Tuesday 14 March 2017

A Hanky

I completed this edging some time ago... but never got around to attaching it to a handkerchief!  Here it is, finished at last.  This edging is a vintage pattern which can be found in many old publications (with slightly different stitch counts).  I provide a version on my patterns page which includes a corner I designed to compliment the edging.



I have tatted this edging on more than one occasion.  I particularly like it with a variegated thread for the flowers. 

Green Doily is a design by Jan Stawasz



This time I did a row of crochet around the handkerchief before whip-stitching the edging to the crochet row.



16.03.17 - Update:  Thanks to Kathy, I found the blogpost which showed two other versions of this edging.  There is one more which I can't find.  So I've made this edging at least four times.  





And I just had to share with you the gorgeous blooming trees at the end of our street.  I love this time of year when nature bursts into action and I'm particularly fond of these flowering trees.  I don't even know what they are... I need to find out.


Happy Spring everyone!

Best wishes,
Frivole

18 comments:

  1. Would love to know in what publication I can find Jan's doily. It's very unusual. Lovely hankie - I have several that need finishing...

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    1. Hi Sarah, it's in his second book called "Tatted Treasures". I really like this little doily and will probably tat it again.

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    2. I have done this also from your pattern, however I attached mine as I went, I think I like yours better = ) Beautiful work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Very, very beautiful edging!!! :)
    Great picture of that tree!

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  3. I love your edging! It's similar to round 4 of Renuleks Wiosna 2017, which I'm working on right now. The Jan Stawasz doily is one of my favorites, although I haven't actually tatted it yet. We have no blooming trees yet. In fact, we had snow showers today. I love snow, but I am ready for spring!

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  4. Beautiful! I've always loved that edging - especially in those colours.

    Look like apple blossoms... Let us know! :)

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    1. Thank you. Definitely not apple though. I'm certain of that. I'll try to find out.

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  5. So simple and yet so simply gorgeous. I love how it turned out with the variegated thread!

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  6. The edging is a classic and you did a great job on the cornors too 💟 one of these days I want to make that doily of JS. Yours looks great😄

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    1. Yes, I agree with you, it's a classic! And no wonder. :-) I'm glad you like the corner, thank you.

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  7. So pretty. That's a good idea, to crochet onto the hanky and then attach the tatting. That seems to me better than crocheting a 'header' to the tatting and then attaching to the hanky.

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    1. Hi Jane, I use different methods to attach tatting and in fact this time I nearly made a wider crochet edge before attaching the lace but in the end I went with just one round of single crochet and chain one. It made neat, evenly spaced little gaps to slip stitch into.

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  8. Beautiful edging, I like the way you used a varigated thread for the flowers, last time I did this edging I used all white, I will try your idea next time.
    Lovely doily, Jan did some lovely designing for doilies
    I think your tree is an early ornamental flowering cherry,

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    1. Ornamental Cherry? That sounds like it could be right... but I don't remember ever seeing any actual cherries on these trees... do these trees make fruit? Or just flowers?

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  9. As soon as I saw this edging, I recognized it as the one you beautifully photographed in a very artistic manner on a black background. I searched on your search bar for 'vintage edging' and found the stunning photo on your post of June 7, 2012. I assume this is now the edging on this lovely hanky!

    And in reading the comments on that post, I realized I have the book Tatters Treasure Chest but never noticed this edging on p. 72. Seeing it in color makes a big difference. I now also realize that you wrote out the vintage pattern in your Pattern pages. That page is also artistically photographed and presented!

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    1. Hi Kathy, thank you for finding it! I wanted to put a link in the blogpost to previous versions I'd made and had not found it! You are better than me at searching my blog! :-) This is not the same edging though; I think the 2012 version ended up being a doily for my mother-in-law but I can't find a photo of that one though. Here is a link to another blogpost which shows another hanky made with it and the second doily I made for our house.
      http://leblogdefrivole.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/classic.html

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    2. Thanks for the link to your other projects using this edging! I don't know if I'd have the patience for all those picots, but what a lovely edging it makes. Yes, I now see the 2012 colors are different from the current hanky. I don't think you posted the finished doily for your mother-in-law. You probably do have a photo of it. It's always amazing to browse through your blog. So many gorgeous items which include a variety of needlework.

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