to see the difference.

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  2. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane18 November 2012 at 16:36

    If I were trying to interpret the pattern from the picture, I wouldn't even think of a SCMR for the center. I would have automatically loaded two shuttles. I do like the color you've used, and I look forward to seeing the difference in the two centers.

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  3. Miranda18 November 2012 at 17:33

    Two shuttles would have been my first instinct as well for something like this. But on second glance, I realize that that would give the chains a different shape. The use of SCMR's breaks up the chain so you get a slight point at the base of the SCMR. If you used two shuttles, the core thread of the chain would be continuous before and after the ring, so you would have a continuous curve from one clover to the next.

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    1. Frivole18 November 2012 at 18:02

      I think that's a good explanation Miranda, thank you! I do like the shape below the clovers very much but I wondered if it could still be achieved by rw so that the chains faced the same as with the SCMRs...

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    2. Miranda18 November 2012 at 22:30

      I think somewhere you'd have to do a shoelace trick if you wanted to maintain the same shape.

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    3. Frivole18 November 2012 at 22:40

      Sorry, that is what I meant, an SLT rather than a rw but I've tried it already and I couldn't get the shape. Even with the SLT, you get the continuous curve going on the chain.

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  4. Ginny W18 November 2012 at 23:29

    That is a nice looking motif!!

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  5. Valerie19 November 2012 at 04:20

    This is a really pretty mat. I'm too curious if you can work out the centre rings with 2 shuttles rather than a SCMR.

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  6. Margarets designer cards19 November 2012 at 09:33

    Lovely little motif and gorgeous pattern, I followed the link you had on your last post and found some great little patterns. Thank you for the interesting link.
    Margaret

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  7. God's Kid19 November 2012 at 14:15

    That is a beautiful motif!! :)

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