I can't believe I'm talking about the "C Word" on a 1st of October but I was eager to share my news and also this will give more time to people who may want to tat this for Christmas.
Several years ago now, I made a blogpost about a lovely Christmas tree pattern designed by Edith Roesti-Holenstein which a friend from Germany had helped me obtain. I had several comments and enquiries by tatters who wanted to make it but the designer was not online and only sold paper copies locally or by post if I remember correctly.
However, I am delighted to say that after exchanges and with help from my friend as the intermediary, I was given permission to share it here on my blog! It's taken me a while to get around to tatting it afresh and I thought it was more complex to tat than it actually is. You do have to cut and tie after some of the rounds but to be honest this is then hidden underneath and you could just knot and cut the ends if you wished instead of sewing them in. However, I'm trying to see if there is a way of making it in one pass which would always be my preference! The "snow" is added afterward with crochet.
Quick update: I've been working on this tonight and it IS doable in one pass, with the use of split rings and split chains. I often use split rings but split chains a lot less often so this will be a good opportunity to practice them!
I will try my best to get the pattern together as soon as possible and make a new blogpost about it when it's ready. So keep checking back if you'd like to tat the little tree!
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The tree in the background is the one I made many years ago and the one in the foreground is the one I just made.
The other thing I need to figure out is how to share the pattern as I've had many problems with Google Docs over the years and people telling me they can't access my patterns there. If anyone has good suggestions on how best to do that, I'd be grateful. I'll see if I can just post the pattern straight here into a blogpost.
To be continued...
How lovely! I always find pdf's the easiest to share/use. Much luck on the techie side of things!
ReplyDeleteThanks Angie! :-)
DeleteFantastic Christmas tree, and so sweet of you to share the pattern!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome and it's coming up soon! :-)
DeleteOh that’s a lovely tree, good for you for working to share it. I use keepandshare for patterns, which is free up to a certain amount of data.
ReplyDeleteI don't know keepandshare, I'll look into it. Thanks Jane! :-)
DeleteOh that is such a lovely tree. Thank you for all of your hard work on this!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Nearly done so should be able to upload soon.
DeleteHow exciting! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Hallie! :-)
DeleteHallo Joelle, sehr schön ist dir das Bäumchen gelungen. Ich arbeite das Bäumchen in einem Durchgang. Dadurch habe ich nicht viel zu vernähen. Viel Glück beim Einstellen
ReplyDeleteLG Joscha
Thank you Johanna! Yes, like you, I prefer in one pass! :-)
DeleteIt's a cute little tree! Thank you for tracking down the pattern and testing it.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, nearly there writing it up! :-)
DeleteThat's a cute tree! It's perfect for hanging in a regular big tree. :) Thank you for getting the pattern and testing it out to share with others! :)
ReplyDeleteAbout the Google Docs, you should set the access to "anyone with the link". Or hosting it on Google Drive might be a good idea. You can share a PDF there if you want to. :)
Thank you Lavinia, that's where my documents are already and the access is set to "anyone with the link" but I still often get people contact me saying that they cannot download the patterns. I'll try again with this one and see if it's any more successful.
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